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|developer=[[Nintendo Research & Development 1|Nintendo R&D 1]]
|developer=[[Nintendo Research & Development 1|Nintendo R&D 1]]
|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
|release='''Famicom/NES:'''<br>{{flag list|Japan|July 27, 1990<ref>{{Cite|url=https://www.nintendo.com/jp/famicom/software/hvc-vu/index.html|title=''Dr. Mario'' Japanese webiste (Famicom 40th anniversary)|publisher=Nintendo of Japan}}</ref>|USA|October 14, 1990|Europe|June 27, 1991|Australia|June 27, 1991}} '''VS. System:'''<br>{{flag list|USA|August 1990<ref name="rpmag">"Nintendo Bows VS. Dr. Mario Pak At San Diego Distributor Meeting" (RePlay Magazine Vol. 16 No. 1, August 1990)</ref>|Australia|1990|Europe|1990}} '''Nintendo PlayChoice-10:'''<br>{{flag list|USA|August 1990<ref name="rpmag"/>|Europe|1990|Australia|1990}} '''Game Boy:'''<br>{{flag list|Japan|July 27, 1990<ref>{{Cite|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n02/dmg/vua/index.html|title=''Dr. Mario''(Game Boy) website|publisher=Nintendo of Japan}}</ref>|USA|December 1, 1990<ref>''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' [[smashwiki:Masterpieces|Masterpieces]]</ref>|Europe|April 30, 1991}} '''[[LodgeNet|LodgeNet (Super NES version)]]''':<br>{{flag list|USA|Unknown year, between 1995 and 1999<ref group=note>Exact date unknown due to no known information. Earliest known document (as of July 10, 2024) about it is from August 29, 1999 (https://snescentral.com/1/0/1/1019/pdf/drmario.pdf). No similar documents for any game was dated earlier than August 1999, at which point LodgeNet installations for [[Nintendo 64]] was in process. The LodgeNet-exclusive ''Noughts & Crosses'' had a copyright year of 1998, but the overall Gateway System launched in 1993.</ref>}} '''Satellaview:'''<br>{{flag list|Japan|March 30, 1997}} '''[[Player's Choice]] (Game Boy Version):'''<br>{{flag list|USA|September 1, 1997<ref>{{cite|url=https://archive.org/details/nintendo-1997-e-3-press-kit|title=Nintendo E3 1997 Press Kit|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|accessdate=November 10, 2024}}</ref>}}'''Super Famicom ([[Nintendo Power (cartridge)|NP]]):'''<br>{{flag list|Japan|June 1, 1998<ref>{{cite|url=themushroomkingdom.net/games/drm-np|title=''Dr. Mario'' (NP)|publisher=The Mushroom Kingdom|accessdate=June 1, 2024}}{{better source}}</ref>}} '''Game Boy (NP):'''<br>{{flag list|Japan|March 1, 2000}} '''Game Boy Advance (NES version):'''<br>{{flag list|Japan|May 21, 2004|USA|October 25, 2004|Europe|January 7, 2005}} '''[[Virtual Console#Nintendo 3DS|Virtual Console (3DS) (Game Boy version)]]:'''<br>{{flag list|Japan|July 27, 2011|Europe|March 22, 2012|Australia|March 22, 2012|USA|October 4, 2012|South Korea|May 18, 2016}} '''[[Virtual Console#Wii U|Virtual Console (Wii U) (NES version)]]:'''<br>{{flag list|Europe|February 13, 2014|Australia|February 14, 2014|Japan|February 26, 2014|USA|March 27, 2014}} '''NES Classic Edition/Famicom Mini:'''<br>{{flag list|Japan|November 10, 2016|Australia|November 10, 2016|USA|November 11, 2016|Europe|November 11, 2016}} '''Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online:'''<br>{{flag list|USA|September 18, 2018|Japan|September 19, 2018|Europe|September 19, 2018|Australia|September 19, 2018|HK|April 23, 2019|South Korea|April 23, 2019}} '''''The UFO cover-up. (NES version)'':'''<br>{{flag list|USA|December 12, 2018|Japan|December 12, 2018|Europe|December 12, 2018|Australia|December 12, 2018}} '''Game Boy - Nintendo Switch Online:'''<br>{{flag list|USA|March 11, 2024<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|author=@NintendoAmerica|date=March 11, 2024|url=https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1767362397239443881|title="''Oh yeah! Three classic games featuring Mario are now live for #NintendoSwitchOnline members! #GameBoy: ☑️ Dr. Mario Game Boy Color: ☑️ Mario Tennis ☑️ Mario Golf''"|publisher=X|accessdate=July 4, 2024}}</ref>|Japan|March 12, 2024|Europe|March 12, 2024|Australia|March 12, 2024|South Korea|March 12, 2024|HK|March 12, 2024}}
