4th Sep 1989

While crossing the Land of Ice, Toad gets kidnapped by a Giant Birdo who thinks the Mushroom is her missing baby.

5th Sep 1989

With the help of the wizard Mervin, Mario pulls the Golden Plumber's Helper from the magic sink and saves the Land of Cramalot from evil King Koopa.

6th Sep 1989

Koopa the Kid has kidnapped the Princess and hidden her in the Old West, and when Mario and Luigi ride into town to save her they find Koopa has branded them wanted outlaws with rewards on their heads.

7th Sep 1989

The Marios wage a wild magic carpet battle to save the Princess from being forced into King Koopa's harem.

8th Sep 1989

When Ganon learns that there is to be an Amateur Magician's Contest in the Castle of Hyrule, he sees his chance.

11th Sep 1989

Mario and Luigi disguise themselves as Riverboat Gamblers to rescue the Princess who is held captive on Captain Koopa's sidewheeler, "The Sinister Star".

12th Sep 1989

Our heroes think they are going to a benefit Spaghetti Dinner at the Linguini Empire Colosseum, but it's all a plot by the evil Emperor Augustus Septemberus Octoberus Koopa to feed the Marios to the lions.

13th Sep 1989

When the Marios buy some magic garbanzo beans they are lead up the beanstalk to face a Giant Koopa.

14th Sep 1989

The dreaded Queen Rotunda of Rotundaland falls in love with Mario when she mistakenly drinks a love potion and tries to force him into marriage.

15th Sep 1989

When it's spring cleaning time in the castle, Link pretends to have a cold in order to get out of doing work.

18th Sep 1989

To save Toad's life, Mario and Luigi are tricked into a disaster-strewn Boy's Motor Cross bicycle race with three of Koopa's sneakiest minions.

19th Sep 1989

Our heroes get chased to the Planet Quirk where Koopa has enslaved the natives and then puts the Marios into slavery, too.

20th Sep 1989

Mario, Luigi, The Princess, and Toad hack their way through the Ama-Zone Jungle searching for Sheldon the Witch Doctor, but Koopa gets to him first.

21st Sep 1989

The Marios finally find a way back to Brooklyn -- and are faced with a big decision when Koopa captures the Princess just at the moment they can return home.

22nd Sep 1989

When the handsome Prince Facade shows up in Hyrule, Zelda cannot keep her eyes off of him, and Link is green with jealousy.

25th Sep 1989

King Koopa steals every drop of spaghetti sauce in Car Land, but our heroes come to the rescue of the Mushroom Colonists when Toad turns super and saves the day.

26th Sep 1989

The Marios seek the help of the legendary hero Hercufleas, but find it's the hero himself who needs help to recover the "Great Balls of Fire" stolen by King Koopa.

27th Sep 1989

Our heroes are lured into a spooky castle in the Land of Turtlevania where Count Koopula plans to turn the Princess into a spaghetti-sauce-sucking vampire.

28th Sep 1989

Long John Koopa kidnaps the Princess and is auctioning her off to his fellow pirates when our heroes arrive in pirate disguises.

29th Sep 1989

When Link rescues a fair maiden from a ferocious dragon, he gets a kiss as his reward. But the maiden is one of Ganon's evil creatures in disguise, and Link is turned into a frog!

2nd Oct 1989

When Koopa misuses the Fountain of Youth to turn the Princess into a baby, the Marios get stuck with a big babysitting problem.

3rd Oct 1989

When Professor Koopa-arity kidnaps the brilliant criminologist Herlock Sholmes, the Marios turn detective.

4th Oct 1989

Koopa threatens to turn the Marios into rocks unless Princess Toadstool agrees to marry him.

5th Oct 1989

King Koopa acquires a magic flute that makes him irresistible to the children of Pastaland and he leads them all to his castle until the Marios come to their rescue.

6th Oct 1989

You'd think a King would be safe standing on top of his own castle. But not when Ganon has managed to capture a flying Unicorn!

9th Oct 1989

Dr. Koopenstein starts the trouble by trying to steal the Marios' brains for his new invention, and then he really turns into a monster.

10th Oct 1989

When Princess Toadstool's chief spy (James Blond) is zapped by Koopa, Mario and Luigi turn secret agent.

11th Oct 1989

Our heroes arrive for the wedding of Romero and Joliet, only to find Koopa has reignited the feud between the two lovers' families.

12th Oct 1989

Koopa has imprisoned the Fire God of Lavalava Land and forces the natives to sacrifice the Princess Toadstool to the local volcano.

13th Oct 1989

Ganon has a new toy: an Overworld Magnet, capable of pulling any object in the Overworld down into the Underworld.

16th Oct 1989

The Marios arrive in Sharewood Forest and help the Hooded Robin recover the gold coins that the rich Sheriff of Koopingham has stolen from the poor.

17th Oct 1989

Our heroes travel to Oceanworld where they discover Captain Koopa-Nemo is using a super submarine to terrorize the Mushroom People.

18th Oct 1989

When a Leprechaun our heroes meet in Shamrock Land asks them to help recover his Pot O'Gold Coins stolen by Koopa, the Marios can only say "yes".

