Editing Mario's Time Machine (section)

{{Short description|1993 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
|title = Mario's Time Machine
|image = Mario's Time Machine SNES.jpg
|caption = North American SNES box art 
|developer = [[Mindscape (company)|The Software Toolworks]]<br>[[Radical Entertainment]] (NES)<br>[[Knowledge Adventure]] (MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows)
|publisher = [[Mindscape (company)|The Software Toolworks]]
|designer = Don Lloyd
|programmer = Joe Senior (SNES)<br>Kevin Shapiro (SNES)<br>Brian Carpenter (NES)
|artist = Cesar De Castro (PC/SNES)<br>Rob Oliveria (NES)
|composer = [[Mark Knight (sound designer)|Mark Knight]]<br>[[John Korsrud]] (NES)
|released = '''MS-DOS'''<br>{{vgrelease|NA|1993}}{{vgrelease|NA|1996 <small>(Deluxe version)</small>}}'''Super NES'''{{vgrelease|NA|December 1993}} {{Video game release|EU|1993}} '''NES'''{{vgrelease|NA|June 1994}}
'''Microsoft Windows'''{{vgrelease|NA|1996}}
|genre = [[Educational game|Educational]]
|modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
|series = ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]''
|platforms = [[MS-DOS]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]], [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], [[Microsoft Windows]]
}}
'''''Mario's Time Machine''''' is an [[educational game|educational]] [[video game]] originally released for [[MS-DOS]] and then for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] and [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]] [[video game console|console]]s. [[The Software Toolworks]] both developed and published the MS-DOS and Super NES versions in 1993, while the NES version was developed by [[Radical Entertainment]] and published by The Software Toolworks in 1994. The Microsoft Windows version was re-released as ''Mario's Time Machine Deluxe'' in 1996.

''Mario's Time Machine'' is one of several [[List of Mario educational games|educational ''Mario'' video games]] that were released during the early 1990s; the game focuses on teaching [[human history]]. While the gameplay and [[game engine|engine]] vary between the three different versions, the story is roughly the same: the player assumes the role of [[Mario]], who uses a time machine to return various [[artifact (archaeology)|artifact]]s, which had been stolen by [[Bowser]], to their correct points in time.

''Mario's Time Machine'' received mixed reviews. Its use as an educational title has been mixed, and the game has been compared to another educational history game, ''[[Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? (video game)|Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?]]''.{{By whom|date=March 2017}}