(oneliner:: Clean up the sewers as Luigi and Mario.)
Developer:: Nintendo R&D1 Publisher:: Nintendo Release Date:: 1983-03-01 Hours:: 0.1
This single-screen platform game starring the not-yet-super Mario brothers features two-player simultaneous play, similar to the likes of Joust or Wizard of Wor. You need to eliminate the bad guys first by flipping them onto their backs (by bumping the ground they stand on from below) and then kicking them into the water. Though it controls smoothly enough to provide a satisfying challenge to a single player, it shines with two, letting you cooperate or compete with a friend.
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Trivia: This may technically not be the first appearance of the green Mario brother Luigi. He also appears in the 1983 Game & Watch game of the same name, which sees the brothers working in a bottling plant rather than as plumbers. Information about the arcade game’s release month is conflicting, so it is not clear whether the Game & Watch game was released first, or whether the arcade and handheld games were released simultaneously.
This page uses the earliest attested release date for the arcade game.