Dr. Mario
For the Game Boy
FAQ/Walkthrough
By Ryan Harrison
rharrisonfaqs(at)gmail.com
Last Revised: 01 January 2006
Version 1.2
This document is Copyright (c)2003-2006 Ryan Harrison
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Table of Contents
1. Guide Opening
1.01 - Version History
1.02 - Introduction
2. Game Overview
2.01 - Controls
2.02 - Basics
2.03 - FAQs
3. Walkthrough
3.01 - Killing Viruses
3.02 - Virus Level Table
4. Secrets
5. Guide Closing
5.01 - Credits
5.02 - Legal Disclaimer
5.03 - Contacting Me
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1. Guide Opening
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Opening to this Dr. Mario FAQ.
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1.01 - Version History
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Version 1.2 - 01 January 2006 - The new version of this FAQ.
Version 1.1 - 26 October 2004 - The newly reformatted and mostly rewritten
version of this FAQ.
Version 1.0 - 04 February 2003 - The first complete version of this file.
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1.02 - Introduction
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Dr. Mario is a Tetris-like clone that has Mario making his first appearance as
a doctor. Using three different colours of pills you must make lines of four to
eliminate all on-screen viruses - but it gets harder as you progress! For those
who like a challenging puzzle game, you should pick this one up!
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2. Game Overview
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Basics of the game. Read before playing!
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2.01 - Controls
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D-Pad - Move the cursor up or down on Main Menu (Up/Down); change
sub-selections for programming of the game; move the pills
around on the Virus Screen from left to right; drag pills
down at a faster rate (Down)
Select Button - Move the cursor on the 1-Player / 2-Player selection screen
Start Button - Confirm your selections on the Main Menu, pause/resume game
on Virus Screen
B - Turn the capsule 90 degrees anticlockwise
A - Turn the capsule 90 degrees clockwise
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2.02 - Basics
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The Main Menu
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After you pick the 1-Player Game, you are taken to the configuration screen, in
which you can choose programming for the game that you will play. There are
three options you can edit, and here is a rundown of them each:
Virus Level: This is the level of difficulty you can choose to start with. It
ranges on a scale from 0 to 20 with 0 being the easiest with
fewest viruses and 20 being the hardest with most viruses, and 10
being the average difficulty.
Speed: The speed that the capsules fall down after Dr. Mario flips them into
the virus area. You can choose from LOW, MED and HI.
Music: The music you're going to be listening to while you kill the viruses.
There is the FEVER theme (also in NES version and in Super Smash Bros.
Melee), CHILL, which is a somewhat softer tune, or you can choose to
have the music switched OFF.
The Virus Screen
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This is what the main screen you play on looks like.
+------------------------------------------------+
| +--------------------------+ +---------------+ |
| | | | | |
| | | | DR. MARIO | |
| | | | | |
| | | +---------------+ |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| +--------------------------+ |
+------------------------------------------------+
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2.03 - FAQs
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Q: Is this game on any other platforms?
A: Yes, it is also on the NES and Game Boy Advance (as part of the Classic NES
Series games).
Q: What happens after beating Virus Level 20?
A: Like those old arcade games it keeps on going past Level 21 getting harder
at each stage.
Q: Hi, I'm from CheatCC...
A: Go away.
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3. Walkthrough
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The basic gist - there are three colours of viruses and pills in the game:
GREY, BLACK, and WHITE. You get pills in different colours and with two ends.
Here is an example:
(O | #) (a pill with two differently coloured ends)
(@ | @) (a pill with the same colours on each end)
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3.01 - Killing Viruses
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Now here is a list of the ways to kill the virsuses that you can use for your
benefit when playing Dr. Mario:
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| +--------------------------+ +---------------+ | Dr. Mario throws in a pill.
| | | | | | There are three colours,
| | (O}| #) | | DR. MARIO | | including a virus, lined up
| | } | | | | vertically. When the white
| | O} These four | +---------------+ | end lands on the white line,
| | O} colours will | | the four white colours will
| | O} vanish | | all vanish.
