Mario's Cement Factory

Game & Watch: Mario's Cement Factory
Tabletop version
Developer(s)Nintendo R&D1
Publisher(s)Nintendo
SeriesMario
Platform(s)
Release
  • Tabletop
  • April 28, 1983
  • New Wide Screen
  • June 8, 1983
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player

Mario's Cement Factory[a] is an LCD handheld electronic game developed by Nintendo and published in 1983 under their Game & Watch series. It follows earlier Mario games, like the arcade and Game & Watch versions of Donkey Kong. Players control Mario as he navigates elevators and funnels cement through a factory, while trying to prevent the cement from crushing his fellow workers. Two modes were released: a tabletop model; and a handheld version akin to most other Game & Watch titles. Development was headed by Nintendo R&D1, led by engineer Gunpei Yokoi.

The game has been re-released several times; it was featured as part of Game Boy Gallery for the Game Boy, 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 cement trucks. Mario must navigate two dangerous elevators and avoid falling or being crushed and losing a 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]

Gameplay from Game A on the Table Top version of the game.

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 Famicom system debuted in Japan, and two years after the first Mario title (the arcade game Donkey Kong).[12]

Re-releases

See also: Game & Watch ports and remakes
The New Wide Screen version of the console.

Mario's Cement Factory has been re-released in various forms. It was included in the 1995 Game Boy Gallery for Game Boy, featuring updated graphics.[13][14] It was also re-released in the Nintendo Mini Classics line, which repackaged Game & Watch games in small Game Boy-like devices.[15][16] Both the New Wide Screen and an updated version were included in the 2002 Game & Watch Gallery 4 for the Game Boy Advance.[13] In 2009, the game was re-released for the Nintendo DSi's 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.[3][22][23] It was identified as a favorite by Wired writer Andy Robertson, and in a preview of Game & Watch Gallery 4, Nintendo World Report writer Ben Kosmina expressed that he loved Mario's Cement Factory.[4][24] Staff for the magazine Video Games regarded it as a more difficult game than many before it.[25] It was also named the 10th best Game & Watch game in a survey of ITMedia readers.[26] Despite this positive reception, it received some criticism, considered primitive by the standards of today,[3][27] In a review by IGN writer Lucas M. Thomas felt that the controls were too "picky and precise".[28] NintendoLife writer Corbie Dillard noted it as being among the most popular Game & Watch titles, feeling that it's more playable and enjoyable thanks to the diversity of its gameplay. He noted that though there may be nostalgia involved in the enjoyment of Game & Watch games, he legitimately had fun with the game.[29] It has been called one of the stranger entries in the 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

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  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. ^ McFerran, Damien (January 1, 2021). "Feature: How Nintendo's Game & Watch Took "Withered Technology" And Turned It Into A Million-Seller". NintendoLife. Archived from the original on July 1, 2021. 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. Archived from the original on August 25, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  11. ^ Nintendo (October 23, 2018). Super Mario Encyclopedia: The Official Guide to the First 30 Years. Dark Horse Comics. pp. 237–238. ISBN 9781630089450. Archived from the original on August 16, 2024. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  12. ^ a b Frear, Dave (January 4, 2016). "Game & Watch Gallery Advance Review (Wii U eShop / GBA)". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on August 16, 2024. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  13. ^ Thomas, Lucas M. (July 17, 2011). "Game & Watch Gallery Review". IGN. Archived from the original on May 27, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  14. ^ North, Dale (August 5, 2009). "Nintendo's Game & Watch come back as Mini Classics". Destructoid. Archived from the original on October 8, 2009. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  15. ^ Thompson, Michael (August 5, 2009). "Nintendo Mini Classics resurrects Game & Watch titles". Arstechnica. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  16. ^ a b Aaron, Sean (March 22, 2010). "Nintendo Download: 22nd March 2010 (North America)". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on May 26, 2019. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
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  19. ^ Van Duyn, Marcel (March 25, 2019). "Nintendo Download: 26th March 2010 (Europe)". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on May 26, 2019. Retrieved May 15, 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. Archived from the original on May 27, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
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  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. Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
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