Mario's Fundamentals

by Interplay

Product Features

• Re-released Version of Mario's Game Gallery
• Nintendo's Mario in games of checkers, Go Fish, dominoes, backgammon, and yacht (a version of Yahtzee).
• Five Classic Games that teach fundamental learning skills
• For PC or MAC!

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• ASIN: B0017XLDWI
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 17, 1997
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,589 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Mario's Game Gallery is a computer game developed by Interplay Entertainment Corp. and published by Presage Software, Inc on February 23, 1995. It was later re-released as Mario's FUNdamentals. Its gameplay consists of the player competing against Nintendo's Mario in games of checkers, Go Fish, dominoes, backgammon, and yacht (a version of Yahtzee). It is the first game to feature Charles Martinet as the voice of Mario, predating Super Mario 64. The game was rated "K-A" (Kids to Adults) by the ESRB. Most game pieces and cards are represented by characters from the Mario series. For example, in checkers, one player uses baby Yoshis while the other uses Koopa Troopas; when one of these is kinged, it turns into an adult Yoshi or Bowser, respectively. It could be suggested that this inspired Nintendo to later use the same character-based theme for such items as cards in its minigames included games such as Super Mario 64 DS and New Super Mario Bros, both for the popular handheld platform, the Nintendo DS.

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars The only Mario PC/Mac game Nintendo had made, February 7, 2011

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This review is from: Mario's Fundamentals (CD-ROM)

Mario's Fundamentals was originally released as Mario's Game Gallery, which was published by a different company. However, Nintendo published Fundamentals, making it the only purchasable Nintendo game that is ever released for computers.

So what is the game like? Well, you have a selection of four board/card games: Go Fish, Dominoes, Checkers, and Backgammon.

While each game isn't themed with Mario elements on the board, the pieces/cards do have Mario characters or items shown on them. Plus, you play against Mario himself, who, most of the time, would just say random things during most turns.

If you know how to play at least one of these games, you might as well buy this.

It isn't a bad game, but it only features these games. If you were expecting unlockables, you won't find any here.