| Punch Ball Mario Bros. | |
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| Developer(s) | Hudson Soft |
| Publisher(s) | Hudson Soft |
| Platform(s) | NEC PC-8801 |
| Release |  1984 |
| Genre(s) | Platform game |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
Punch Ball Mario Bros. is a video game released by Hudson Soft in 1984. It is very similar to the original Mario Bros., but it featured the new gameplay mechanic of "punch balls," small balls that Mario and Luigi can kick into enemies to stun them instead of hitting them from below as in the original.
Punch Ball Mario Bros. ran on the Japanese computers NEC PC-6001mkII, NEC PC-6601, NEC PC-8801, FM-7, and Sharp X1. It was created in 1984 by Hudson Soft. It is not well-documented how or why Hudson was granted the rights to develop the game, nor why it chose to produce a fairly new game instead of a port.
It has never been re-released in any form.
Hudson produced several other unique Mario titles for the PC-88, including Mario Bros. Special and Super Mario Bros. Special.
