Mario games not made by Nintendo tend to be lacking, but Mario's Time Machine is a pleasant surprise. For what it is and what it sets out to do, it's really not bad at all.
@@Dorian_Scott i sorta feel like this games deserves a tiny little bit of appreciation from who played it? the graphics are so cool for the NES, specially the intro, i feel like the colors just pop out! It's simple, yet, charming, i love the sprites in here, everything looks so cool, specially the time machine and those references to Mario & DK beginnings on the Arcades, it's so cool!
If I were to make my list of “Top 10 Worst Ports of Good Games”, I’d put Pac-Man World 1 (GBA), Pac-Man (Atari 2600), Carmageddon (GBC), Diddy Kong Racing DS, Super Mario Maker 1 (3DS), Mega Man X1 (mobile), Shadow Man (PS1), Battle for Bikini Bottom (PC), The Amazing Spider-Man 1 (and just when you thought TASM2 was the one of the worst things to come out of the otherwise enjoyable Spider-Man series… well, credit where credit is due, “It’s On Again” is a banger!), Sonic Genesis and etc. But if I made a list of “Top 10 Best Ports of Bad Games”, Mario’s Time Machine (NES) would definitely make it on that list (sure, you could give the SNES version credit where credit is due because it has the Castle 3 music and it’s been enhanced in The Second Reality Project Reloaded)!
Marty McFly: Are you telling me that you built a time machine out of a deloreon. Doctor Emmett Brown: The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car why not do it with some style.
I rented this one time, and it was fun enough to mess with for a weekend. Neat seeing SMW sprites on the NES, and the Mario Bros. sequences were a nice touch for a second-party edutainment product.
I always like reading your thoughts on a game that you do a playthrough on. A lot of people have *really* given this game a hard time, so to hear that it’s actually not that bad is a breath of fresh air.
I played the SNES version as a kid, along with Mario is Missing, and only recently (within the last few years) discovered the NES versions. At first I thought they were bootlegs. I'm not used to seeing SNES Mario on an NES.
Bro.. playing this game whenni was a kid was so different to understand what the hell all of this information.. but after graduation.. im just want to play this game again.. and its really hit different how nostalgic this is.. and this game is actual historical way to teach kids even tho im so dumb to understand before
Ikr?? You can only play the classic Mario Bros minigame & travel unlike the snes version where you have to surf & fill the blank pages to complete a sentence. The music is good tho
I know this game. The NES version of Mario's Time Machine had sound effects from the NES version of The Terminator. It was better than the Super NES version. This was a great one. The NES version of Mario's Time Machine has a heavier emphasis on platforming than the other two versions. Despite the presence of enemies, Mario cannot lose lives or even take damage, so obtaining a game over is impossible. To obtain an artifact in Bowser's museum, the player plays a Mario Bros.-inspired minigame in which he fights Koopa Troopas. The player can then use the Timulator and travel to one of the fourteen selectable time periods. Unlike the other versions, the player is not explicitly told which time period the artifact originated from. The player is instead encouraged to explore the time periods and obtain hints, either from local denizens or from message blocks. Once the player figures out the artifact that belongs in that time period, he can then place the artifact in its original spot. After all the artifacts have been returned, the player is tasked to answer three random multiple choice questions pertaining to the historical periods visited. Answering the questions correctly will lead the player to the final boss fight with Bowser. The player wins the game upon Bowser's defeat. This version was released on June 23, 1994. It was not one of the last games to end the NES era, I didn't have this game growing up. Later one day, I'll get this game.
Before youtubers would come around and put this on their Top 10 'Worst' lists, I had fond memories playing this back in '94 as a kid on a chill Saturday afternoon. It was fun to just boot up along with Yoshi or Yoshi's Cookie when the homework was done or just enjoying some time at home.
Just some of the sprites, really, which aren't any more detailed than the ones in SMB3, just more colorful. What's hard is some of the mode 7 based effects and they apparently couldn't get Yoshi to work for some reason. Kuribo's shoe is pretty much the same thing without the tongue.
You know what, in the name of nostalgia, I say I love this game! In its charming simplicity, the NES version of *Mario's Time Machine* is a lovely little nostalgic throwback for me. Yep. The music and the graphics and everything, not to mention the edutainment value! ^^ Believe it or not, I actually used to have fun figuring out what artifacts belonged to what time period. Yep, pleasant memories of my early years of gaming!
