Mario's Cement Factory

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Game & Watch: Mario's Cement Factory
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Mode(s)Single-player

Mario's Cement Factory

Nintendo R&D1, led by engineer Gunpei Yokoi
.

The game has been re-released several times; it was featured as part of

Game & Watch Gallery 4 for the Game Boy Advance, and as a digital download for the Nintendo DSi. It has been described by critics as one of the strangest games in the Mario
franchise.

Gameplay

Mario's Cement Factory puts players in control of Mario, who works at a cement factory where he funnels cement into

life. He must also continually empty cement into the trucks, or else the cement will overflow and crush one of the workers below, which costs players a life. There are two game modes: A and B, the latter being faster paced and more difficult.[2][3][4]

Development

Mario's Cement Factory was developed by Nintendo R&D1, which at the time was led by Gunpei Yokoi, and published by Nintendo.[5] Like all Game & Watch releases, each unit is a standalone portable device that doubles as a clock and can only play the one game.[6] Hirokazu Tanaka composed the game sounds.[1]

Two versions of the game were released. The first is part of the Game & Watch Table Top series and debuted on April 28, 1983. It has a full color illuminated screen, and approximately 250,000 models were produced.[7] The Table Top series did not sell as well, leading to Mario's Cement Factory being one of only four Table Top units ever produced.[8] A smaller handheld version was later released on June 8 that year as part of the New Wide Screen series. It has a monochrome screen with a color overlay, and approximately 750,000 units were produced.[9][10][11]

The game was released the same year that Nintendo's

Donkey Kong).[12]

Re-releases

See also: Game & Watch ports and remakes

Mario's Cement Factory has been re-released in various forms. It was included in the 1995

DSiWare download service (along with other Game & Watch games).[17][18] The DSi version was released in Japan on August 18.[19] It was released in North America and Europe in March 2010.[17][20] The DSi version was also given as a reward on Nintendo's now-defunct Club Nintendo service.[21]

Reception

Mario's Cement Factory received generally positive reception, called one of the best Game & Watch games, and praised for its relative complexity and fun factor.

Mario series.[30][31][32] Mario's role as a cement factory worker has been mentioned in multiple articles that cover the array of professions Mario has undertaken.[33][6]

The original units have become collector's items and, like many Game & Watch titles, a complete-in-box unit can sell for over US$100.[30][23] The game was featured in a Gunpei Yokoi exhibit in Harajuku in 2010.[34]

Notes

  1. ^ Japanese: マリオズ・セメント・ファクトリー[1], Hepburn: Mariozu Semento Fakutorī

References

  1. ^ a b Tanaka, Hirokazu. "Nintendo Archive - Works". Sporadic Vacuum (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
  2. ^ "Game & Watch™ Mario's Cement Factory". Nintendo of Europe. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  3. ^
    GamesRadar
    . Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Robertson, Andy (April 23, 2010). "DSi Ware's Game and What?". Wired. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  5. ^ Marrujo, Robert (August 2, 2018). "The History of Game Boy (Revised for 2019)". Nintendojo. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  6. ^
    ISBN 978-1591845638
    . Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  7. ^ Panayiotakis, Michael (June 24, 2008). "Game & Watch: A Retrospective: Just add table". DS Fanboy. Archived from the original on July 5, 2008. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  8. NintendoLife
    . Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  9. ^ Panayiotakis, Michael (June 24, 2008). "Game & Watch: A Retrospective: Not just any old Wide Screen ..." DS Fanboy. Archived from the original on July 5, 2008. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  10. ^ Powers, Rick (August 29, 2002). "Mario, This Is Your Life". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  11. ISBN 9781630089450
    . Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  12. ^
    Nintendo Life
    . Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  13. ^ Thomas, Lucas M. (July 17, 2011). "Game & Watch Gallery Review". IGN. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  14. ^ North, Dale (August 5, 2009). "Nintendo's Game & Watch come back as Mini Classics". Destructoid. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  15. ^ Thompson, Michael (August 5, 2009). "Nintendo Mini Classics resurrects Game & Watch titles". Arstechnica. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
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  21. ^ Knight, Rich (November 28, 2011). "Portable Plumber: The Complete History of Mario in Handheld Games". Complex. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  22. ^ a b Cipriano, Jason (May 3, 2010). "Game & Watch Revival - 30 Years Later And Still Ringin'". MTV.com. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  23. ^ Kosmina, Ben (July 16, 2002). "Game & Watch Gallery 4". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  24. ^ "Video Games". Video Games. Vol. 2, no. 1. Pumpkin Press. October 1983. p. 76.
  25. ^ "【任天堂ゲーム＆ウオッチ】人気のタイトルランキングTOP10！　1位は「オクトパス」【2021年最新投票結果】". ITMedia. February 9, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  26. ^ Riley, Adam (April 11, 2010). "Game & Watch: Mario's Cement Factory (Nintendo DS) Review". Cubed3. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  27. ^ Thomas, Lucas M. (July 27, 2010). "DSiWare Capsule Reviews: Third Week of July". IGN. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  28. ^ Dillard, Corbie (March 22, 2010). "Game & Watch Mario's Cement Factory Review (DSiWare)". NintendoLife. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  29. ^ a b Lynch, Gerald (March 11, 2017). "The weirdest Super Mario games ever". TechRadar. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  30. ^ Rouner, Jeff (August 29, 2013). "10 Mario Games You've Probably Never Heard Of". Houston Press. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  31. ^ Gaspin, Ben (June 30, 2017). "The 7 Weirdest MARIO Spin-Off Games". Nerdist. Archived from the original on June 16, 2018. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
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  33. ^ Walker, Matt (August 24, 2010). "Gunpei Yokoi Exhibit in Harakuju: "The Man Who Was Called the God of Games"". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
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