Dr. Mario

Dr. Mario

1990
Puzzle
In a manner and style considered similar to Tetris, the player manipulates each capsule as it vertically falls 1 unit of space at a time, able to move it left or right and rotate it 90 degrees in either clockwise or counter-clockwise. The main objective is to complete levels, which is accomplished by eliminating all viruses from the playing field. (wikipedia.org)
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Dr. Mario

1990
Puzzle
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Rated 14 Jan 2018
70
54th
Going over to a grandparent's house, freaking out that they have a NES system hooked up. They only have this or Tetris.
Rated 01 Dec 2022
78
37th
Mildly interesting variation on Tetris, but it lacks that game's simple elegance, and the novelty wore off quickly.
Rated 14 Jan 2018
85
79th
I can beat level 23 on low speed, level 20 on medium speed, and on high speed I can cry in anger.
Rated 04 Feb 2018
59
21st
The commercial for this game shamelessly featured the Witch Doctor song sung by a Witch Doctor shrinking a grown man's head, and a cartoon Mario Doctor appearing in the flames of a seance. This has nothing to do with the game, of course. Except for perhaps combining the pharmaceutical industry with shamanism, which is the kind of advertising we need right now.
Rated 18 Nov 2021
55
27th
This was all we played at my cousin's house. Just Doc Mario, top ramen and Ernest films, as far as the eye could see...
Rated 23 Sep 2019
2
12th
Meh.
Rated 28 Mar 2024
2
11th
Rated 18 Nov 2023
89
41st
Rated 25 Feb 2018
50
2nd
Just play Tetris.
Rated 04 Feb 2023
85
64th
A plumber moonlighting as a doctor might sound like a bad idea, but you can't argue with the results.
Rated 21 Feb 2020
80
56th
It's just worse Tetris but it's still executed well enough that it's good fun. I'll boot it up on my switch's nes emulator from time to time.
Rated 15 Jan 2018
64
12th
A Tetris like clone cheaply incorporating Mario.
Rated 05 Mar 2018
1
2nd
I have never liked Dr. Mario
Rated 26 Dec 2020
53
41st
It has a good central mechanic, but does very little to build on that, mostly just getting faster as the levels go up. Once you've learned the basic strategy, there isn't much left to sink your teeth into. Fun to play for a quick burst, but if I had gotten it as an NES cartridge for Christmas, I would've been disappointed.
Rated 06 May 2018
77
48th
How is it Tetris gets like 100s and Dr. Mario 60s? That I don't get. In some ways Dr. Mario presented a different and more-dimensional challenge than Tetris. Amazing? Nope. Fun, definitely.
Rated 01 Feb 2018
35
24th
not a terrible puzzle game, all things considered. then again, that's not true. I'm not considering that I downloaded it in two minutes to play on an emulator, and that my experience wasn't my mom buying me "Mario" for Christmas and getting Tetris hosted by Leo Spaceman
Rated 22 Aug 2018
60
35th
An above average color-matching puzzler for the time. The music's catchy.
Rated 26 Jan 2018
36
0th
There are far better games in this same genre. Even within the Mario franchise of this genre.
Rated 28 Jan 2018
4
36th
A bit of casual fun but lacks the depth of Tetris or other similar puzzle games.
Rated 17 Jan 2018
3
12th
Imagine if tetris was a black hole of fun
Rated 05 Apr 2018
95
48th
Best to play with friend and see them cry.
Rated 25 Oct 2019
60
63rd
good puzzle game. Match pills as the levels get insanely hard.
Rated 04 Mar 2018
70
27th
Decent Tetris clone.
Rated 22 Jan 2018
75
29th
My girlfriend and I love playing this not-tetris Mario-in-name-only game it's quite fun
Rated 20 May 2018
70
71st
Simplistic yet addictive.
Rated 25 Oct 2018
29
9th
The problem is that it copies Tetris too closely but when it tries to expand on those mechanics it just fails. I'm also not sure how a plumber who rescues princesses as a full time job gets a medical degree.
Rated 17 Aug 2019
85
67th
Intuitive, flippy, and fun to play against another player. It's part of a family of Tetris-like games (Dr. Mario, Columns, etc.) that competed for eyeballs at the time. It should say something that I still drag this cart out and play it. (It says I'm old)

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