Dorian Scott, you surround a word or phrase with _undercsores_ (“_”) (_Like this_) It’s just like bolding with asterisks. And when you want to combine both effects *_like this,_* just use both around the specified words. *I hope this was **_helpful!_*
- The Mario sprites came from Super Mario World. This game Mario’s Time Machine came out 2 years after and just reused the Mario sprites from Super Mario World.
Because it uses overlays which take up a lot of sprites. If it were to be used in a game like smb3 with lots of stuff on screen at once, you’d see lots of flickering
I think the big gripe people have with this game is that when it comes to Mario games people are usually expected to have fun And Learning about ancient history with Mario doesn’t seem like a whole lot of fun It’s not to say the educational games are all bad there do exist plenty of good ones that isn’t just the original trail such as Carmen San Diego the living books games the school house rock games the Sesame Street pc games (although the console games can also count depending on how you look at it) the Arthur pc games and a lot of humongous entertainment games But most people didn’t expect a Mario game to be about teaching kids facts or some other third thing it’s a marketing ploy by companies who saw parents complaining about kids not doing their homework While this is not one of my favorite Mario games I do like your thoughts on the matter so to each their own I will say this as far as Mario games are concerned you can do a lot worse looking at you Mario pinball land you too lost levels (yes Nintendo made bad some Mario games as well which is normal since sega had made some bad sonic games and I’m pretty sure capcom made some games that screwed over the blue bomber)
This is one of the better edutainment games in the series actually. I've always said that Mario's Time Machine is objectively the worst Mario game, but that was referring to the SNES version. Why is the NES version so much better? It's not a good game by any means, but compared to a lot of the other edutainment games, it might as well be.
I was playing this on a crappy bootleg nes emulator for the ps1, and for some reason, the graphics for one of the enemies glitched into mario's, and the second bpth marios made eye contact, the game crashed, that felt pretty much like a creepypasta to me lol
The history nerd in me really wants this but at the same time, I don't think it's worth 20 minutes of arguably worse gameplay than what is provided for the PC and snes
@@NintendoComplete Heck! Even educational games got to have some challenge! (specially if it involves Mario) But anyways, this doesn't look that bad, I just wish the levels were longer and more challenging! Well, Thanks for the answer!
Just because they were labelled "educational" doesn't mean they wreren't fun, though. I have very fond memories of playing The Oregon Trail and the Carmen Sandiego games when I was a kid in school (on Apple IIe's no less!). Those games have become part of our pop culture lexicon, as well. Modern "edutainment" titles tend to be a little more ham-fisted with their approach to education, but back in the day, they were educational AND fun.
I think it was, in part, a way of convincing parents that computers or game machines weren't just frivolous wastes of time - that they could offer something of worth. Just about every platform at the time had education software - what better way to loosen Dad's death grip on his wallet than something that involves learning that his kid actually enjoys?
Its odd that mario cares about the real world all of a sudden, not to mention real museums do take artifacts from the past so..anyways mario couldve saved yoshi when he was right there To be honest this looks better than mario is missing
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Mario games not made by Nintendo tend to be lacking, but Mario's Time Machine is a pleasant surprise. For what it is and what it sets out to do, it's really not bad at all.
NintendoComplete the nes version yes the snes version no
@@Dorian_Scott i sorta feel like this games deserves a tiny little bit of appreciation from who played it? the graphics are so cool for the NES, specially the intro, i feel like the colors just pop out! It's simple, yet, charming, i love the sprites in here, everything looks so cool, specially the time machine and those references to Mario & DK beginnings on the Arcades, it's so cool!
This is a real lineced game huh?
If I were to make my list of “Top 10 Worst Ports of Good Games”, I’d put Pac-Man World 1 (GBA), Pac-Man (Atari 2600), Carmageddon (GBC), Diddy Kong Racing DS, Super Mario Maker 1 (3DS), Mega Man X1 (mobile), Shadow Man (PS1), Battle for Bikini Bottom (PC), The Amazing Spider-Man 1 (and just when you thought TASM2 was the one of the worst things to come out of the otherwise enjoyable Spider-Man series… well, credit where credit is due, “It’s On Again” is a banger!), Sonic Genesis and etc.