|release='''Famicom/NES:'''<br>{{release|Japan|July 27, 1990|USA|October 14, 1990|Europe|June 27, 1991|Australia|June 27, 1991}} '''VS. System:'''<br>{{release|USA|August 1990<ref name="rpmag">"Nintendo Bows VS. Dr. Mario Pak At San Diego Distributor Meeting" (RePlay Magazine Vol. 16 No. 1, August 1990)</ref>|Australia|1990|Europe|1990}} '''Nintendo PlayChoice-10:'''<br>{{release|USA|August 1990<ref name="rpmag"/>|Europe|1990|Australia|1990}} '''Game Boy:'''<br>{{release|Japan|July 27, 1990|USA|December 1, 1990<ref>''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' [[smashwiki:Masterpieces|Masterpieces]]</ref>|Europe|April 30, 1991}} '''Satellaview:'''<br>{{release|Japan|March 30, 1997}} '''Super Famicom ([[Nintendo Power (cartridge)|NP]]):'''<br>{{release|Japan|June 1, 1998<ref>{{cite|url=themushroomkingdom.net/games/drm-np|title=''Dr. Mario'' (NP)|publisher=The Mushroom Kingdom|accessdate=June 1, 2024}}{{better source}}</ref>}} '''Game Boy (NP):'''<br>{{release|Japan|March 1, 2000}} '''Game Boy Advance:'''<br>{{release|Japan|May 21, 2004|USA|October 25, 2004|Europe|January 7, 2005}} '''[[Virtual Console#Nintendo 3DS|Virtual Console (3DS)]]:'''<br>{{release|Japan|July 27, 2011|Europe|March 22, 2012|Australia|March 22, 2012|USA|October 4, 2012|South Korea|May 18, 2016}} '''[[Virtual Console#Wii U|Virtual Console (Wii U)]]:'''<br>{{release|Europe|February 13, 2014|Australia|February 14, 2014|Japan|February 26, 2014|USA|March 27, 2014}} '''NES Classic Edition/Famicom Mini:'''<br>{{release|Japan|November 10, 2016|Australia|November 10, 2016|USA|November 11, 2016|Europe|November 11, 2016}} '''Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online:'''<br>{{release|USA|September 18, 2018|Japan|September 19, 2018|Europe|September 19, 2018|Australia|September 19, 2018|HK|April 23, 2019|South Korea|April 23, 2019}} '''''The UFO cover-up.'':'''<br>{{release|USA|December 12, 2018|Japan|December 12, 2018|Europe|December 12, 2018|Australia|December 12, 2018}} '''Game Boy - Nintendo Switch Online:'''<br>{{release|USA|March 12, 2024|Japan|March 12, 2024|Europe|March 12, 2024|Australia|March 12, 2024|South Korea|March 12, 2024|HK|March 12, 2024}}
|languages={{languages|en_us=y}}
|languages={{languages|en_us=y}}
|genre=[[Genre#Puzzle games|Puzzle]]
|genre=[[Genre#Puzzle|Puzzle]]
|modes=1–2 players
|modes=1-2 players
|ratings={{ratings|esrb=E|pegi=3|cero=A|acb=G|usk=0|classind=L|grac=all}}
|ratings={{ratings|esrb=E|pegi=3|cero=A|acb=G}}
|platforms=[[Family Computer]]/[[Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[Game Boy]], [[Nintendo PlayChoice-10|PlayChoice-10]], [[VS. System]], [[Game Boy Advance]], [[Satellaview]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]]/[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[Virtual Console]] ([[Nintendo 3DS]], [[Wii U]]), [[Classics#NES Classic Edition|NES Classic Edition]]/[[Classics#Nintendo Classic Mini: Family Computer|Nintendo Classic Mini: Family Computer]], [[Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online]], [[Game Boy - Nintendo Switch Online]]
