Mr. Do!
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| Developer(s) | Universal |
| Publisher(s) | Taito |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Release date | 1982 |
| Genre(s) | Maze |
| Mode(s) | Up to 2 players, alternating turns |
| Input methods | Joystick |
| Cabinet | Upright |
| Arcade system | Main CPU: Z80 (@ 4 MHz) Sound Chips: 2x SN76496 (@ 4 MHz) |
| Display | Raster resolution 192×240 (Vertical) Palette Colors 256 |
Mr. Do! is an arcade game created by Universal in 1982. Similar in gameplay to Namco's popular Dig Dug title, Mr. Do! was also popular and saw release on a variety of home video game consoles and systems. It is the first game in the Mr. Do series, and was released both as a standalone game and as a conversion kit (released by Taito Corp.) for existing arcade cabinets.
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[edit] Gameplay
The object of Mr. Do! is to score as many points as possible by digging tunnels through the ground and collecting cherries, which are distributed throughout the level in groups. The title character, Mr. Do (a circus clown) is constantly chased by monsters called Mini-Dinos, and the player loses a life if Mr. Do is caught by a monster. Mini-Dinos can be defeated by hitting them with a bouncing ball or by dropping large apples on them. Occasionally, Mini-Dinos transform briefly into slower, more powerful enemies that can tunnel through the ground. The game is over when the player runs out of lives.
Occasionally during play, a letter from the word "EXTRA" appears on the playfield as a monster, and the player can defeat this monster in the same way as a Mini-Dino. Defeating a letter monster awards that letter, and collecting all the letters of the word awards an extra life. Rarely, a diamond will appear on the playfield which, when collected, awards a bonus credit to the player, allowing him or her to play an extra game. (This feature is relatively unique among arcade video games, though it is a standard feature of most pinball machines.)
[edit] Ports and sequels
Mr. Do!, like many games of its time, has been ported to a variety of computer systems and video game consoles, including the Atari 2600, several Atari 8-bit home computers, the ColecoVision, Apple II, MSX, and the Commodore 64 series of computers. The game has also been adapted to more advanced systems, including Nintendo's Game Boy and Super NES (providing some new gameplay features), and a standalone handheld LCD adaptation was released by Tomy in 1983. Each port offers varying differences in gameplay from the arcade version, the most common of which is the fact that the bonus credit awarded by the diamond has been removed. The game has also seen numerous unauthorized clones released for various hardware platforms.
A completely new version of the game, Neo Mr. Do!, was released for SNK's Neo Geo system in 1996[1].
[edit] References
- ^ Neo Mr. Do! Review. neo-geo.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-09.
[edit] External links and sources
- Mr. Do! at the Killer List of Videogames (retrieved February 9, 2005)
- Mr. Do! guide at StrategyWiki
- The Arcade Flyer Archive entry for Mr. Do!
- arcade-history.com entry on Mr. Do! (retrieved February 11, 2005)
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