Mario Time Machine

Mario’s Time Machine is not a true Mario adventure according to what people have come to expect from Mario and Luigi. This is not a platform game or a stroller filled with new monsters at every level. Instead, it is more of an educational game featuring Mario as a carrot to interest kids in playing. Mario’s Time Machine was first introduced for PC in 1993, and was later ported to NES and SNES.
The premise of Mario’s Time Machine is still a rescue mission, similar to traditional Mario Adventures.

This game is a sort of sequel to Mario Is Missing, except Mario is in tact. It is several artifacts that could be viewed in modern times that have gone missing. Bowser is in possession of a time machine and is working to complete the greatest museum ever known. To do this, he is traveling back in time and stealing well-known artifacts from their places in history. Mario has to recover these items before their absence changes the course of history as we have come to know it.
Mario’s Time Machine contains many references to actual well known historical figures. Some of the more notable include: Isaac Newton, Joan of Arc, and William Shakespeare, Cleopatra VII of Egypt, Thomas Edison and Plato. Mario travels between the times of these and other famous people via a mini surfing game in an effort to reach Bowser’s castle, where the museum and the stolen artifacts reside. Mario can win back the fourteen stolen artifacts by completing various other mini games. Upon recovering the items, Mario must return them to their proper time periods.
While this is not an action packed adventure, it does have merit for young children in an educational sense. Mario’s Time Machine exposes kids to many aspects of world history and provides a fun and colorful format for curious exploration, as well as a few games to keep the interest level up. There are also a few interesting tidbits to pick up along the way. One of the final venues Mario visits, for example, is a familiar atmosphere for gamers, which will be left as a surprise. Sure, this certainly isn’t a gripper from an adult’s standpoint, but is worth a download for the youngsters to try. It’s too educational and interesting!