Mario Bros

A one paragraph summary of game. Short and basic summary. What kind of game? When was it played? etc.

Also:

• • Published by: Nintendo

  • Developed by: Nintendo R&D1

  • Designer: Shigeru Miyamoto & Gunpei Yokoi

  • Platform: Arcade

  • Year Released: 1983

• Significant Contributors to Game Development:

  • Genre: Platform

  • Other Games in Series: Super Mario Bros and 200 more Mario Games

History

After the great success with Donkey Kong, Miyamoto and Yokoi tought in the idea of "fixing" Donkey Kong, but in the end became a totally new game called Mario Bros.

The name Mario came from a Nintendo worker that looked similar to Mario, Mario Seg

alli, and Miyamoto also tought that Mario didn't look a carpenter with that moustache, so he was promoted to plumber.

The idea of plumber gave inspiration to him create the new gameplay idea, and before Mario move to Mushroom Kingdom, Mario and his brother Luigi worked as plumbers in New York sewers.

Game Design Elements

Gameplay

Mario must fight the enemies in the sewers and get points for defeating them, or he could compete against his brother Luigi to see who makes more points.

Jump on the block under the turtles, crabs and flies to turn them over, and throw them to make points.

Block that turn all the enemies upside down.

Touching the enemies make you die and fireballs are invencible.

The monsters come out from the pipes.

Defeating multiple enemies at the same time give extra points.

The enemies get faster and faster.

If you die and still have remaining lives, you will be back in a "spaceship"

The game was inspired by Joust a game that you are a knight riding an orstrich fighting other warriors o

n orstriches.

Controls

Nothing extraordinary:

-Move right

-Move left

-Jump

Plot

Mario and Luigi must defeat the monster in New York City.

Characters

Mario - An middle aged carpenter who was promoted to plumber after defeat Donkey Kong and be d

efeated by Donkey Kong Jr., he lives in New York and must protect the city from monsters in the sewers.

Luigi - Mario's brother, he helps Mario (by competing against him) to save the city from the monsters.

Art

Visual

The enemies are pretty well made, you know exactly what they are.

Mario and Luigi are exactly the same sprite, but with diffent colors for the playes understand wich one are they palying with.

The overall of the sprites are great, every single sprite is easy to understand.

Sound

In the begining of each stage the game Mozard's Ein

e kleine Nachtmusik is played, noises when jumpins (the same in Donkey Kong), and walking.

Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Bros.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joust_(video_game)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUWujzIG2vc

http://www.themushroomkingdom.net/mario_history.shtml

http://themushroomkingdom.net/games/mb-arcade