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{{company infobox
|logo=[[File:The Software Toolworks Logo.jpg|200px]]
|logo=[[File:The Software Toolworks.png|200px]]
|founded=1980
|founded=1980
|defunct=1994 (Bought By {{wp|Mindscape (company)|Mindscape}})
|defunct=1994 (bought by {{wp|Mindscape (company)|Mindscape}})
|first_release=''[[Mario is Missing!]]'' ({{wp|MS-DOS}}) ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]])
|first_release=''[[Mario is Missing! (PC)|Mario is Missing!]]'' ({{wp|MS-DOS}}) ([[List of games by date#1993|1993]])
|latest_release=''[[Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_release=''[[Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun]]'' ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]) ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]])
}}
}}
'''{{wp|The Software Toolworks}}''' was a American software and video game developer founded in 1980, based in Novato, California.


'''{{wp|The Software Toolworks}}''' is a company that is developed and published every game in the ''[[Mario Discovery (series)|Mario Discovery]]'' series. The company was later bought out by {{wp|Mindscape (company)|Mindscape}} in 1994, despite this, they still made ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' games until 1995.
Toolworks developed and published every game in the ''[[Mario Discovery Series]]''. In 1994, Toolworks was later bought out by {{wp|Mindscape (company)|Mindscape}}.


==List of ''Super Mario'' games==
==List of ''Super Mario'' games==
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!Title
!Year released
!Year released
!Console
!Platform
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|-
|''[[Mario is Missing!]]''
|''[[Mario is Missing! (PC)|Mario is Missing!]]''
|1992
|1993
|{{wp|MS-DOS}}
|{{wp|MS-DOS}}
|-
|-
|''Mario is Missing!''
|''[[Mario is Missing! (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)|Mario is Missing!]]''
|1993
|1993
|[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]
|[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]
|-
|-
|''Mario is Missing!''
|''[[Mario is Missing! (Nintendo Entertainment System)|Mario is Missing!]]''
|1993
|1993
|[[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]
|[[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]
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|''Mario is Missing!''
|''Mario is Missing!''
|1993
|1993
|{{wp|Macintosh}}
|{{wp|Mac (computer)|Macintosh}}
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|-
|''[[Mario's Time Machine]]''
|''[[Mario's Time Machine (PC)|Mario's Time Machine]]''
|1993
|1993
|MS-DOS
|MS-DOS
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|MS-DOS
|MS-DOS
|-
|-
|''Mario's Time Machine''
|''[[Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers]]''
|1993
|MS-DOS
|-
|''[[Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun]]''
|1993
|MS-DOS
|-
|''[[Mario's Time Machine (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)|Mario's Time Machine]]''
|1993
|SNES
|SNES
|1993
|-
|-
|''Mario's Time Machine''
|''[[Mario's Time Machine (Nintendo Entertainment System)|Mario's Time Machine]]''
|1994
|1994
|NES
|NES
|-
|-
|''[[Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers]]''
|''[[Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection]]''
|1994
|MS-DOS
|-
|''[[Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun]]''
|1994
|1994
|MS-DOS
|MS-DOS
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|1994
|1994
|SNES
|SNES
|-
|}
|''[[Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection]]''
|1995
|MS-DOS
|-


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Latest revision as of 13:01, November 6, 2024

The Software Toolworks
Logo for The Software Toolworks
Founded 1980[?]
Defunct 1994 (bought by Mindscape)[?]
First Super Mario game Mario is Missing! (MS-DOS) (1993)
Latest Super Mario game Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun (SNES) (1994)

The Software Toolworks was a American software and video game developer founded in 1980, based in Novato, California.

Toolworks developed and published every game in the Mario Discovery Series. In 1994, Toolworks was later bought out by Mindscape.

List of Super Mario games[edit]

Title Year released Platform
Mario is Missing! 1993 MS-DOS
Mario is Missing! 1993 SNES
Mario is Missing! 1993 NES
Mario is Missing! 1993 Macintosh
Mario's Time Machine 1993 MS-DOS
Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters 1993 MS-DOS
Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers 1993 MS-DOS
Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun 1993 MS-DOS
Mario's Time Machine 1993 SNES
Mario's Time Machine 1994 NES
Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection 1994 MS-DOS
Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers 1994 SNES
Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters 1994 SNES
Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun 1994 SNES
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