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N64 | Puzzle | Dr. Mario 64 | Review

There is no Boxart for - Dr. Mario 64
Dr. Mario 64 6 screen shots
  • GRAPHICS: 3.0
  • SOUND: 3.0
  • CONTROL: 5.0
  • FUN FACTOR 4.5
  • AVG USER SCORE 3.0
  • AVG CRITIC SCORE 4.0
Winner of the GamePro Editor's Choice Award

Review: Dr. Mario 64

Review by MAJORMIKE | 04/09/2001 | 12:47:24 PM PST

Dr. Mario makes the jump from 16- to 64-bit with all the fun gameplay intact, including a new multiplayer mode that will keep you and three friends playing for hours.

Gaming addicts will get more than their puzzle fix with Dr. Mario 64, a highly addictive 64-bit upgrade of the SNES title. Dr. Mario requires more skill and patience than the usual Tetris knockoff, as you must form one- or two-tone tablets into similar-colored patterns to obliterate onscreen viruses. Sure it sounds simple, but you have very little room for error?one false move can require several pill drops to rectify, or quickly results in a pileup that flat-lines your game.

As in most puzzle titles, Dr. Mario?s gameplay is the key, which is a good thing because no one is likely to be overwhelmed by its sights and sounds. Flat visuals do a passable job, but innocuous sound effects are coupled with obnoxious music that?s best silenced. Fortunately, the simple yet dead-on controls react perfectly and never make the game unintentionally frustrating. N64 puzzle players who have played Pok?mon Puzzle League to death will find Dr. Mario to be great CPR for their waning system.