Looking for an old arcade game, Mr. Do [NECRO, PLEASE LOCK]

[Thop]

My dad and I were at an arcade not to long ago, and we looked at some older games they had, and there was one called Mr. Do in some machine full of old games. He only spent a few bucks playing the game though, but those few dollars lasted him two hours, he was amazing at the game.

I want to find a version that would run on his pc, but I wasn't able to do it myself. So I extend a hand to the community, help me on my epic quest to provide my father a source of entertainment that will cause him to neglect his engineering job!

Here is some gameplay I found so maybe you will recognize it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czKx1BwfuAk

Videos that left links to where they found the game didn't work for me...

[Jej]

I remember Mr.Do and Mr.Do's Wild Ride.

Unfortunately, I can't mention how you could run it on a PC, since if I did I would be technically breaking Steam's ToS.

Google is your friend.

[Thop]

Hmn, well can you point me in the right direction? Does the word start with and E and have Lat in the name, as in E__lat__?

[Jej]

Originally posted by Ironically enjoys memes:

Hmn, well can you point me in the right direction? Does the word start with and E and have Lat in the name, as in E__lat__?

I'm not even allowed to hint.

[Thop]

I got your hint...the word is elated, nothing suspicious going on here.

[ʙᴜɴ.ᴇ]

there is a way but its against the forum rules for me to mention it, im sorry.

[RAVENROOK]

Originally posted by Thop:

My dad and I were at an arcade not to long ago, and we looked at some older games they had, and there was one called Mr. Do in some machine full of old games. He only spent a few bucks playing the game though, but those few dollars lasted him two hours, he was amazing at the game.

I want to find a version that would run on his pc, but I wasn't able to do it myself. So I extend a hand to the community, help me on my epic quest to provide my father a source of entertainment that will cause him to neglect his engineering job!

Here is some gameplay I found so maybe you will recognize it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czKx1BwfuAk

Videos that left links to where they found the game didn't work for me...

Mr Do was an arcade game that I was absolutely addicted too in the early '80s. I spent literally all day playing it. There are, if you are interested to know, two other versions featuring Mr Do. One is called Mr Do's Wild Ride' and also Mr Do's Castle. I play Mr Do often now, on Android.

[Morkonan]

This was "Dig Dug" in the U.S.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqGV76RcL50

There are console and PC versions of Dig Dug.

Internet Archive link: https://archive.org/details/arcade_digdug

[Tonepoet]

Originally posted by Morkonan:

This was "Dig Dug" in the U.S.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqGV76RcL50

There are console and PC versions of Dig Dug.

Internet Archive link: https://archive.org/details/arcade_digdug

Mr. Do isn't Dig Dug. Dig dug was made by namco. Mr. Do was made by Taito. The games are quite similar, but they are not the same. That'd almost be like saying Pacman and Ms. Pacman are the same game.

In any case, it seems like the best way to play a home port of Mr. Do is to buy the S.N.E.S. version.

Or you can just settle for Dig Dug and buy a legal copy on Steam these days:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/403400/ARCADE_GAME_SERIES_DIG_DUG/


(The Internet Archive can be rather sketchy with regards to legality)

Originally posted by Thop:

Hmn, well can you point me in the right direction? Does the word start with and E and have Lat in the name, as in E__lat__?

Why even ask if that's what you wanted? >_>

[Morkonan]

Originally posted by Tonepoet:

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(The Internet Archive can be rather sketchy with regards to legality)
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I will need to rethink my attitude towards that - I didn't know DigDug was still actively published. I know that some publishers have approved Internet Archive uploads, at least tacitly. But, that DD is still published does look a bit suspicious.

Sometimes, game publishing just doesn't extend across borders. I should have made it more clear that it wasn't the "same" game. Still... it's close enough to qualify for a Copyright Violation. :)

[Thop]

Originally posted by Tonepoet:

Originally posted by Thop:

Hmn, well can you point me in the right direction? Does the word start with and E and have Lat in the name, as in E__lat__?

Why even ask if that's what you wanted? >_>

Are you upset I don't want to buy a physical copy from the 90s? Bruh lmao

Now GDI, leave this 8 year old post alone, I found a solution an eternity ago.

[Thop]

someone report this thread as necro'd, I can't report my own posts.

[Tonepoet]

Originally posted by Thop:

Are you upset I don't want to buy a physical copy from the 90s? Bruh lmao

Now GDI, leave this 8 year old post alone, I found a solution an eternity ago.

I do think buying a legit copy (whatever it takes to do so) is the only right way to do it, but that's not even why I asked. I'm kinda just trying to point out that that as a possible option should've been obvious, particularly given your youtube video, so I would have assumed anybody who needs to ask would be looking for a legit. version. >_> Also, I dunno, maybe other people have the same question. Somebody found this thread somehow.

