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Mr. Do! Vs. Unicorns Mr. Do! Vs. Unicorns - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

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Description

Mr. Do!, the clown, moves around six floors interconnected by ladders -- some fixed, some whose top can be pushed left or right. Baddies look like unicorns. He has a hammer which can knock out floor stones.

Mr. Do! Vs. Unicorns was produced by Universal in 1983.

Universal released 52 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977. Universal was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Universal during the time period Mr. Do! Vs. Unicorns was produced include: Mrs. Dynamite, Space Raider, Fantastic Voyage, Mr. Do!, Mr. Do! (Yankee DO!), Mr. Do!'s Castle, Eggs, Go Go Coaster, La Cible, and Do! Run Run

Mr. Do! Vs. Unicorns
Mr. Do! Vs. Unicorns

Specs

Name Mr. Do! Vs. Unicorns
Developer Universal (Japan)
Year 1983
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 8770
Class Wide Release
Genre Platform
Monitor
Conversion Class Universal
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Gameplay Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right)
  • Buttons: 1 [Hammer]
Sound Unamplified Mono (requires one-channel amp)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Game Play

The hammer is used to knock out floor stones. Some are marked with a cherry and all these must be collected to finish the level. The unicorns (baddies) fall into holes that you knock into the floor. Some fall through and survive, whereas some get stuck in the holes. If left, they will climb out, leaving a block in the hole, and become nastier baddies.

The way to kill the unicorns is to knock a block from the floor above onto their head. When all are killed, the level is complete. The hammer can be used against them, but merely pushes them away a little. For the nastier ones, this does not work at all!

There are sections of floor marked at each end with a skull block, which when both skull blocks are knocked out, all the blocks fall to reveal 'wooden floorboards'. This works well for killing multiple monsters!

There are three blocks in the floor which contain keys. Knock them all out to open the doors at the top of the screen. Behind it is a shield, which when collected, turns the unicorns into Alphamonsters. The Alphamonsters flee from Mr. Do!, and can be killed with his hammer or by knocking out a floor stone onto them. When you kill an Alphamonster, its letter appears on a flagpole at the top of the screen. Collect all five letters to obtain another Mr. Do!

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Miscellaneous

This is the Japanese version of Mr. Do's Castle. The graphic ROMs for this title have a variety of prizes, but only the first is used. Even the original apple from Mr. Do! is included, but it does not appear in the game.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Mr. Do! Vs. Unicorns Census

There are 14,717 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,455 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,291 machines (6,886 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 12 known instances of this machine owned by Mr. Do! Vs. Unicorns collectors who are active members. Of these, 12 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 5 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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Technical

The PCB is marked with the code 8300-A2 and the ROMs bear the marking A1-A10. At least two ROM versions exist, but later revisons have extended game play by the inclusion of blocks with cherries embeded in them. Also the replay Diamond was added.

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