Mario's Time Machine (NES)/Gameplay

Controls

Button	Description
or	Move left or right
	Crouch Pick up items
	Look up Enter doors
	Jump While running press A for long jumps
+	Spin Jump
	Hold B to make Mario run
	Use selected item
	Select/cycle through items

Characters

Mario is everyone's favorite plumber and is here to save the day once again. He is the character you shall be playing as in this game. Unlike his previous adventures, he will not be saving the princess, but instead he has to restore history to the way it was before by returning items back to their proper time. Mario still has some saving to do, though, he has to save Yoshi who has gotten itself kidnapped by Bowser at the very beginning.

Yoshi tags along with Mario to help stop Bowser, but instead is captured in the beginning when he wanders into the museum by himself. Now Mario has to rescue defeat Bowser and rescue Yoshi.

Bowser, the evil Koopa King, has been getting causing trouble for Mario countless times and is here to cause more trouble. He has built a personal museum to house all the artifacts he has stolen throughout time and has also captured Yoshi. It is up to Mario to stop him and return everything back to normal.

Items

Artifacts

Artifacts are usable items that complete a timezone if used in the right timezone in the right location.

Torch		Lightbulb
	The Olympic Torch, used to show the start of the Olympics. Year: 776 B.C. Located: Door 1 - 1st item		The Light Bulb, commercialized by Thomas Edison. Year: 1879 Location: Door 1 - 2nd item
Apple		Sledge Hammer
	The Apple that helped Newton discover the laws of motion. Year: 1687 Location: Door 2 - 1st item		A Sledge Hammer that helped knock down the Berlin Wall. Year: 1989 Located: Door 2 - 2nd item
Dinosaur Egg		Stovepipe Hat
	A Dinosaur Egg from the later Cretaceous Era. Year: 80m B.C. Located: Door 3 - 1st item		A Stovepipe Hat, Lincoln's favorite type of hat. Year: 1862 Located: Door 3 - 2nd item
Steering Wheel		New India Flag
	A Steering Wheel for a large vessel. Year: 1520 Located: Door 4 - 1st item		The New Indian Flag is a representation of independence. Year: 1947 Located: Door 4 - 2nd item
Quill Pen		United States Flag
	The Quill Pen that Shakespeare used to write his plays. Year: 1602 Located: Door 5 - 1st item		The United States Flag that was placed on the moon. Year: 1969 Located: Door 5 - 2nd item
Throne		Propeller
	The Throne that Cleopatra used to rule Egypt. Year: 31 B.C. Located: Door 6 - 1st item		The Propeller that helped take people into the sky. Year: 1903 Located: Door 6 - 2nd item
Sword		Physics Equation
	A Sword, the favorite weapon of a samurai. Year: 1192 Located: Door 7 - 1st item		A Physics Equation created by Einstein. Year: 1905 Located: Door 7 - 2nd item

Other

These are the other items that are selectable by Mario.

Pocket Watch		Question Mark
	A Pocket Watch that Mario carries during his travels. When used it brings up a timeline map of all the dates Mario is able to travel and shows the current time period he is in.		The Question Mark does nothing, absolutely nothing.

These are other items in the game

Info Block		Timulator
	A block that when hit gives info on time periods and hints on where items belong.		Mario uses this time machine to travel through predetermined time periods.