|platforms=[[Family Computer]], [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[Game Boy]], [[Nintendo PlayChoice-10|PlayChoice-10]], [[VS. System]], [[Game Boy Advance]], [[Satellaview]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[Virtual Console]] ([[Nintendo 3DS]], [[Wii U]]), [[Classics#NES Classic Edition|NES Classic Edition]]/[[Classics#Nintendo Classic Mini: Family Computer|Nintendo Classic Mini: Family Computer]], [[Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online]], [[Game Boy - Nintendo Switch Online]]
|format={{format|nes=1|gb=1|3dsdl=1|wiiudl=1|gba=1|arcade=1|snes=1|bsx=1|nesclassic=1|switchdl=1}}
|format={{format|nes=1|gb=1|3dsdl=1|wiiudl=1|gba=1|arcade=1|snes=1|bsx=1|nesclassic=1|switchdl=1}}
|input={{input|nes=1|gb=1|3ds=1|gba=1|wiiu=1|wiiupro=1|wiiuclassic=1|wiiusideways=1|nesclassic=1|joy-con=1|joy-con-horizontal=1|switchpro=1|switchnes=1|switchsnes=1}}
|input={{input|nes=1|gb=1|3ds=1|gba=1|wiiu=1|wiiupro=1|wiiuclassic=1|wiiusideways=1|nesclassic=1|joy-con=1|switchpro=1|switchnes=1}}
|serials='''Famicom:'''<br>{{flag list|Japan|HVC-VU}}'''Game Boy:'''<br>DMG-VUA<br>'''Game Boy Advance:'''<br>{{flag list|USA|AGB-FDME-USA|Japan|AGB-FDMJ-JPN|Europe|AGB-FDMP-EUR}}
}}
}}
'''''Dr. Mario''''' (stylized as '''''D℞. MARIO''''' on the {{wp|Western world|Western}} logo) is an arcade-style [[Genre#Puzzle games|puzzle]] video game created by [[Nintendo]], and it was released for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] and [[Game Boy]] in 1990. The gameplay is very similar to that of ''[[Tetris]]'', although in ''Dr. Mario'', the object is to line up vitamins to destroy [[virus]]es.
'''''Dr. Mario''''' (stylized as "'''D℞. MARIO'''" on the western logo) is an arcade-style [[Genre#Puzzle|puzzle]] video game created by [[Nintendo]], and was released for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] and [[Game Boy]] in 1990. The gameplay is very similar to that of ''[[Tetris]]'', although in ''Dr. Mario'', the object is to line up vitamins to destroy [[virus]]es.


==Story==
==Story==
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===NES===
===NES===
Most of the cutscenes start with the viruses sitting on a tree. Graphics for a snowman and a round ball exist that are likely used in a cutscene, but they ended up unused.<ref>{{cite|url=tcrf.net/Dr._Mario_(NES)#Unused_Sprites|title=''Dr. Mario''|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=June 1, 2024|language=en}}</ref>
In most of the cutscenes, they start with the viruses will be sitting on the tree. Graphics for a snowman and a round ball exist that are likely used in a cutscene, but they ended up unused.<ref>{{cite|url=tcrf.net/Dr._Mario_(NES)#Unused_Sprites|title=''Dr. Mario''|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=June 1, 2024|language=en}}</ref>
{|width=60% class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
{|width=60% class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!width=4%|Level to beat
!width=4%|Level to beat
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||The sky gradually changes from bright to dark, after which a UFO floats down to beam the three viruses into it, and then it flied away. While the UFO is present, the music pauses until it goes away, after which the music continues.  
||The sky gradually changes from bright to dark, after which a UFO floats down to beam the three viruses into it, and then it flied away. While the UFO is present, the music pauses until it goes away, after which the music continues.  


After the UFO is gone, the sky flashes bright before flashing stars appear and fall from the sky.
After the UFO is gone, the sky flashed before bright and flashing stars appear and fall from the sky.
|}
|}


===Game Boy===
===Game Boy===
Every cutscene starts with the viruses sitting at the sea floor.
In every cutscene, they start with the viruses sitting at the sea floor.
