Mario - Side Jobs

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07 Jan 2005, 05:34 PM
NeoZeedeater

Mario - Side Jobs

With Mario showing up seemingly everywhere lately I figured it might be interesting to take a look at some of the past side jobs of our pixeled proletarian. This thread is devoted to Mario occupations other than the usual plumber/carpenter SMB/DK series ones. I didn't include sports/racing related stuff either.

Mario - The Factory Worker

Mario's Cement Factory was a Game & Watch game released in 1983. This screen is from the more advanced table top version. This is probably my favorite G&W game. You have to operate various levers and make sure nothing overflows and lands on your Luigi-esque co-workers' heads.
http://www.matranet.net/BACK/ABR2K2/DESKTOP/CEMENT.JPG

http://www.miniarcade.com/img/games/...t-tt_box_f.jpg

Mario's Cement Factory also appeared in Game & Watch Gallery 4 for GBA.

Thundersoft released a Commodore 64 game in 1987 called Mario Bros II. I had a copied version back then but I still haven't been able to trace the origin of this game. As far as I can tell it is not licensed by Nintendo. I have never heard of Nintendo suing over the game either so I don't even know whether this game was sold in stores or a homebrew. The game kind of sucked anyway.
http://www.c64gg.com/Images/M/Mario_Bros_II_ingame.gif

Mario - The Demolitions Expert

Mario's Bombs Away(Game & Watch, 1983)
http://spacemul.emu-france.com/elect.../mariobomb.jpg

Wrecking Crew was originally released for the NES in 1985. recently it was re-released for GBA.
http://www.planetnintendo.com/nindb/nes/wr/shot-2.jpg

Wrecking Crew '98 was one of Nintendo's last Super Famicom games. By the name you would think it was a remake but it's actually quite a bit different than the original as you compete against another wrecker on the opposite side of the screen in a more puzzle-ish fashion.
http://www.nintendoland.com/graphics...s/bswc98_1.GIF
http://www.classicgaming.com/tmk/images/ss/ss_wc98.gif

Mario - The Artist

Mario Paint for the SNES was a kid-friendly paint program with music and other minigames. It didn't really involve Mario doing much as a painter(he's just kind of thrown on there to sell it I guess and technically you control his hand) but it goes with the theme of the thread. The same applies to the other artist Mario games.
http://membres.lycos.fr/mariomuseum/...mariopaint.gif
http://www.cpujunky.com/snesgamez/Mario%20Paint.gif

The Mario Artist series was sort of the 64-bit follow up to Mario Paint, except unlike Mario Paint none of the games/programs left Japan. The first was Mario Artist: Paint Studio, released in for the Nintendo 64 64DD add on in 1999 and the rest came out in 2000. This program also allowed you to import pictures from a video camera.
http://www.64dd.net/games/64dd/relea...udio/cover.png

http://n64media.ign.com/media/news/i...d99/Paint1.jpg

Mario Artist: Talent Studio and Mario Artist: Polygon Studio allowed you to create 3d characters.
http://n64media.ign.com/media/news/i...99/Talent3.jpg

Mario Artist: Communication Kit
This program allowed you to exchange data online using the Randnet modem service. Your custom created character could communicate with others in a virtual community.

Mario The Juggler was a Game & Watch game from 1991. I don't know if juggling counts as an occupation but I figured I would include it as it's one of the most obscure Mario games. It's also significant as it marked the end of an era; it was the last Game & Watch game produced. It was a remake of Ball, the first G&W game.
http://gameandwatch.emu-france.com/h...ggler/game.jpg

Mario - The Professor

Mario Teaches Typing was a kids typing tutor series for PC and Mac in the early 1990s. The games were licensed by Nintendo but made by Interplay.
http://www.superkids.com/aweb/pages/...rio2/score.jpg

There were other Mario edutainment games as well but I don't think Mario was depicted as a teacher in those.

Mario - The Medicine Man

http://ssbm.detstar.com/screengallery/drmario.jpg

Originally released for the NES and Game Boy in 1990 and later for SNES and N64, Dr. Mario was one of Nintendo's most popular puzzle games.
http://www.planetnintendo.com/nindb/nes/vu/shot-1.jpg

http://www.nesretro.com/mariohistory.../DrMario64.jpg

I probably missed a few so add away.
07 Jan 2005, 05:39 PM
Rocca

Woo, a Neo thread.
I can't really think of anything else other than a plumber. I guess Mario could also be considered a humanitarian and a gardener. Well...

[thumb]http://cube.smedia.co.uk/downloads/pictures/sms/sshots/ss_ms_pre09.jpg[/thumb]
07 Jan 2005, 05:53 PM
salmonax

I'd say plumbing is a side job to being a hired killer. Those Koopas and Goombas had families, y'know.
07 Jan 2005, 05:54 PM
Cowutopia

Are there any games when Mario actually plumbs? Besides maybe Mario Bros, where he battles stuff coming out of pipes exclusively.
07 Jan 2005, 06:04 PM
Daitokuji

Well now Mario and crew are basketball Players...

http://www.the-magicbox.com/0501/nbast31.jpg

http://www.the-magicbox.com/0501/nbast32.jpg

http://www.the-magicbox.com/0501/nbast33.jpg

As well as his other sport endevours, tennis golf and cart racing Mario is about as busy as Barbie
07 Jan 2005, 06:09 PM
Cheebs

You forgot Mario the boxing ref. :)
07 Jan 2005, 06:10 PM
Cowutopia

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cheebs

You forgot Mario the boxing ref. :)

Good one. He was also originally the chair ump in tennis and not a player.
07 Jan 2005, 06:11 PM
NeoZeedeater

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cheebs

You forgot Mario the boxing ref. :)

