New Games on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg en-us Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters is a Mario game released for SNES on June 1, 1993. It was one of the few educational games for the SNES and had two alternate games with the same gameplay engine, but different things to learn about. The game contains Mario, Princess Peach, and Yoshi on a wooden boat traveling from island to island, learning about grammar and letters.

]]> 14 Feb 2007 04:52:37 Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers is a game released for SNES on June 15, 1993. It's a game for toddlers that deals with Arabic numerals. This game is completely non-violent and it is impossible for players to die. Characters like Mario and Luigi help teach young players how to properly count from 1 to 10, learn pre-math skills, and lots of other cool activities that they can only do on a Super NES. Parents can help their children count in order to enhance the educational value of the program.

]]> 14 Feb 2007 12:24:00 Mario's Time Machine is a video game made for PC, Super NES, and NES. It is considered to be a sequel to Mario Is Missing! In this game, Mario has to go back in time to restore some artifacts that were stolen from their original times and, in the NES version, save Yoshi from Bowser. This game was made in 1993 and was released for PC. A version for the SNES was also made that year. The NES version wasn't released until 1994.

Advertisements for the game made it seem like a more traditional Mario title instead of an educational game. Some advertisements also featured a screenshot of Mario in front a Tyrannosaurus in a prehistoric level, which exists in the NES version.

]]> 14 Feb 2007 12:18:49 Mario Is Missing! is a geography edutainment video game for the PC, Super NES, and NES. It was developed by The Software Toolworks and was released in 1992 for the PC. In 1993, two different versions were made for the SNES and NES, the latter being developed by Radical Entertainment. All three versions were published by the Mindscape Group.

The game is notable for being the first game to feature only Luigi as a playable character, prior to Luigi's Mansion. Since this game was not actually developed by Nintendo or Shigeru Miyamoto (they sublicensed the characters), it bears little resemblance to earlier Mario titles. The SNES version does contain nearly identical graphical representations of Mario and Luigi to those in Super Mario World.

]]> 14 Feb 2007 12:08:31 Mario Teaches Typing 2 is a computer game starring Mario developed by Brainstorm and published by Interplay Entertainment. As with the previous game, Mario Teaches Typing 2 is an educational game designed to teach children to type. Players can choose to select to take a placement test (which is scored based upon accuracy and speed) or participate in lessons (whether in order or selected individually). Also, the sequel has numerous new features, including a customizable certificate of achievement, color coded on-screen keyboard, and customizable lesson plans.

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