Mario Bros.

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Description

Mario and Luigi, the best plumbers in the world, have a real job on their hands. A host of characters have taken over the sewers, and the brothers must clear them out of the pipes.

The platform puzzle which first introduced Luigi to the world has both single and multiplayer action with two differing game types, but with the same objective. Crabs, turtles and fighter flies must be cleared out by jumping underneath the platform they sit on, then kicking them away. Each level is cleared when a set number of coins is collected.

For the two player mode, the first to collect the set amount of coins wins.

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Trailer

Alternate Titles

• "Mario Brothers" -- alternate spelling
• "Mario Bros.-e" -- e-Reader title
• "マリオブラザーズ" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Arcade Archives series
• Classic NES / Famicom Mini / NES Classics releases
• e-Reader series
• Games referenced in movies
• Mario games
• Nintendo's Arcade series

User Reviews

A Tale of Two Plumbers	NES	BigJKO (71)
Haven't we met somewhere before?	NES	PCGamer77 (3229)
Great NES game, with the first to feature simultaneous two players	NES	Katakis | カタキス (42781)

Critic Reviews

All Game Guide	NES	1998		90
NES Archives	NES	Feb 28, 2008	B-	67
Woodgrain Wonderland	Atari 2600	Jun 12, 2017	B-	67
Power Play	NES	1987	6.5 out of 10	65
Your Commodore	Commodore 64	Jul, 1987	6 out of 10	60
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	ZX Spectrum	Jul, 1987	24 out of 40	60
8-bit Central Retro Gaming	Atari 5200	2011		60
RetroGame Man	NES	Jul 27, 2017	6 out of 10	60
Nintendo Life	Wii	Nov 20, 2006		60
Tilt	Atari 2600	May, 1984		50

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
About the PC-88/ Apple ports	1	Trypticon (11039) Apr 05, 2011

Trivia

Introduction

This game marks the first appearance of Mario's brother, Luigi.

Unreleased ports

An earlier conversion for the C64 by Atarisoft was not commercially released according to Gregg Tavares, one of the programmers. The same applies to an Apple II conversion programmed by Jimmy Huey.

Related Web Sites

• The Many Faces of . . . Mario Bros. (A little bit of Mario Bros history and comparative reviews of the game on different platforms.)