I didn't forget that one. I mentioned I left out sports related stuff. I'm too lazy make the thread five times longer to include all those. ;)
07 Jan 2005, 06:12 PM
Cowutopia

I figured you left it out on purpose, but it is a non-player role so it's slightly more interesting.
07 Jan 2005, 06:13 PM
Cheebs

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeoZeedeater

I didn't forget that one. I mentioned I left out sports related stuff. I'm too lazy make the thread five times longer to include all those. ;)

OK....then umm.... Mario the hunter/trapper/zookeeper/whatever the heck he was when he had Donkey Kong in a cage in DK jr. :p
07 Jan 2005, 06:21 PM
kuro

Acrobat? You'd figure with his superior jumping skills he'd do some moonlighting in acrobatics. Especially in Mario RPG.
07 Jan 2005, 06:23 PM
Cowutopia

I just realized Tetris Attack didn't have Mario in it anywhere! And neither did the update with Puzzle League. Awesome.
07 Jan 2005, 06:30 PM
Dolemite

Another great Neo thread. Nice job.

As for sports games, Mario was a line judge in Tennis on the Gameboy.
07 Jan 2005, 07:47 PM
animegirl

Too bad Mario Artist didn't come here, it looked pretty cool. I loved Mario Paint. Did anybody else animate crappy pornos on it? I even made soundtracks for them with the included music mixer.
07 Jan 2005, 08:41 PM
1CCOSA

Another great retro-profile-variety thread, Neo. Those tabletop G&W games must fetch mad cash (you actually *own* the color cement table top game?). Wish I'd never sold my G&W Super Mario Bros which I owned way back in '91. It had semi-changing levels, lakitus, even warp zones! Quite a bit of exploring to be had for an LCD game.

Wish I'd never sold this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...946159108&rd=1
07 Jan 2005, 09:44 PM
sleeve

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeoZeedeater

Thundersoft released a Commodore 64 game in 1987 called Mario Bros II. I had a copied version back then but I still haven't been able to trace the origin of this game. As far as I can tell it is not licensed by Nintendo. I have never heard of Nintendo suing over the game either so I don't even know whether this game was sold in stores or a homebrew. The game kind of sucked anyway.

It's actually a port of the G&W Dual Screen Mario Bros, one of the few horizontal-oriented clamshell designs.

http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/dgourlis/mario.jpg
07 Jan 2005, 09:53 PM
Eightbitbreaks

Mario the cruciverbalist?

http://puzzles.ngenres.com/screens/34/mario_picross.jpg
07 Jan 2005, 10:20 PM
NeoZeedeater

Quote:

Originally Posted by sleeveboy

It's actually a port of the G&W Dual Screen Mario Bros, one of the few horizontal-oriented clamshell designs.

Ah, thanks. I know I have seen that before. I just don't remember if I saw the real thing or just pictures. I keep looking for potential box art for the C64 one but I can't find anything.
08 Jan 2005, 02:36 AM
Videodrone

Not to get off topic, but was that Super Mario C64 game with the Pink Bubbles and French Fry looking ememies an actually release or a homebrew?

Great Thread BTW.
08 Jan 2005, 02:44 AM
NeoZeedeater

Quote:

Originally Posted by Videodrone

Not to get off topic, but was that Super Mario C64 game with the Pink Bubbles and French Fry looking ememies an actually release or a homebrew?

It was a homebrew hack of The Great Giana Sisters which was an actual release. Nintendo sued or threatened to sue over the game(Giana, not the pirated Mario hack).
http://www.c64gg.com/Images/G/Great_...Sisters.ss.gif
08 Jan 2005, 02:44 AM
galvatron

Quote:

Originally Posted by sleeveboy

It's actually a port of the G&W Dual Screen Mario Bros, one of the few horizontal-oriented clamshell designs.

I had that one and it was awesome, back in the day.

Was Mario also the dude in pinball carrying a girder over his head?
http://www.atarihq.com/tsr/nes/pinball.jpg

Also, he was the pilot of the paddle in Alleyway on GB.
http://consolemedia.gameworldnetwork...ameboy/649.jpg
08 Jan 2005, 02:50 AM
Videodrone

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeoZeedeater

It was a homebrew hack of The Great Giana Sisters

Ah, I remember hearing that they were basically two in the same. Never seen Great Giana Sister so I never knew for sure. Thanks.
08 Jan 2005, 02:56 AM
Clash!

What about Hotel Mario for the Philips CD-I?

http://www.mariomania.altervista.org...el_mario_1.jpg
08 Jan 2005, 02:58 AM
NeoZeedeater

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clash_Master

What about Hotel Mario for the Philips CD-I?

Mario was on vacation there I think. I always did want to try that game. It looks better than those CDi- Zelda atrocities anyway.
08 Jan 2005, 03:14 AM
galvatron

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeoZeedeater

Mario was on vacation there I think. I always did want to try that game. It looks better than those CDi- Zelda atrocities anyway.

Yeah, from what I read Bowser and his kids are the ones with the hotel business and mario's gotta search the rooms for Peach.
08 Jan 2005, 09:29 AM
gamevet

Not really a job, but he's not plumbing. More like Kidnap victim.

http://www.allretrogames.com/snes/sn...oismissing.jpg
08 Jan 2005, 12:47 PM
D_N_G

mario is missing was also on the nes as well as mario the time traveller in Mario's Time Machine

Super NES also had several Mario Educational games like Mario's Preschool fun. Mario ABC and Mrio 123
08 Jan 2005, 11:35 PM
ChaoofNee

Mario taught me how to type.
http://www.nesretro.com/mariohistory...chesTyping.jpg
09 Jan 2005, 01:59 AM
Clash!

Look at how shitty his hand looks!