Classic NES Series: Dr. Mario (2004) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Classic NES Series: Dr. Mario

The objective of Dr. Mario is to destroy the viruses populating the playing field by aligning them with vitamins of matching color, which are manipulated by the player after being dropped into the playing…

21 May 2004

What Classic NES Series: Dr. Mario is

Classic NES Series: Dr. Mario was released in 2004. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Game Boy Advance only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The objective of Dr. Mario is to destroy the viruses populating the playing field by aligning them with vitamins of matching color, which are manipulated by the player after being dropped into the playing field.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are fantasy, party and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Mario series

Classic NES Series: Dr. Mario is the 336th of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Mario vs. Donkey Kong in 2004.

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What it launched against

Classic NES Series: Dr. Mario launched on 21 May 2004, within three weeks of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Thief 3: Deadly Shadows, Thief: Deadly Shadows and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Released around the same time: The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Thief 3: Deadly Shadows, Thief: Deadly Shadows, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

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