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By Steve Kilpatrick What's that? A virus that you pay for and use intentionally? That's right. This game is so good that people are willing to expose their NES consoles to hundreds of thousands of viruses. Sound crazy? Well, not if you know that the best virus killer is on the job. Mario has played golf, he's done some plumbing, he's saved the world a couple of times, he's been in a pinball game and yes, he is even the first line of defense for your NES. I would pick Mario in a fight with that geeky Mcaffee any day of the week. Why, oh why didn't I take the blue pill? Well, there are more choices than blue or red in this game, but I had to think of something catchy right, right? Anyway, here's the basic idea of the game. There are little squirming, taunting, blue, red and yellow viruses out to take over your NES. You and Mario have to get to them first. Mario will toss you a pill that is either red, yellow, blue or a combination of two of those colors and you have to stack them up on the viruses of the same color. Four in a row and splat… gone like polio. Does my HMO cover two doctors? There is also a head to head match that allows you to face down your friends. You get the same number of viruses and you have to see who can kill them all off first. Are you a big time ER doctor? Or are you just some guy who works at the free clinic in south central? If you don't kill the virus fast enough your buddy will and you get left with a dead patient. Not fair is it? Well there's no blood, guts or spleen… Even though our good Dr. Mario doesn't get to lay into his patients with a knife or even a needle I still have lots of fun. So I guess that I can't knock the graphics just because I didn't get to see Dr. Mario take out an appendix. You know what I would like to see? Do you remember how those little rockets showed up depending on your score in NES Tetris? Well I think in Dr. Mario you should get to see kidneys shoot into the air or something. Despite the absence of such obviously needed additions the look of this game is more than adequate for a puzzle game. The music is aptly named, both in theme and in atmosphere and those little viruses are annoyingly cute. The coolest part is seeing them explode. Bottom Line… This game never hooked me like Tetris, but when it comes to puzzle games I would say it ranks second on my list. I can more than recommend it. My Score: B- |
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