But if I made a list of “Top 10 Best Ports of Bad Games”, Mario’s Time Machine (NES) would definitely make it on that list (sure, you could give the SNES version credit where credit is due because it has the Castle 3 music and it’s been enhanced in The Second Reality Project Reloaded)!
mario time machine is terrible
20:52 So THATS where Bowsers Up Special in Smash comes from. Huh. Talk about a deep cut.
I think it comes from the Koopalings
Super Mario Bros. 3 era Bowser sprite is still my favorite - amazing that it was used so little but nice to see it here.
1994....talk about late into the life of the NES! Gonna have to check this one out.
14:47 “Jupiter has 17 or more moons.” Woah, it’s crazy how little we knew about some things in the recent past. We now know of 79 moons of Jupiter.
Marty McFly: Are you telling me that you built a time machine out of a deloreon.
Doctor Emmett Brown: The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car why not do it with some style.
I rented this one time, and it was fun enough to mess with for a weekend. Neat seeing SMW sprites on the NES, and the Mario Bros. sequences were a nice touch for a second-party edutainment product.
I always like reading your thoughts on a game that you do a playthrough on. A lot of people have *really* given this game a hard time, so to hear that it’s actually not that bad is a breath of fresh air.
The NES Only!!!
SNES & PC are hot garbage!
Thanks! I do try to be fair and see the worth before blasting something too hard :)
NintendoComplete You’re welcome! 😊
@@NintendoComplete I like reading your thoughts too!
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I played the SNES version as a kid, along with Mario is Missing, and only recently (within the last few years) discovered the NES versions. At first I thought they were bootlegs. I'm not used to seeing SNES Mario on an NES.
Bro.. playing this game whenni was a kid was so different to understand what the hell all of this information.. but after graduation.. im just want to play this game again.. and its really hit different how nostalgic this is.. and this game is actual historical way to teach kids even tho im so dumb to understand before
This actually looks like a Mario game, unlike the SNES version where the only fun thing to do is surf in mode 7.
1:23 My jaw genuinely dropped when I saw this, how can an NES do THIS!?
Better then the SNES version
Ikr?? You can only play the classic Mario Bros minigame & travel unlike the snes version where you have to surf & fill the blank pages to complete a sentence. The music is good tho
I know this game. The NES version of Mario's Time Machine had sound effects from the NES version of The Terminator. It was better than the Super NES version. This was a great one. The NES version of Mario's Time Machine has a heavier emphasis on platforming than the other two versions. Despite the presence of enemies, Mario cannot lose lives or even take damage, so obtaining a game over is impossible. To obtain an artifact in Bowser's museum, the player plays a Mario Bros.-inspired minigame in which he fights Koopa Troopas. The player can then use the Timulator and travel to one of the fourteen selectable time periods. Unlike the other versions, the player is not explicitly told which time period the artifact originated from. The player is instead encouraged to explore the time periods and obtain hints, either from local denizens or from message blocks. Once the player figures out the artifact that belongs in that time period, he can then place the artifact in its original spot. After all the artifacts have been returned, the player is tasked to answer three random multiple choice questions pertaining to the historical periods visited. Answering the questions correctly will lead the player to the final boss fight with Bowser. The player wins the game upon Bowser's defeat. This version was released on June 23, 1994. It was not one of the last games to end the NES era, I didn't have this game growing up. Later one day, I'll get this game.
i didn't even know this game before this. i love your channel.
Before youtubers would come around and put this on their Top 10 'Worst' lists, I had fond memories playing this back in '94 as a kid on a chill Saturday afternoon. It was fun to just boot up along with Yoshi or Yoshi's Cookie when the homework was done or just enjoying some time at home.
I had no idea how the game was so now i have it 100% completed
Why the NES version is more Mario than the SNES, idk, just one of those things that might never get an awnser.
So they managed to make World possible for the NES. now THAT is some innovation
Just some of the sprites, really, which aren't any more detailed than the ones in SMB3, just more colorful. What's hard is some of the mode 7 based effects and they apparently couldn't get Yoshi to work for some reason. Kuribo's shoe is pretty much the same thing without the tongue.
Super Mario World Mezclado Con Sonic CD
You know what, in the name of nostalgia, I say I love this game! In its charming simplicity, the NES version of *Mario's Time Machine* is a lovely little nostalgic throwback for me. Yep. The music and the graphics and everything, not to mention the edutainment value! ^^ Believe it or not, I actually used to have fun figuring out what artifacts belonged to what time period. Yep, pleasant memories of my early years of gaming!
