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Instruction booklet · December 1993

Mario's Time Machine

Platform1 playerPre-ESRB

The story

The SNES port of Mario's Time Machine.

Specifications

Released: December 1993
Developer: The Software Toolworks
Publisher: The Software Toolworks
Players: 1
Genre: Platform
Rating: Pre-ESRB
Series: Mario
Themes: Educational
View: Side view

What the magazines said

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EGM · four reviewers

Players: 44/100 (5 ratings)
AllGame: 3.5/5
GStar: 75%, 70%
GameZone: 60/100
Super Play: 60%
Total!: 83%
CD-ROM Today: 2/5

BE KIND, REWINDDecember 1993

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Vol. 3 · No. 120Omaha, Nebraska · Late edition25¢

The Omaha World-Pixel

Week of December 3, 1993

Dec. 7

Colin Ferguson opens fire with his Ruger 9 mm pistol on a Long Island Rail Road train, killing six and injuring 29.

💵 A Super NES was $199.99 at launch · about $473 today

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