Mario’s Time Machine Deluxe

A time-travelling history lesson with Mario!

Mario’s Time Machine Deluxe, a 1994 educational game developed by The Software Toolworks, is a re-release of the 1993 original. It is the successor to Mario is Missing! and is intended to teach younger players basic world history.

The original PC release was distributed via floppy disks, but this Deluxe edition capitalises on the extra CD-ROM capacity to add voice acting and a Library reference file featuring Bowser’s mother.

Like the rest of the Mario Discovery Series and other Super Mario educational games, the game is mostly based on Super Mario World, as that was Mario’s current mainline game during that era.

A timely intervention – the plot

Bowser uses a time machine called a “Timulator,” traveling backwards to different points in human history and stealing significant artifacts to place in his personal museum inside his castle. With his collection nearly completed, Bowser gloats that not even Mario can stop him now. Mario realizes that history will change forever if he does nothing, so it is up to Mario to use Bowser’s own device against him by returning the artifacts to their proper places in time.

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