Mario's Time Machine
An educational Mario game focused on returning stolen historical artifacts.
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Mario's Time Machine is an educational game where the player retrieves artifacts from Bowser's museum and returns them to their correct historical time periods.[1] Nintendo's collaboration with The Software Toolworks to create educational Mario games was a response to the rising popularity of educational software during that era.[2]
Making and release
Nintendo partnered with The Software Toolworks to develop educational Mario games, capitalizing on the growing popularity of educational software.[2] The Software Toolworks developed and published the MS-DOS and Super NES versions.[2] Radical Entertainment developed the NES version, which was published by The Software Toolworks.[2] The Super NES version was released in December 1993.[2]
The NES version was released in June 1994.[2] The Software Toolworks handled both development and publishing for the MS-DOS and Super NES versions, while Radical Entertainment developed the NES version under The Software Toolworks' publishing.[2]
References
- Wikipedia, "Mario's Time Machine" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Buchanan, Levi, "The Other Mario Games, Vol. 4 - Super NES Feature at IGN", IGN, 2008-08-21 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Mario's Time Machine" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Mario's Time Machine Deluxe for PC", GameSpot; "Mario's Time Machine Release Information for NES", GameFAQs; "Mario's Time Machine Release Information for SNES", GameFAQs; "Mario's Time Machine Deluxe Release Information for PC", GameFAQs (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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Sources
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- Wikipedia: Mario's Time Machine (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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