| | | |
| +--------------------------+ |
+------------------------------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+
| +--------------------------+ +---------------+ | Dr. Mario throws in a pill
| | # | | | | with a grey end on it. There
| | - | | DR. MARIO | | are four pills below with a
| | @ | | | | space between them. Flip the
| | | | +---------------+ | pill so it is grey side down
| | | | | and make it fall in the gap
| | V | | to take out all the greys.
| | @ @ @ @ | |
| +--------------------------+ |
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Of course, that's only the basics of it. There are other, more advanced ways to
solve this task. Sometimes you can take out two lots of virsues at once! Here
are some ways:
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| +--------------------------+ +---------------+ | Have the bottom side of the
| | @ | | | | pill (white) land on the
| | - | | DR. MARIO | | vertical row of white
| | O | | | | colours. These will all
| | O | +---------------+ | vanish and the grey pill
| | O | | will fall down to the left
| | O | | of the grey horizontal row,
| | @ @ @ | | also taking these out!
| +--------------------------+ |
+------------------------------------------------+
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| +--------------------------+ +---------------+ | Two rows of oppositely
| | | | | | coloured pills and viruses.
| | (# | O) | | DR. MARIO | | Dr. Mario throws in a pill
| | | | | | with the equivalent colours
| | # O | +---------------+ | on each end. Drop both sides
| | # O | | onto their respective
| | # O | | colours and watch them all
| | | | vanish!
| +--------------------------+ |
+------------------------------------------------+
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| +--------------------------+ +---------------+ | Like the sketch above, only
| | # | | | | the viruses are on top of
| | - | | DR. MARIO | | each other. Dr. Mario flips
| | @ | | | | in a pill with their colours
| | | +---------------+ | that land next to them,
| | | # # # | | taking them all out.
| | V | |
| | @ @ @ | |
| +--------------------------+ |
+------------------------------------------------+
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| +--------------------------+ +---------------+ | Two sets of colours apart at
| | (# | O) | | | | different parts of the virus
| | # | | | DR. MARIO | | screen. Dr. Mario flips in a
| | # V | | | | pill with a black end and a
| | # | +---------------+ | white end. Flip it
| | O | | horizontally and have the
| | O | | black end land on the black
| | O | | colours to take them out.
| +--------------------------+ | The white end drops on the
+------------------------------------------------+ whites to kill them.
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3.02 - Virus Level Table
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The 'Virus Level' you pick will have certain number of viruses. Every time you
complete a level, you will move to the next virus level, eg from Virus Level 10
to Virus Level 11. The number of viruses in a Virus Level goes up by four for
each virus level. Here is a table to show how many viruses are in each virus
level:
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| VIRUS LEVEL | NUMBER OF VIRUSES |
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| 00 | 4 |
| 01 | 8 |
| 02 | 12 |
| 03 | 16 |
| 04 | 20 |
| 05 | 24 |
| 06 | 28 |
| 07 | 32 |
| 08 | 36 |
| 09 | 40 |
| 10 | 44 |
| 11 | 48 |
| 12 | 52 |
| 13 | 56 |
| 14 | 60 |
| 15 | 64 |
| 16 | 68 |
| 17 | 72 |
| 18 | 76 |
| 19 | 80 |
| 20 | 84 |
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4. Secrets
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Epilogue Animation
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Complete the game on any speed level.
Special Animations
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Complete Virus Level 5, 10, 15 or 20 on MED or HI difficulty to view a little
animation.
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5. Guide Closing
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Last stuff.
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5.01 - Credits
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Steve "Psycho Penguin" McFadden
My best friend on GameFAQs, and he's supported me through all the good and
bad times, and he's always up for a good conversation or giving me some
FAQing help. Thanks Steve.
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For pointing out a grammar error.
Jeff "CJayC" Veasey, the IGN staff, and other sites whom have posted this FAQ
For hosting all my work and allowing me to become a much more recognised
author.
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5.02 - Legal Disclaimer
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This FAQ is copyright (c)2003-2006 and exclusive property of Ryan Harrison.
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5.03 - Contacting Me
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