The *Crazy* Thing With This Game...It's Actually NOT Terrible...ish!
This is *Software Toolworks'* best work...even if it isn't *Great*.
Dorian Scott, you surround a word or phrase with _undercsores_ (“_”) (_Like this_) It’s just like bolding with asterisks. And when you want to combine both effects *_like this,_* just use both around the specified words. *I hope this was **_helpful!_*
No problem.
you guys are such heroes
NES versions of Mario’s Time Machine and Mario is Missing are better imo
14:35 so nobody is gonna talk about Mario killing one of the first astronauts.
IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS ONE FOREVER!!!
this actually looks very fun and educational! It has some platforming mixed with some historic lessons!
Edit: It is repetitive though.
That Mario sprite looks really good, I don't know why it wasn't used before.
- The Mario sprites came from Super Mario World. This game Mario’s Time Machine came out 2 years after and just reused the Mario sprites from Super Mario World.
Because it uses overlays which take up a lot of sprites. If it were to be used in a game like smb3 with lots of stuff on screen at once, you’d see lots of flickering
I love this game...
20:02 I didn't know this was a test! I didn't study!
Gavin Graham paw patrol yes caillou no lol spongebob reference
This isn't a bootleg mario game and it suprises me
Nice quick playthrough. My daughter enjoyed this one.
I think the big gripe people have with this game is that when it comes to Mario games people are usually expected to have fun
And Learning about ancient history with Mario doesn’t seem like a whole lot of fun
It’s not to say the educational games are all bad there do exist plenty of good ones that isn’t just the original trail such as Carmen San Diego the living books games the school house rock games the Sesame Street pc games (although the console games can also count depending on how you look at it) the Arthur pc games and a lot of humongous entertainment games
But most people didn’t expect a Mario game to be about teaching kids facts or some other third thing it’s a marketing ploy by companies who saw parents complaining about kids not doing their homework
While this is not one of my favorite Mario games I do like your thoughts on the matter so to each their own
I will say this as far as Mario games are concerned you can do a lot worse looking at you Mario pinball land you too lost levels (yes Nintendo made bad some Mario games as well which is normal since sega had made some bad sonic games and I’m pretty sure capcom made some games that screwed over the blue bomber)
Actually this game is pretty good. Still a platform one with good Super Mario World graphics.
Thanks. Had a blast playing through this on my retropie with my 7 year old.
Artifacts:
1. Olympic Torch
2. Edison's Light Bulb
3. Apple
4. Sledgehammer
5. Egg
6. Stovepipe Hat
7. Steering Wheel
8. 🇮🇳 Flag
9. Quill Pen
10. 🇺🇸 Flag
11. Throne
12. Propeller
13. Sword
14. Physics Equation (E=mc²)
Katie Harrell thanks
I don't see why people crap on this game, it seems pretty well made for the NES
This is one of the better edutainment games in the series actually. I've always said that Mario's Time Machine is objectively the worst Mario game, but that was referring to the SNES version. Why is the NES version so much better? It's not a good game by any means, but compared to a lot of the other edutainment games, it might as well be.
this version(the NES version) is the ONLY good version of this game!!!
I have the SNES version and it's much hard.
I agree with your commentary.
Heck na I was in this games and they sucked... Nintendo made me do those games so I made Luigi do it for the super Nintendo
I'm hearing a hint Wayne's World in the music.
What about Mario is missing?
That game is shit
Oh, that why yoshi is not allow to go into castle.
Fun fact: This version was developed by the same company (Radical Entertainment) who'd later make the famous "Simpsons Hit and Run"
Is this why this a somewhat Decent version compared to the Super Nintendo version?
@@MarioKartSuperCircuit that depends on how one really plays this version
Looks better than the snes one even tho it’s on an older system!!
Is that bowser for smb.3 ????
Guillermo Gazañol yep
21:08 Why is Bowser crying?
At least this one is much easier than the NES one. Also Mr. Mario tear down this wall!
Larry Laffer this is the nes one
Do you mean snes
I think this game's look is interesting because its SMW SNES graphics with NES' 8bit limitations
The sad part is this version is better than the snes one, at least this feels like a mario game.
I Gonna Travel to 1992!
Way better than the SNES & Dos versions.
Go into doors, kill koopas, get artifact, drop off artifact, rinse and repeat
Mario Travels to Ancient Greece
I came from the avgn review
Isn’t the 1969 theme from Mario is Missing?
