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.

Screenshots

Promo Images

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 (3233)
Great NES game, with the first to feature simultaneous two players	NES	Katakis | カタキス (39781)

Critic Reviews

The Video Game Critic	Atari 8-bit	Nov 04, 2006	B+	83
Jeuxvideo.com	NES	Aug 04, 2011	16 out of 20	80
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	NES	Nov, 1988	80 out of 100	80
Questicle.net	NES	Sep, 2012	B-	67
Happy Computer	Commodore 64	Jun, 1987	64 out of 100	64
Pixel-Heroes.de	NES	Dec, 2007	6 out of 10	60
8-bit Central Retro Gaming	Atari 5200	2011		60
RetroGame Man	NES	Jul 27, 2017	6 out of 10	60
Commodore Force	Commodore 64	Aug, 1993	40 out of 100	40
Mag'64	Wii	Aug 31, 2009	3 out of 10	30

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
About the PC-88/ Apple ports	1	Trypticon (11033) 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.)