Mario Net Quest
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| Developer | C3 Incorporated[1] |
| Publisher | IBM |
| Platform(s) | Browser |
| Release date | March 14, 1997[2] |
| Language(s) | English (United States) |
| Genre | Action |
| Rating(s) | N/A |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Media | Adobe Shockwave |
| Input | Mouse |
Mario Net Quest is an online Adobe Shockwave game published by IBM. It was created during a partnership between the company and Nintendo as part of a contest promoting the IBM AS/400 computers.[2][3] The game uses elements from Super Mario 64.
Gameplay
The gameplay resembles that of a whack-a-mole game. In the game, the player controls Mario inside a room with tiles using the cursor. The goal of the game is to get as many points as possible within sixty seconds. Points can be obtained by clicking on the following items coming up from the tiles:
- Coin: 500 points
- Red Coin: 1,000 points
- Power Star: 1,500 points
The player also needs to avoid the following enemies, which remove points when clicked on:
- Bully: -500 points
- Goomba (misspelled as "Goombah" in the instructions): -1,000 points
- Boo (called "Ghost" in the instructions): -1,500 points
Bowser also occasionally appears near an entrance. Clicking on him causes the game to end immediately. His appearance is preceded by one of his sounds from Super Mario 64 and a Power Star appearing on the entrance, which can cause the player to accidentally click on Bowser and end their game. However, if the player is fast enough to click on the star before Bowser appears, they obtain 5,000 points.
Time is marked by a light-up Bob-omb in the lower-left corner. At the end of the game, the Bob-omb explodes and a door opens; Mario is then seen near the door, saying "goodbye!" before the game closes.
The jingle that plays after entering a painting in Super Mario 64 plays at the start and end of the game, while a sped-up version of the "Cave Dungeon" theme plays during gameplay.
Gallery
Gameplay of the game
End of the game
References
- ^ Pedersen, B. Martin, Interactive design 1 : The international collection of new media design, Graphis Inc., 1999, ISBN 9781888001631. Page 166.
- ^ a b Mario Net Quest. themushroomkingdom.net. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
- ^ Abrya (March 15, 1997). Nintendo Game on AS400 site. VeryComputer.com. Retrieved April 13, 2023. (Archived February 8, 2021, 19:40:41 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
