Celebrate everyone’s favourite plumber, Mario, this Easter at the National Videogame Museum. Join us to explore, play and learn about one of Nintendo’s most iconic characters.
Saturday 28th March 2026 – Sunday 12th April 2026
Book NowFollow our interactive trail around the gallery floor to discover and play some of our iconic Mario games, whilst learning a fact or two about Mario’s history.
Design your own costumes and power-ups, before stepping inside our green-screen experience to transport yourself into a videogame. Hand a controller to your friends and let them bring your character to life on screen!
The Italian plumber is a global icon. Created by the legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Super Mario could be considered to be the modern foundation of Nintendo. Always ready to rescue Princess Peach from his archenemy Bowser, Mario first appeared in Donkey Kong (1981) and has since appeared in over 200 titles.
Through our collection, we showcase how Mario games have evolved across 40 years of platforming perfection and damsel-in-distress rescue.
We have a number of playable games featuring Mario dotted throughout our gallery. Can you find them all? To get you started, we’re spotlighting some of our favourites below.
It wasn’t the first platform game, and it wasn’t even the first appearance of Mario in a videogame, but the 32 levels in Super Mario Bros. certainly broke new ground and continues to inspire and challenge today.
View GameMario Paint is a drawing package, stamp creator, music maker, fly-swatting game… even the title screen is an Easter egg, where clicking the letters causes different things to happen!
View GameIn Mario Party 8, up to four characters take turns playing board game stages and completing minigames to win coins and stars.
View GameExplore fantasy worlds of your own creation with Super Mario Maker! Create your own Super Mario levels in the style of many of the previous Mario games
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