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Vs. Dr. Mario

Vs. Dr. Mario is the Vs. System version of Dr. Mario. The game drops the Slow mode and features a less generous scoring system. In the NES version, each virus is worth twice as much as the last. In the VS…

1 October 1990

Vs. Dr. Mario is a puzzle developed by Nintendo R&D1, released 1 October 1990 on Arcade.

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What Vs. Dr. Mario is

Vs. Dr. Mario is a puzzle game developed by Nintendo R&D1 and released in 1990. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Arcade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Vs. Dr. Mario is the Vs. System version of Dr. Mario. The game drops the Slow mode and features a less generous scoring system. In the NES version, each virus is worth twice as much as the last. In the VS. version, a virus is worth only 200 points more, and not twice as many points, as the previous virus.
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How it plays

Its themes are fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Mario series

Vs. Dr. Mario is the 80th of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was F-1 Race in 1990.

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When did Vs. Dr. Mario come out?
Vs. Dr. Mario was released on 1 October 1990 for Arcade.

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