1992
Mario Teaches Typing is a licensed edutainment game developed and published by Interplay Productions. It is one of the few licensed Mario computer titles. Mario Teaches Typing was originally released for MS-DOS in 1992, where the user could either use two 3'5" floppies or a single 5'75" one. It was later released on CD-ROM for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh in 1994. As the title suggests, Mario Teaches Typing was designed for improving a computer user's typing skills. Mario Teaches Typing eventually spawned a sequel in 1996, Mario Teaches Typing 2. All of the game's music was sampled from Super Mario World.
The MS-DOS version is the very first Mario video game where Mario speaks. In that version, he was voiced by Ronald B. Ruben. He is replaced by the iconic floating Mario head in the CD-ROM version. In this version, he is voiced by Charles Martinet, who has since remained Mario's voice actor.