Tighe
Well-known member
I used to play this all the time as a young lad at the Carl's Drug Store (skip to 30 seconds) and at the time I thought it was pronounced Mr Dew, not Mr Dough. I did't know all the rules, like get the cherries all with out stopping to make the notes do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do and get a bonus, hence why he is called Mr Do.
I can't remember what the cabinet looked like back then, but I don't think it was a conversion, it seemed very official, Not sure if it was a Taito or a Universal cabinet, and Nerdygrrl just told me about Tehkan cabinets, but I haven seen a photo of one yet, apparently they were more common in NYS.
Speaking about Taito, even though this game is credited to Universal, it is co obvious that the game was made by Taito, spelling extra, the credit icon looking like a littl guy trapped in a bubble. The music, all of them are so similar to Bubble Bobble. The designer was Kazutoshi Ueda who also designed Lady Bug, and Bomb Jack by Tehkan (Temco) which just adds to the confusion to Mr. Do's origin and where it was developed.
Whatever the origin of the game, it is a great game, with way more to it than Dig Dug, which many people compare it to. You can take many strategies to playing it, for example any of these will complete a level: get all the cherries, kill all the enemies and spell extra.
Also the game is very hard, even on the easiest setting a game doesn't last more than 8 rounds for me. On the Colecovision the enemies move at the same speed as you, where in the arcade version they move much faster, and at times move double speed. I did notice that if they are chasing you they will pause as to not catch you as long as you don't turn.
I am thinking that this might be my next game, although I am not sure which cabinet I want.
What do you guys think??
I can't remember what the cabinet looked like back then, but I don't think it was a conversion, it seemed very official, Not sure if it was a Taito or a Universal cabinet, and Nerdygrrl just told me about Tehkan cabinets, but I haven seen a photo of one yet, apparently they were more common in NYS.
Speaking about Taito, even though this game is credited to Universal, it is co obvious that the game was made by Taito, spelling extra, the credit icon looking like a littl guy trapped in a bubble. The music, all of them are so similar to Bubble Bobble. The designer was Kazutoshi Ueda who also designed Lady Bug, and Bomb Jack by Tehkan (Temco) which just adds to the confusion to Mr. Do's origin and where it was developed.
Whatever the origin of the game, it is a great game, with way more to it than Dig Dug, which many people compare it to. You can take many strategies to playing it, for example any of these will complete a level: get all the cherries, kill all the enemies and spell extra.
Also the game is very hard, even on the easiest setting a game doesn't last more than 8 rounds for me. On the Colecovision the enemies move at the same speed as you, where in the arcade version they move much faster, and at times move double speed. I did notice that if they are chasing you they will pause as to not catch you as long as you don't turn.
I am thinking that this might be my next game, although I am not sure which cabinet I want.
What do you guys think??