I want Nintendo to remake this and Mario is Missing.
And they should make it less educational.
Whatever, kid.
@@aa69420LOL
14:36 You killed an astronaut! What did he ever do to you?
Mario: It was an accident!
@@dmcmusiclover2995YOU KILL HIM!
Mario's Time Machine eh? You've might as well play Hotel Mario by this weekend!
I think this is the oldest console that bowser has cried in.
Waaaay better than the snes game
Funfact: we have mari0's W0rped mappack wich also includes time travel so it's basically the "future" of this game
No
Do I have a different version because I can't kill those little turtle things they just walk right past me
Gráficamente este juego es una locura
I CANT BELIEVE MARIO KILLED NEIL ARMSTRONG
SAME!
Bowers.sprites are from super Mario Bros 3over
21:09 the boys defeat the koopa king who appears to be a huge cry baby
Weird, seems more playable and not boring unlike the SNES version
0:36 needs to be a meme
Agreed
THIS IS A MEME!
It also available for pc and snes
This version is better than the snes version, it's more fun and shorter
Haters: “You cannot hit Bowser on the Head”
Nintendo:
I want nintendo to add this to the nintendo switch online app XD
Same xd
@@ParanoidThalyyMVSSAME XD
@@drewchaboo719 Time's Machine on the NES is frankly not nearly as bad as it's SNES and PC counterparts
@@ParanoidThalyyMVS cool let’s add it
im going to remake this game, watch me
Do it then!!!!!!!!
I was playing this on a crappy bootleg nes emulator for the ps1, and for some reason, the graphics for one of the enemies glitched into mario's, and the second bpth marios made eye contact, the game crashed, that felt pretty much like a creepypasta to me lol
In NES VERSION: Mario fight against bowser.
in SNES Version: Mario send bowser to the past and don't fight.
Mario bros smw edition
Poor Yoshi🥺🥺 0:45
I feel that this game was rushed but for a company like Radical (the developers) it seems okay.
Hahaha so true. Compared to other things they did, this might as well be Ocarina of Time for how much better it is.
Shittycal ruin Crash Bandicooot and Mario
that company is the hell
Why does it say dinosaurs are extinct if their are yoshis, birdos, rexes, and so many other dinosaurs in mario games?
The history nerd in me really wants this but at the same time, I don't think it's worth 20 minutes of arguably worse gameplay than what is provided for the PC and snes
Why in nes version mario want to ,"kick bowser's butt" and in snes version he just runs away and mario sends him in the past? I don't get it!
19:55
This Game Never Made it to Japan
bowser's museum
These kind of look like bad Mario maker levels :/ not as bad as SNES port tho
Can't disagree
Nothing about Jeebus. Must be based on a true story.
Maybe like super mario bros 4 i guess
Mario been vreuger
9:12
What in the world...
Who invented pet leashes?
Can you die in this game?
Nope, not at all
@@NintendoComplete
Heck! Even educational games got to have some challenge! (specially if it involves Mario)
But anyways, this doesn't look that bad, I just wish the levels were longer and more challenging!
Well, Thanks for the answer!
@@me-xz8zf Do you also want more bosses?
Educational games? Really?😂😂 Why were there so many educational games in the 80s & 90s?
No One Knows...
Just because they were labelled "educational" doesn't mean they wreren't fun, though. I have very fond memories of playing The Oregon Trail and the Carmen Sandiego games when I was a kid in school (on Apple IIe's no less!). Those games have become part of our pop culture lexicon, as well. Modern "edutainment" titles tend to be a little more ham-fisted with their approach to education, but back in the day, they were educational AND fun.
I think it was, in part, a way of convincing parents that computers or game machines weren't just frivolous wastes of time - that they could offer something of worth. Just about every platform at the time had education software - what better way to loosen Dad's death grip on his wallet than something that involves learning that his kid actually enjoys?
I loved those. I remember playing them on the old Apple IIe computers in our schools computer lab in the late 80s.
GUYS!
I WAS JOSHING YOU ALL WITH THE
*"No One Knows..."* THING.
Wa
This nes version looks like a bootleg game
Man, this game is just a mess.
mario time machine is terrible
I hate this game
Its odd that mario cares about the real world all of a sudden, not to mention real museums do take artifacts from the past so..anyways mario couldve saved yoshi when he was right there
To be honest this looks better than mario is missing