Originally posted by Thop:

someone report this thread as necro'd, I can't report my own posts.

You could report the post that necro'd the topic (which isn't mine), or unsubscribe with the button to the upper left portion of the page.

[Hammer Of Evil]

namco copied this game almost line for line in the NES title 'dig dug' - might be easier to get hands on.

a lot of the older stuff didnt make it into emulators.

edit - wow almost 10 years for a response. im guessing his dad is a productive engineer. RIP

[Thop]

Originally posted by Hammer Of Evil:

a lot of the older stuff didnt make it into emulators.

The particular version of "Mr. Do!" my dad is a fan of was very hard to find. I don't think I actually found it until a year after this post or so. I just got a good high paying job, so the next step in this old journey is to just buy one of those 500 (or whatever) in 1 arcade cabinets for him.

[Tonepoet]

Originally posted by Thop:

Originally posted by Hammer Of Evil:

a lot of the older stuff didnt make it into emulators.

The particular version of "Mr. Do!" my dad is a fan of was very hard to find. I don't think I actually found it until a year after this post or so. I just got a good high paying job, so the next step in this old journey is to just buy one of those 500 (or whatever) in 1 arcade cabinets for him.

Gotta be careful with your purchases in that regard to ensure you're getting licensed games. Giving money to bootleggers who have no authority to grant license would kind of suck, since at that point you might as well just pirate the games yourself.

That isn't to say I condone piracy, mind you. It's just that the end result of buying a bootleg versus pirating a game yourself is the same to the rightsholders, so buying bootlegs is at least as damaging, except buying bootlegs also means you've basically donated your hard earned money to scammers for something that provides you with little added value, rubbing some into the wound.

Dreamcade[www.dreamarcades.com] claims to be a licensor. Sometimes I kind of have my doubts for reasons I shan't disclose here, but also they should've been sued into oblivion if they weren't by now. They probably make the highest quality cabinets out of the legitimate game licencors.

The Atgames Legends[www.atgames.us] machines are legit too, although Atgames is kind of infamous for poor quality control, especially with regards to the quality of emulation.

Arcade 1up is also legit[arcade1up.com], although there are two things to consider about them. The first is that many of their cabs. are only three-quarters scale. I think they started selling some full size cabinets more recently, but I'm not sure. The second is that the selection of games per cabinet. Like, you might only get a dozen or so.

Those are the only three sources I'd consider buying a cabinet with built-in games from, except maybe Unico for their neo-geo bartop and riser stand, but I doubt your dad's into neo-geo games if he's a Mr. Do fiend. There are a few other ways to get legit. arcade games though, like plug 'n play consoles and countertop cabinets.

Originally posted by Morkonan:

I will need to rethink my attitude towards that - I didn't know DigDug was still actively published. I know that some publishers have approved Internet Archive uploads, at least tacitly. But, that DD is still published does look a bit suspicious.

Sometimes, game publishing just doesn't extend across borders. I should have made it more clear that it wasn't the "same" game. Still... it's close enough to qualify for a Copyright Violation. :)

Abandonware isn't a recognized legal concept. Even if it was Namco has kept the core library of their most popular games in publication since they started the Namco museum series. Dig Dug was first included in the volume 3 disc. for the original Playstation but there have been editions of Namco Museum for every home console generation since then[en.wikipedia.org], and Dig Dug is one of the most common inclusions.

Namco games are also the most common compilations included in various plug 'n play devices. I have this Pac-Man Connect 'n Play[www.bandai.com] dohicky, although I kind of broke it opening it up to see what's inside. The container isn't particularly ergonomic, nor are the included controls particularly high quality, since it was a $20 dohicky when it was available. I mean they're okay for what it is, but I wanted to see if I could swap 'em out for arcade grade parts and maybe eliminate the need for batteries.

The damage is nothing too serious. The wires to the battery compartment just snapped off, so I can probably fix it. Mappy's kind of fun.

However, at least with regard to that particular device, Namco's kind of stingy. If I recall correctly they only allow you to use a limited number of credits per play on that thing. It might even just be one credit.

Also, I doubt Mr. Do would be found to be copyright infringing in a court of law because similarities in gameplay aren't protectable under copyright[www.gamedeveloper.com] (it's more the domain of patent law, but patents on Dig Dug would've expired by now, if they ever existed in the first place), but that's a whole other subject, and there are a few cases which blur the lines a bit.

I'm kind of surprised that Mr. Do hasn't been republished all too often though. Many of the older and more popular arcade games are, including Taito games such as Bubble Bobble. I wonder what happened.