19th Oct 1989

Koopa has eaten Dr. T. Garden's secret weapon -- Super Sushi -- and has been transformed into the huge monster "Koopzilla" who is terrorizing the city of Sayonara.

20th Oct 1989

When Zelda finds a huge and beautiful mirror in her room, she naturally assumes that it is a present from Link. But in fact it is a present from Ganon -- as Zelda soon discovers!

23rd Oct 1989

When the evil Koopa Claus (Bah Humkoop!) tries to stop Christmas, the Marios come to Santa's rescue and Toad learns the true spirit of giving.

24th Oct 1989

When Koopa teams up with the dreaded sky turtle Lakatu, our heroes head for an aerial dogfight in their flying carpet biplane.

25th Oct 1989

Mario and his friends travel to Mobsterland where they discover the city is being terrorized by the notorious gangster Al Koopone.

26th Oct 1989

Koopa kidnaps the King of Rapland where everyone speaks in rap rhyme and it's up to the rapping Marios to save the day.

27th Oct 1989

Ganon's evil creatures attack the castle and break the Triforce into three pieces.

30th Oct 1989

Mario and Luigi come to El Desertland's rescue against the evil Capitan El Koopa by donning black masks and capes to become the legendary heros "Zero" and "Zero Plus One".

31st Oct 1989

Our heroes travel to Desertland where they discover Koop-Tut has enslaved the Desertlanders and is enforcing an evil set of rules known as the Ten Koopmandments.

1st Nov 1989

Our heroes come to the rescue of General George Washingtoad by helping him cross the Delawide River to defeat the Redcoat Koopa's army.

2nd Nov 1989

When King Koopa holds the Princess captive in his impregnable island fortress, the Marios get inside by hiding in a wooden "Trojan Koopa."

3rd Nov 1989

Link rescues an old man named Sleazenoze from attackers in the woods, and as a reward, the old man gives Link a brand-new fancy sword in exchange for his old one.

6th Nov 1989

When Caveman Alley Koopa poisons Mario, his three friends have to find a way to make pre-historic pizza to save his life.

7th Nov 1989

The Marios discover the Mother Lode of Gold Coins, but -- Klaimjump Koopa rides in and takes over.

8th Nov 1989

The Marios, the Princess, and Toad arrive in Sock Hop Land to save the music king Elvin Parsley from Greaser Koopa.

9th Nov 1989

In a flashback to their days of Basic Draining at the Brooklyn Academy of Plumbing, Mario and Luigi tell of their troubles with Drain Sergeant Kooperman and why the President of the United States called them to the White House.

10th Nov 1989

When Ganon captures Zelda, he has a most evil plot in mind: using the Crystal of Control he has just discovered, he will force Zelda to marry him -- and then Hyrule will be under his control!

13th Nov 1989

Our heroes return to the oriental city of Sayonara where they combat Karate Koopa and his Ninja Ninjiis with the martial art of Plumb-Fu.

14th Nov 1989

Mario loses his memory in the middle of the jungle and is adopted by two apes who rename him Marzan.

15th Nov 1989

When Toad accidentally spills a shrinking potion on the Marios they must overcome the perils of giant Troopas, drain pipes filled with monster-sized bugs, and Koopa's big feet.

16th Nov 1989

Our heroes have come to Winterland so the Princess can visit her grandmother, but Koopa sees her crossing the forest all alone and plays big bad wolf.

17th Nov 1989

When King Harkinnian decides to build a Royal Water Park for the enjoyment of all his subjects during the hot weather, it seems like a simple enough project. But a hitch rapidly develops when the water park construction suffers a a series of strange attacks by water creatures!

20th Nov 1989

Mario teams up with a friendly mushroom Indian named Pronto to rescue his friends from Billy The Koopa in the Wild West.

21st Nov 1989

The Marios, the Princess, and Toad are captured by Koopa and sent to his island dungeon Koopatraz where they engineer a daring escape.

22nd Nov 1989

Koopa has moved his underhandedness under the sea, has captured King Neptune, and is forcing the Mermushrooms to loot the sunken ships of gold coins.

23rd Nov 1989

The Marios return to Brooklyn to find that Koopa has taken over and renamed the City Kooplyn.

24th Nov 1989

Ganon, attempting to capture Link with a magical zapblast, succeeds in capturing his body, but not his spirit.

27th Nov 1989

Indiana Mario and his friends travel to Jungleland in search of a legendary golden statuette -- "The Lost Mushroom."

28th Nov 1989

Our heroes arrive in Down Under Land and have to save the Outback Mushroom People from Kangaroo Koopa and an army of crocodiles.

29th Nov 1989

Our heroes are chased through space by Darth Koopa and thrown into the Intergalactic Insinkerator.

30th Nov 1989

Koopa forces the brilliant scientist Dr. Nerdnick to turn him into a half-robot, half-Koopa monster.

1st Dec 1989

When Ganon's evil creatures suffer yet another humiliating defeat at the hands of Link, they decide that Ganon's stupid plans are to blame.