Dr. Mario , released in 1998 for the Super Famicom, is an action & adventure game where you control Dr. Mario as he must drop differently coloured pills onto viruses to remove them from the bottle. Each pill is split into two, with each side being of one of three different colours: red, blue or yellow. Align three pills of the same colour to a virus of the corresponding colour (or any combination of pills and viruses totaling four or more) and it will be removed from the bottle, along with the aligned pills.
The game features normal mode, time trial, and a two player battle mode where you can see who can remove the most viruses. The goal is to clear all viruses from the bottle before they reach the top and Dr. Mario runs out of moves.