<s>
Mario	B-Application
Teaches	I-Application
Typing	I-Application
is	O
an	O
educational	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Interplay	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
compatible	O
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
uses	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
character	O
,	O
licensed	O
from	O
Nintendo	O
,	O
to	O
teach	O
keyboard	O
skills	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Teaches	I-Application
Typing	I-Application
includes	O
three	O
selectable	O
characters	O
:	O
Mario	B-Application
,	O
Luigi	O
and	O
Princess	O
Peach	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
time	O
ends	O
,	O
the	O
exercise	O
ends	O
and	O
a	O
chalkboard	O
screen	O
appears	O
,	O
displaying	O
statistics	O
on	O
how	O
well	O
the	O
player	O
performed	O
,	O
including	O
words	B-Device
per	I-Device
minute	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beyond	O
lessons	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
three	O
levels	O
of	O
varying	O
difficulty	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
assets	O
of	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
World	I-Application
;	O
a	O
platform	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
types	O
on	O
the	O
keyboard	O
to	O
have	O
Mario	B-Application
progress	O
through	O
the	O
level	O
,	O
avoiding	O
obstacles	O
and	O
enemies	O
to	O
reach	O
the	O
end	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Teaches	I-Application
Typing	I-Application
was	O
conceived	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
Brian	O
Fargo	O
,	O
head	O
of	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
company	O
Interplay	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fargo	O
was	O
acquaintances	O
with	O
Les	O
Crane	O
,	O
a	O
talk	O
show	O
host	O
and	O
radio	O
announcer	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
also	O
developed	O
the	O
educational	B-Application
typing	O
game	O
Mavis	B-Device
Beacon	I-Device
Teaches	I-Device
Typing	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Considering	O
who	O
could	O
be	O
the	O
face	O
and	O
teacher	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
he	O
found	O
Mario	B-Application
to	O
be	O
a	O
good	O
fit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CD-ROM	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
produced	O
by	O
Thomas	O
R	O
.	O
Decker	O
,	O
a	O
producer	O
for	O
Interplay	O
whose	O
past	O
titles	O
included	O
Mario	B-Application
's	O
Game	O
Gallery	O
and	O
Kingdom	B-Application
:	I-Application
the	I-Application
Far	I-Application
Reaches	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Teaches	I-Application
Typing	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
that	O
released	O
for	O
hardware	O
outside	O
of	O
their	O
own	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
called	O
Crane	O
afterward	O
,	O
who	O
expressed	O
disapproval	O
of	O
Mario	B-Application
Teaches	I-Application
Typing	I-Application
;	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
successful	O
enough	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
direct	O
competitor	O
to	O
Mavis	B-Device
Beacon	I-Device
Teaches	I-Device
Typing	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Fargo	O
,	O
"	O
somebody	O
else	O
came	O
out	O
with	O
some	O
other	O
Mario	B-Application
product	O
that	O
was	O
not	O
high	O
quality	O
"	O
for	O
computers	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
Nintendo	O
cutting	O
ties	O
with	O
Interplay	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
CD	O
version	O
,	O
Mario	B-Application
was	O
voiced	O
by	O
Charles	O
Martinet	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
be	O
among	O
his	O
first	O
times	O
using	O
the	O
voice	O
for	O
a	O
Mario	B-Application
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Martinet	O
considered	O
Mario	B-Application
Teaches	I-Application
Typing	I-Application
to	O
be	O
one	O
of	O
his	O
favorite	O
projects	O
using	O
the	O
voice	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
important	O
;	O
it	O
helped	O
him	O
understand	O
the	O
character	O
from	O
a	O
child	O
's	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Steve	O
Fountain	O
of	O
the	O
Evening	O
Sentinel	O
reviewed	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
"	O
Mario	B-Application
Teaches	I-Application
Typing	I-Application
is	O
less	O
fun	O
than	O
a	O
normal	O
computer	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
a	O
whole	O
lot	O
better	O
than	O
ploughing	O
through	O
a	O
dull	O
typing	O
manual	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Mario	B-Application
Teaches	I-Application
Typing	I-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>
