ID software used Carmack's Adaptive Tile Refresh[0] to make a Super Mario Bros 3 clone for PC, and tried to sell it to Nintendo. Nintendo basically said "no". We got Commander Keen instead.
...There were those games from Access Software which touted their Realsound tech, or whatever it was called. The Sound Blaster was, for me, the beginning of a newfound respect for PC hardware; I was no longer jealous of my friends who had their Amigas. I really miss the awe and wonder of those days. The days where every seemingly minor advancement actually served as a huge leap in terms of the experiential qualities of games. These days people whine about ray-tracing performance and having to play stuff at < 120FPS. I get it - I just really miss the "before times". Like the first time seeing an image rendered in full 256 colour VGA. </end oldtimer rant>
Some of the most known:
* Mario Teaches Typing
* Super Mario Bros. Print World
* Mario is Missing! (also released on SNES)
* Mario's Time Machine (also released on SNES)
* Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters
There are also (bad) Donkey Kong ports for home computers of the 80s such as Atari 800XL, IBM DOS, VIC-20, Commodore 64.
Full list and more details here: https://www.mariowiki.com/List_of_games#PC