# Dr. Mario

> Dr. Mario is Nintendo's 1990 falling-block puzzle game, in which Mario throws coloured vitamin capsules into a bottle to wipe out viruses.

Web page: https://emulationking.com/nintendo/nes/games/drmario/
Page updated: 2026-09-30

- Console: NES / Famicom
- Released: 1990
- Developer: Nintendo

Dr. Mario is a puzzle game developed and published by Nintendo for the NES and Game Boy in 1990. Mario, dressed as a doctor, drops two-coloured capsules into a bottle full of viruses, and lining up four of the same colour clears them.

Players pick a virus level, a speed and one of two songs, Fever or Chill. A two-player mode sends extra capsules to the opponent when combos are cleared.

A native PC port exists: DrMarioNesRecomp, a static recompilation by mstan with separate USA and European builds.

## Dr. Mario PC Ports

- [DrMarioNesRecomp](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/nes/games/drmario/ports/drmarionesrecomp/index.md): DrMarioNesRecomp is a static recompilation of Dr. Mario for Windows and Linux, with separate builds for the USA and European versions.