Mr. Do! Description

Mr. Do! was produced by Universal in 1982.

Universal released 52 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977.

Other machines made by Universal during the time period Mr. Do! was produced include Mrs. Dynamite, Mr. Do! (Yankee DO!), Space Raider, Fantastic Voyage, Mr. Do! Vs. Unicorns, Lady Bug, Cosmic Avenger, Snap Jack, Zero Hour, and Cosmic Alien.

Mr. Do! - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.76 (17 votes)

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Game Introduction

You can dig extra paths through the solid parts of the maze in whatever shape you like. The apples will be found dotted around the screen in the solid parts. To construct traps for monsters, it is important to dig just under them so they fall into the path behind Mr. Do., then turn around and push the apple back to a path which turns downward, preferably just over the edge, and you have a trap! Wait for a monster or a few to appear in the path below, and push! If the monsters wait too long under the apple, they can become 'diggers' and dig away at the maze towards you! Sometimes they go under the apple and squash themselves. An improvement is if two apples can be lined up, so you are protected against a 'digger'.

The central target, where the monsters appear from, may be collected once all the monsters have appeared. This is noticed by it becoming a 'prize', e.g. ice cream, biscuits, etc.. When you collect the prize, the Alphamonster and his four henchmen appear. The Alphamonster may be in the EXTRA box at the top or moving around the screen. The Alphamonster and his henchmen cannot easily be crushed under apples because they usually eat them! They can be killed individually with the powerball or, if the Alphamonster is killed, all the henchmen turn into apples.

After every three levels there is an intermission where a tune is played and a larger more detailed animated picture of Mr. Do and the monsters is shown. The time to complete each level and the method monsters, cherries, EXTRA or Diamond is shown. The paths in the first level resemble a 'D', after this each level is laid out as the digit, i.e. '2', '3', '4' etc., up to '0' for level 10.

Hacks

Mr. DigDo - Changes the graphics to make them look more like those of Dig Dug.
Mr. Jong - Changes the clown into an old Chinese man, the monsters into clowns and the apples into mahjong blocks.
Yankee Do - Changes the graphics to make them more American patriotic.

Miscellaneous

Pirate versions of the game are called Mr. Du and Mr. Lo.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Mr. Do! Census

Very Common - There are approximately 409 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 171 of these machines are owned by our active Mr. Do! collectors. And of these, 57 are original dedicated machines, 28 are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 86 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Mr. Do! machine for sale. There are 4 active VAPS members with extra Mr. Do! circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - Popular - There are 11 active VAPS members currently looking for Mr. Do!. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Mr. Do! circuit board set.

At any given time, our active members are listing on VAPS on average of 4,400 games they are looking for, and 3,600 games for sale.

This game ranks a 84 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 38 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Technical

Legacy

1. Mr. Do! (1982)
2. Mr. Do!'s Castle (1983)
3. Mr. Do!'s Wild Ride (1984)
4. Do! Run Run (1984)
5. Neo Mr. Do! (1996)

Manuals

1. Operation Manual  16 Pages, 1.1 MB File.
2. Manual  14 Pages, 1 MB File.
3. Operation Manual  17 Pages, 1.1 MB File.

Foto-Finder® (books)

1. The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 146; Color photo;
2. Arcade Fever, Sellers (ISBN 0762409371): Page: 100; Color photo; Price guide:
3. Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 146; Color photo; Price guide:

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