<s>
The	O
popularity	O
of	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
series	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
several	O
spin-off	O
Mario	B-Device
educational	I-Device
games	I-Device
from	O
1988	O
to	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
titles	O
were	O
released	O
exclusively	O
for	O
either	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
(	O
NES	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
(	O
SNES	B-Application
)	O
,	O
or	O
for	O
personal	O
computers	O
,	O
while	O
others	O
were	O
released	O
on	O
two	O
or	O
more	O
of	O
those	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mario	B-Device
educational	I-Device
games	I-Device
were	O
generally	O
designed	O
for	O
use	O
by	O
children	O
in	O
preschool	O
or	O
kindergarten	O
and	O
focused	O
on	O
developing	O
skills	O
ranging	O
from	O
language	O
and	O
typing	B-Application
to	O
geography	O
and	O
history	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
educational	O
games	O
were	O
not	O
well-received	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
critics	O
and	O
gamers	O
labeling	O
them	O
as	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
worst	O
Mario	B-Application
games	O
ever	O
made	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
Famicom	B-Device
Disk	I-Device
System	I-Device
game	O
released	O
in	O
1986	O
only	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
Mario	B-Application
Discovery	O
Series	O
"	O
is	O
a	O
label	O
given	O
to	O
five	O
Mario	B-Device
educational	I-Device
games	I-Device
that	O
were	O
developed	O
by	O
The	O
Software	O
Toolworks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Is	O
Missing	O
!	O
Mario	B-Application
Is	O
Missing	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
geography-based	O
game	O
released	O
in	O
1993	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
,	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
and	O
NES	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
,	O
Luigi	O
and	O
Yoshi	B-Application
travel	O
to	O
Bowser	O
's	O
castle	O
to	O
stop	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
is	O
kidnapped	O
by	O
Bowser	O
,	O
prompting	O
Luigi	O
to	O
rescue	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Is	O
Missing	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
is	O
the	O
first	O
Mario	B-Application
game	O
to	O
feature	O
only	O
Luigi	O
as	O
the	O
starring	O
character	O
,	O
which	O
did	O
not	O
occur	O
again	O
until	O
Luigi	B-Application
's	I-Application
Mansion	I-Application
,	O
a	O
game	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
GameCube	I-Application
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
's	O
Time	O
Machine	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
on	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
NES	O
and	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
version	O
was	O
re-released	O
as	O
Mario	B-Application
's	O
Time	O
Machine	O
Deluxe	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Bowser	O
steals	O
artifacts	O
from	O
various	O
points	O
in	O
history	O
using	O
a	O
time	O
machine	O
and	O
Mario	B-Application
must	O
return	O
them	O
back	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Is	O
Missing	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
Mario	B-Application
's	O
Time	O
Machine	O
were	O
generally	O
poorly	O
received	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mario	B-Application
's	O
Early	O
Years	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
games	O
were	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
and	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
three	O
games	O
were	O
Mario	B-Application
's	O
Early	O
Years	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
Fun	O
with	O
Letters	O
;	O
Mario	B-Application
's	O
Early	O
Years	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
Fun	O
with	O
Numbers	O
;	O
and	O
Mario	B-Application
's	O
Early	O
Years	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
Preschool	O
Fun	O
(	O
known	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
as	O
Mario	B-Application
's	O
Playschool	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
,	O
October	O
,	O
and	O
November	O
1994	O
,	O
respectively	O
,	O
and	O
all	O
support	O
the	O
SNES	B-Device
Mouse	I-Device
peripheral	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
contain	O
Mario	B-Application
,	O
Princess	O
Peach	O
and	O
Yoshi	B-Application
on	O
a	O
wooden	O
boat	O
traveling	O
from	O
island	O
to	O
island	O
,	O
learning	O
about	O
various	O
subjects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Teaches	O
Typing	B-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
personal	O
computers	O
and	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
teach	O
typing	B-Application
skills	O
to	O
children	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Mario	B-Application
Teaches	O
Typing	B-Application
2	O
,	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Brainstorm	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Interplay	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
's	O
Game	O
Gallery	O
features	O
five	O
traditional	O
games	O
which	O
play	O
very	O
similarly	O
to	O
their	O
real	O
world	O
counterparts	O
but	O
with	O
Mario	B-Application
themes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
faces	O
off	O
against	O
Mario	B-Application
(	O
voiced	O
by	O
Charles	O
Martinet	O
in	O
his	O
first	O
appearance	O
)	O
in	O
these	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
its	O
re-release	O
Mario	B-Application
's	O
FUNdamentals	O
have	O
been	O
praised	O
by	O
some	O
,	O
others	O
consider	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
worst	O
games	O
to	O
feature	O
Mario	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Bros	O
.	O
&	O
Friends	O
:	O
When	O
I	O
Grow	O
Up	O
is	O
a	O
children	O
's	O
computer	O
coloring	O
game	O
featuring	O
Mario	B-Application
and	O
Luigi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1991	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
can	O
paint	O
Mario	B-Application
and	O
other	O
Nintendo	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
