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{{Infobox
|title=Dr. Mario
|title=Dr. Mario
|japanese=Dr. マリオ, Dokutā Mario
|image=Dr Mario NES box.jpg
|image=Dr Mario NES box.jpg
|developer=[[Nintendo]]
|developer=[[Nintendo]]
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|genre=[[Puzzle]]
|genre=[[Puzzle]]
|systems=[[NES]], [[Game Boy]], [[Nintendo Power (SNES)]], [[Nintendo Power (Game Boy)]], [[Satellaview]], [[Game Boy Advance]]
|systems=[[NES]], [[Game Boy]], [[Nintendo Power (SNES)]], [[Nintendo Power (Game Boy)]], [[Satellaview]], [[Game Boy Advance]]
|players=1-2
|modes=[[Single player]], [[Multiplayer]]
|ratings={{ESRB|E}}
|ratings={{ESRB|E}}
|followed by=[[Dr. Mario 64]]
|followed by=[[Dr. Mario 64]]
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'''Dr. Mario''' (Dr. マリオ, Dokutā Mario) is an arcade-style puzzle video game produced by [[Nintendo]]. It was originally released for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] and [[Game Boy]] in [[1990]]. Its play mechanics are compared to [[Tetris]]. In this game, Dr. Mario throws vitamins that the player must align in order to destroy the viruses that populate the playing field (designed to resemble a medicine bottle).
U.S. Patent 5,265,888 covers Dr. Mario, but as of 2004, Nintendo has not enforced it against amateur software developers.
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[[Category:Single player]]
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Revision as of 09:30, 19 February 2009

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Dr. Mario (Dr. マリオ, Dokutā Mario) is an arcade-style puzzle video game produced by Nintendo. It was originally released for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy in 1990. Its play mechanics are compared to Tetris. In this game, Dr. Mario throws vitamins that the player must align in order to destroy the viruses that populate the playing field (designed to resemble a medicine bottle).

U.S. Patent 5,265,888 covers Dr. Mario, but as of 2004, Nintendo has not enforced it against amateur software developers.

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