Hotel Mario was one of four games featuring Nintendo characters published for the CD-i the others were three Legend of Zelda games. Each hotel ends in a boss fight with one of Bowser's Koopalings, culminating in a battle with Bowser. Players control Mario, who must find Princess Toadstool by going through seven hotels in the Mushroom Kingdom each hotel is divided into stages, and the objective is to close all doors on each stage. Hotel Mario is a puzzle video game developed by Fantasy Factory and published by Philips Interactive Media on the CD-i format on April 5, 1994.