Play Mario Party Online

Mario Party came out on the Nintendo 64 in 1998, developed and published by Nintendo. It was one of those games that really made the most of having four controller ports, something that felt almost revolutionary at the time compared to other systems. The game fit right into that era of colorful, social multiplayer experiences that the N64 was known for.

You control one of several Mario characters, moving around a digital board by rolling dice. The main goal is to collect more stars than your opponents, which you buy from a character who moves around the board each turn. Key mechanics include landing on specific spaces that trigger events, like stealing coins or switching places with another player, and competing in short mini-games after every round of movement. The pacing is unpredictable; one moment you're ahead, the next you lose all your coins to a chance time space. It feels like a mix of luck, light strategy, and pure chaos, especially when friendships are tested over a frantic button-mashing game.