Mario's Game Gallery
| Mario's Game Gallery | |
|---|---|
| Developers | Presage Software Brainstorm Entertainment (Mario's FUNdamentals) |
| Publishers | Interplay Productions Mindscape (PC version of Mario's FUNdamentals) Stepping Stone (Mac version of Mario's FUNdamentals) |
| Producer | Thomas R. Decker |
| Programmer | Roger Sherron |
| Composers | Michael Pukish Brian Salter Matthew Berardo |
| Series | Mario |
| Platforms | DOS, Windows, Macintosh |
| Release | 1995 |
| Genre | Game compilation |
| Mode | Single-player |
Mario's Game Gallery (later re-released as Mario's FUNdamentals) is an American compilation of games published by Interplay Productions and developed by Presage Software, Inc. for DOS, Windows and Macintosh. It was released in 1995 in the United States. It was later re-released as Mario's FUNdamentals for Macintosh in 1996, and for Windows in January 1997, though it was published by Mindscape for the DOS and Windows versions and by Stepping Stone for the Macintosh version. It was also developed by Brainstorm Entertainment.
The game includes five traditional games: checkers, backgammon, Go Fish, dominoes, and "yacht", a version of Yahtzee. Players play against Mario in these games, which play similarly to their real world counterparts, though with themes based on the Mario universe.
Since their releases, both versions have received mixed reception; while publications such as The State and the Los Angeles Times found the game to be a good educational game, authors David Wesley and Gloria Barczak blamed it in part for almost destroying the Mario brand. Official Nintendo Magazine listed it as one of the rarest Mario games as well.