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Mario Teaches Typing is an educational video game released in 1992 for the MS-DOS platform. Developed and published by Interplay Entertainment Corp., it is a licensed title that uses characters from the Mario franchise within a typing tutor framework. The game presents its lessons from a side view perspective, integrating familiar elements into its educational exercises.

Players control either Mario, Luigi, or Princess Toadstool across four distinct typing activities that increase in difficulty. The primary objective is to improve typing speed and accuracy by completing on-screen prompts. In Mario's Smash and Dash, the character runs past obstacles like boxes and turtles, each marked with a single letter that must be typed to pass safely. Mario's Wet World Challenge involves swimming across the screen while being pursued by sea creatures; players must type words scrolling along the bottom to propel the character forward and escape.

The game progresses to more complex tasks in Mario's Tunnel of Doom, where the character navigates a tunnel filled with traps. Success requires correctly typing full sentences that scroll across the top of the screen to avoid hazards like falling blocks. Finally, Mario's Expert Express functions as a structured practice lesson, where players type predefined paragraphs under the supervision of the on-screen character. This structure allows players to develop typing skills through repetitive practice within a themed, game-like environment.