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Mario's Time Machine
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<p><i>Mario's Time Machine</i> is an <a href="/facts/Educational_game/oM6Ew1tM">educational</a> <a href="/facts/Video_game/vmTdNASJ">video game</a> originally released for <a href="/facts/MS-DOS/fVrrz1uN">MS-DOS</a> and then for the <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Entertainment_System/YD59GCQQ">Nintendo Entertainment System</a> and <a href="/facts/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System/uRT5Sa6s">Super NES</a> <a href="/facts/Video_game_console/K72D1NSS">consoles</a>. <a href="/facts/The_Software_Toolworks/q6B9fbgr">The Software Toolworks</a> both developed and published the MS-DOS and Super NES versions in 1993, while the NES version was developed by <a href="/facts/Radical_Entertainment/BkfhEVne">Radical Entertainment</a> and published by The Software Toolworks in 1994. The Microsoft Windows version was re-released as <i>Mario's Time Machine Deluxe</i> in 1996. </p><p><i>Mario's Time Machine</i> is one of several <a href="/facts/List_of_Mario_educational_games/ehfaQNMd">educational <i>Mario</i> video games</a> that were released during the early 1990s; the game focuses on teaching <a href="/facts/Human_history/uB3yXt4H">human history</a>. While the gameplay and <a href="/facts/Game_engine/lojx7lTG">engine</a> vary between the three different versions, the story is roughly the same: the player assumes the role of <a href="/facts/Mario/r7to5SPn">Mario</a>, who uses a time machine to return various <a href="/facts/Artifact_(archaeology)/SftLTFf5">artifacts</a>, which had been stolen by <a href="/facts/Bowser/Q1ByUtrm">Bowser</a>, to their correct points in time. </p><p><i>Mario's Time Machine</i> received mixed reviews. Its use as an educational title has been mixed, and the game has been compared to another educational history game, <i><a href="/facts/Where_in_Time_Is_Carmen_Sandiego%253F_(video_game)/3sDhAMgs">Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?</a></i>.[<i>by whom?</i>] </p>