{|width=60% class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
{|width=60% class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!width=4%|Level to beat
!width=4%|Level to beat
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==Remakes and ports==
==Remakes and ports==
===''VS. Dr. Mario''===
===''VS. Dr. Mario''===
[[File:Vs Dr Mario Title.png|Title screen|thumb|left]]
[[File:VS. Dr. Mario gameplay.png|thumb|left|''VS. Dr. Mario'']]
[[File:VS. Dr. Mario gameplay.png|thumb|left|Gameplay]]
[[File:Dr. Mario VS cabinet.jpg|thumb|Arcade cabinet]]
[[File:Dr. Mario VS cabinet.jpg|thumb|Arcade cabinet]]
The game was released on the [[VS. System]] under the name '''''VS. Dr. Mario'''''. This version was first shown at Nintendo's Seventh Annual Distributor Meeting in San Diego, and was released simultaneously with the PlayChoice-10 version in August 1990.<ref name="rpmag"/> Players can spend only 20 seconds on the settings menu. This version drops the Low speed and renames the Med speed to Norm (normal). Normal speed has a grey background while High is now purple. There is no option to turn off the music.
The game was released on the [[VS. System]] under the name '''''VS. Dr. Mario'''''. This version was first shown at Nintendo's Seventh Annual Distributor Meeting in San Diego, and was released simultaneously with the PlayChoice-10 version in August 1990.<ref name="rpmag"/> Players can spend only 20 seconds on the settings menu. This version drops the Low speed and renames the Med speed to Norm (normal). Normal speed has a grey background while High is now purple. There is no option to turn off the music.
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===Satellaview===
===Satellaview===
A slightly altered version of ''Dr. Mario'' known as '''''Dr. Mario BS Ban''''' 「Dr.マリオBS版」 was broadcast for the [[Satellaview]] system between March 1997 and June 2000.<ref>{{cite|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-KAMOmQIrU|title=ドクターマリオBS版 VS.COMをプレイしてみた|author=まさと|date=May 17, 2023|publisher=YouTube|language=ja|accessdate=June 1, 2024}}</ref> It has the same graphics and music that was used in the remake from ''[[Tetris & Dr. Mario]]'' which was not released in Japan. It should also be mentioned that the complete game is still in the ROM, just locked out.<ref>{{cite|url=tcrf.net/Tetris_%26_Dr._Mario#BS_and_NP_Dr._Mario|title=Tetris & Dr. Mario#BS and NP Dr. Mario|language=en|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=June 1, 2024}}</ref>
A slightly altered version of ''Dr. Mario'' known as '''''Dr. Mario BS Version''''' 「Dr.マリオBS版」 was broadcast for the [[Satellaview]] system between March 1997 and June 2000.<ref>{{cite|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-KAMOmQIrU|title=ドクターマリオBS版 VS.COMをプレイしてみた|author=まさと|date=May 17, 2023|publisher=YouTube|language=ja|accessdate=June 1, 2024}}</ref> It has the same graphics and music that was used in the remake from ''[[Tetris & Dr. Mario]]'' which was not released in Japan. It should also be mentioned that the complete game is still in the ROM, just locked out.<ref>{{cite|url=tcrf.net/Tetris_%26_Dr._Mario#BS_and_NP_Dr._Mario|title=Tetris & Dr. Mario#BS and NP Dr. Mario|language=en|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=June 1, 2024}}</ref>


===List of re-releases and ports===
===List of re-releases and ports===
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*'''2016''':The NES and Famicom version of ''Dr. Mario'' is one of the 30 games included in the [[Nintendo Entertainment System#NES Classic Edition|NES Classic Edition]] and [[Family Computer#Nintendo Classic Mini: Family Computer|Nintendo Classic Mini: Family Computer]], respectively.
*'''2016''':The NES and Famicom version of ''Dr. Mario'' is one of the 30 games included in the [[Nintendo Entertainment System#NES Classic Edition|NES Classic Edition]] and [[Family Computer#Nintendo Classic Mini: Family Computer|Nintendo Classic Mini: Family Computer]], respectively.
*'''2018''': The NES version of ''Dr. Mario'' was made available as one of the 20 NES titles at [[Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online]]'s launch in September 2018, and can be played competitively with other players online.<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/nintendo-entertainment-system-nintendo-switch-online-switch|title=Nintendo Entertainment System – Nintendo Switch Online|publisher=Nintendo of America|accessdate=June 1, 2024}}</ref> A special edition titled ''[[Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online#Dr. Mario: The UFO cover-up.|Dr. Mario: The UFO cover-up.]]'' that starts the player at level 20 and Hi speed was also added on December 12, 2018.
