Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Mario Is Missing!

Title	Mario Is Missing!
First release	1993
Developer	The Software Toolworks
Publishers	Mindscape, The Software Toolworks
Platforms	DOS, NES / Famicom, SNES / Super Famicom
Genre	educational video game
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	SNES / Super Famicom: 1993-06-01 NES / Famicom: 1993-07-01
Wikidata ID	Q2517563

Luigi guides the player through a global geography-based adventure to locate Mario and stop Bowser. Players must identify various world locations and use geographical knowledge to track down troublesome turtles. Success relies on correctly identifying where you are in the world to progress through the educational missions and rescue the missing character.

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Wikidata (Q2517563) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (snes/mario-is-missing) · last updated 2026-10-27 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (nes/mario-is-missing) · last updated 2026-10-25 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (1780) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (2831) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Mindscape · internal use only

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Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (12): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Mindscape · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (5): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Mindscape · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (1): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Mindscape · internal use only.

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Videos

NES Longplay [207] Mario is Missing

World-of-Longplays · NES / Famicom version · longplay · 1:09:44auto-matched
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Mario is Missing! (NES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

NintendoComplete · NES / Famicom version · longplay · 1:19:51auto-matched
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