Dr. Mario

by Nintendo

Product Features

• Cartridge only.
• If Like New: in perfect or minor flaw condition
• If Good: has sticker(s), sticker residue, or minor problems
• If Acceptable has one or more flaws: has stickers, label torn, yellowing, black marker on it.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004SVXP
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,969 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Nintendo NES

Buy Dr. Mario for Nintendo (NES) and help Dr. Mario defeat the malicious red blue and yellow viruses threatening to escape Dr. Mario's lab! Help Dr. Mario by moving his vitamin blocks into place so that you can eliminate each virus! Match the ends of Dr. Mario's colored vitamins together to crush each enemy but move quickly! If the viruses reach the top of the bottle cap you are out of luck. When you buy Dr. Mario you will be able to play single player as well as compete with your friend to see who can rid the lab of the viruses first! Hurry the viruses are growing! Buy Dr. Mario for Nintendo and complete the puzzle to defeat and eliminate each virus before they grow too large!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dr Mario, January 22, 2003

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E. Batica (MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dr. Mario (Video Game)

This is an excellent game and if you were looking for a version of Tetris that was more challenging, than DR MARIO was for you. This game is sometimes very tricky, but it's very fun as well.

The object of the game is to match the colors of the pills that are being dropped onto the viruses below and by doing this killing them off, one by one. I really don't carw what anyone says but this game rocked. In Tetris, the challenge was to clear lines that are at the bottom and they build up. In DR MARIO you had to play the boards as they were giben and in most cases, the viruses were all over the place so placing some of the pills in the wrong place could come back to haunt you.

Like I said, the challenge to this game is great and it never got tired. Really check out DR MARIO it's worth it!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simplistic and Addictive, May 20, 2008

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S. Rhodes - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Dr. Mario (Video Game)

When Tetris hit the scene, it became more than just a popular video game. It became a cultural phenomenon. Usually when a game achieves an unusual amount of success you'll have a game try to copy the formula (usually failing). Doctor Mario, on the other hand, didn't try to copy the formula put forth in Tetris. It simply put a new spin on the puzzle genre.

Dr. Mario perhaps some of the simplest gameplay of any game. Mario stands on the sidelines and throws pills into a jar. In the jar are different color viruses. Red, Yellow and Blue. The color of the virus doesn't matter. What matters is the colors on the pill Mario throws in. The objective is to simply match the corresponding color of the pill with the virus. In the first level, there are just a few viruses. The higher the level the more viruses are in the jar.

You don't have to begin at level one. You can choose what level you want to begin with. Even then, the game doesn't end at the maximum level you can choose. It keeps going. Much like Tetris, there's really no end to the game.

You can also choose your speed. Medium, Low, or High. This is really the only thing which will add difficulty to the game. Mario not only throws pills faster, but they fall faster, depending on the speed you choose.

It doesn't sound like much, but the game is addictive. Especially when playing against someone else. It's not as addictive as Tetris and competition becomes more based on how fast you can do certain levels rather than actual skill. But then again, there's not much skill involved in Dr. Mario. Which is exactly why Dr. Mario works. The game is so simple that anyone can play it.

Visually for an NES game it looks pretty basic. Very colorful. Although Mario has never looked better, there isn't much you can say about Dr. Mario's graphics because they're just so basic. Even for an NES game. So there's nothing groundbreaking even for its time. But who cares? The game is fun and in the NES days that was what you played for. It's a great game and its simple. While there's no doubt that Tetris had nothing to fear, Dr. Mario was still a fun game.

If there was anything wrong with Dr. Mario it would simply be that there's no real way to build upon it. All the future releases of the game have pretty much been the same thing over and over again, just on a different console. This isn't necessarily bad, but it means that if you own one of the other variants, say the Gameboy, Super Nintendo (which is the best one because you get Tetris with it), or Nintendo 64, then you're all set. Regardless of which one you have, you'll probably be satisfied.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nostalgic delight, October 13, 2008

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HaDice - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Dr. Mario (Video Game)

I know it sounds silly, but I have loved playing Dr. Mario for the last 18 years! I used to play with my sisters when I was little and now my husband and I have friends over for dinner and Dr. Mario! Maybe it's just the nostalgia of the game, because everyone that loves to play is in their mid to late twenties. We play for literally hours on end. I even hear the music in my sleep after a long night of playing. A great party game. Not so fun to play on your own. I highly recommend for any Nintendo NES fan.

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