Mario Bros.

1983 arcade game

Mario Bros. is a video game made in 1983. In the game, Mario and/or Luigi must defeat enemies by jumping on them from below and then kicking them, when they are knocked down. It is the first game to feature Luigi as a playable character as well as the first game in which Mario is named Mario. In Donkey Kong, Mario was called Jumpman. It was later remade for other game consoles at the time. Mario Bros. was also included with the four Super Mario Advance games.

Mario Bros.
Developer(s)Nintendo
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Designer(s)Shigeru Miyamoto
Gunpei Yokoi
SeriesDonkey Kong/Mario
EngineRadar Scope
Platform(s)Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, NEC PC-8001, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Apple II, NES, Famicom Disk System, Game Boy Advance/e-Reader, Virtual Console (Wii, 3DS, Wii U), NES Classic Edition/Famicom Mini, Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online
ReleaseArcade:
  • JP: July 14, 1983
  • NA: July 20, 1983
Atari 2600:
  • NA: July 26, 1983
Atari 5200:
  • NA: December 31, 1983
NES:
  • JP: September 9, 1983
  • NA: June 23, 1986
  • EU: September 1, 1986
PC-8801:
  • JP: February 1984
Atari 7800:
  • NA: July 10, 1987
Amstrad CPC:
  • EU: June 19, 1987
Atari 8-bit:
  • NA: November 22, 1988
e-Reader:
  • NA: November 11, 2002
Game Boy Advance:
  • JP: May 21, 2004
  • EU: May 22, 2004 (only as secondary)
  • AU: May 23, 2004 (only as secondary)
  • NA: May 24, 2004 (only as secondary)
Virtual Console (Wii):
  • NA: November 19, 2006
  • AU: December 7, 2006
  • EU: December 8, 2006
  • JP: December 12, 2006
  • KOR: December 30, 2008
Virtual Console (3DS):
  • JP: May 8, 2013
  • EU: January 9, 2014
  • AU: January 9, 2014
  • NA: January 30, 2014
Virtual Console (Wii U):
  • JP: May 29, 2013
  • NA: June 20, 2013
  • EU: June 20, 2013
  • AU: June 20, 2013
NES Classic Edition:
  • JP: November 10, 2016
  • AU: November 10, 2016
  • NA: November 11, 2016
  • EU: November 11, 2016
Nintendo Switch (Arcade Archives):
  • WW: September 27, 2017
Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online:
  • NA: September 18, 2018
  • JP: September 19, 2018
  • EU: September 19, 2018
  • AU: September 19, 2018
  • HK: April 23, 2019
  • KOR: April 23, 2019
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Up to two players, alternating turns
CabinetUpright, mini, and cocktail
Arcade systemMain CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 3.072 MHz)
Sound CPU: I8035 (@ 400 kHz)
Sound Chips: DAC (@ 400 kHz), Samples (@ 400 kHz)
DisplayRaster, standard resolution 224 x 256 (Vertical) Palette Colors 256