*'''2018''': The NES version of ''Dr. Mario'' was made available as one of the 20 NES titles at [[Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online]]'s launch in September 2018, and can be played competitively with other players online.<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/nintendo-entertainment-system-nintendo-switch-online-switch|title=Nintendo Entertainment System – Nintendo Switch Online|publisher=Nintendo of America|accessdate=June 1, 2024}}</ref> A special edition titled ''[[Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online#Dr. Mario: The UFO cover-up.|Dr. Mario: The UFO cover-up.]]'' that starts the player at level 20 and Hi speed was also added on December 12, 2018.
*'''2024''': The Game Boy version of ''Dr. Mario'' was made available for [[Game Boy - Nintendo Switch Online]] on March 11, 2024 in the Americas and March 12 elsewhere, alongside the [[Game Boy Color]] versions of ''[[Mario Tennis (Game Boy Color)|Mario Tennis]]'' and ''[[Mario Golf (Game Boy Color)|Mario Golf]]''.
*'''2024''': The Game Boy version of ''Dr. Mario'' was made available for [[Game Boy - Nintendo Switch Online]] on March 12, 2024 alongside the [[Game Boy Color]] versions of ''[[Mario Tennis (Game Boy Color)|Mario Tennis]]'' and ''[[Mario Golf (Game Boy Color)|Mario Golf]]''.


===Microgames===
===Microgames===
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==Media==
==Media==
{{Main-media|List of Dr. Mario media}}
===NES===
{{media table
{{media table
|file1=DM NES Title.oga
|file1=DM NES Title.oga
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|title5=Chill
|title5=Chill
|length5=0:30
|length5=0:30
|file6=DM NES Chill Clear.oga
|title6=Chill Clear
|length6=0:22
|file7=DM NES Game Over.oga
|title7=Game Over
|length7=0:24
|file8=DM NES VS Game Over.oga
|title8=VS Game Over
|length8=0:30
|file9=DM NES Level 20 Clear.oga
|title9=Level 20 Clear
|length9=0:30
|file10=DM NES Ending.oga
|title10=Ending
|length10=0:30
}}
===Game Boy===
{{media table
|file1=DM GB Select.oga
|title1=Select
|length1=0:30
|file2=DM GB Fever.oga
|title2=Fever
|length2=0:30
|file3=DM GB Chill.oga
|title3=Chill
|length3=0:30
|file4=DM GB Level Clear.oga
|title4=Level Clear
|length4=0:02
|file5=DM GB VS Win.oga
|title5=VS Win
|length5=0:30
|file6=DM GB Ending.oga
|title6=Ending
|length6=0:30
|file7=DM GB 2x Chain & Player 1 Attack.oga
|title7=2x Chain / Player 1 Attack
|length7=0:02
|file8=DM GB 3x Chain & Player 2 Attack.oga
|title8=3x Chain / Player 2 Attack
|length8=0:01
|file9=DM GB 4x Chain.oga
|title9=4x Chain
|length9=0:08
}}
}}


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===''Dr. Mario: The UFO cover-up.''===
===''Dr. Mario: The UFO cover-up.''===
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=ドクターマリオ 知る人ぞ知るUFO直前バージョン
|Jap=ドクターマリオ 知る人ぞ知るUFO<span lang=ja>直</span>前バージョン
|JapR=Dokutā Mario Shiru Hitozo Shiru Yūfō Chokuzen Bājon
|JapR=Dokutā Mario Shiru Hitozo Shiru Yūfō Chokuzen Bājon
|JapM=Dr. MARIO: "Just Before the UFO Known to the Few" Version
|JapM=Dr. MARIO: "Just Before the UFO Known to the Few" Version
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|FreM=Dr. Mario: Extraterrestrial conspiracy
|FreM=Dr. Mario: Extraterrestrial conspiracy
}}
}}
==Notes==
<references group=note/>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Puzzle games]]
[[Category:Puzzle games]]
[[Category:1990 games]]
[[Category:1990 games]]
[[Category:2004 games]]
[[Category:1991 games]]
[[Category:1991 games]]
[[Category:Virtual Console games]]
[[Category:Virtual Console games]]

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