me too probably my all time favorite arcade game, the music and all various tunes is also one of the best in an arcade game imo, love everything about this game
Ty Joe This is the very first arcade game that I played in an arcade back in 1983, I was 13 at the time. The list of mr. Dos games r mr.do, mr. Do castle, mr. Dos wild ride and mr do run run. The last games came out in 1984 and mr dos castle came out in 1983.
U shot the letters to get a free mr.do with ur lifes. Plus there is a special pattern on each lvl that u can do to get that diamond every single time for a free game
Great game, a true classic from the arcade era. I play Mr. Do on a regular and it's always a challenge. The whole series...Mr. Do, Do's Castle, Do Run-Run are all a blast. Thanks for the review and keep the classic arcade game reviews coming, Semper Fi!
This was one of my favourites. There was a version with a different main character. Looked a bit like a snowman. If you watch this video again, on the top right hand side of the marquee, you can see him in the instructions area. Notice it’s not the clown Mr. Do in the pic. Love your videos thanks for bringing back the memories man.
Anyone remember Scrambled egg by technos ? Pinguin another good one , i loved these one screen maze type cartoony games where you had to push and shoot things around,they required lots of skill
There is something about the shape of the Universal Cabinet. You know they were trying to set themselves apart back in the day and be some kind of competition to the giants. I'd say they did a good job. Mr. Do is a cross between Dig Dug and Pac-man with a little of its own thing thrown in. The Psychedelic coloring and design on the cabinet is one of a kind.
Wow, I used to play this at a campground. It was a dedicated machine, and sat right next to a Galaga cabaret. Also, you get a point bonus if you collect all 8 of each group of cherries in one nonstop movement.
Played it at Circus Circus in Las Vegas. Loved it. Was nearby to Wizard of Wor. ;). The snowman looking one was used for the prototype. Not sure if they were ever in the wild or not.
@@LyonsArcade 70 percent of the games came as boards only into generic cabinets , i saw many times how they installed a new arrival into the existing ones
@@LyonsArcade we lived the arcades at the time , many coins and hours on Frontline , western sheriff , qix , Arabian , Popeye, Crazy climber, mappy , assault the list goes on
like the universal arcade cabinets, cosmic avenger ladybug and of course mr do they all look really good. this game was incredibly successful and got ported to a lot of game systems, atari 2600 colecovision atari 8-bit computers commodore 64 apple ii game boy and finally snes it was followed by a sequel called mr do's castle which also got ported to a lot of game systems, atari 2600 atari 5200 colecovision commodore 64 and atari 8-bit computers these were followed by mr do's wild ride and do run run which were not ported.
@@LyonsArcade My guess is they probrably intended for the snowman guy to be the character for the game as he also appears on some Flyers for the game as well. Most likely universal had them change the design as in that very prototype on mame if one gets the diamond It shows the final game's animation with the clown Mr. Do. Thus at the time that prototype was being worked on they were likely just beginning to make the switch and to save a bit of money they probrably just reused the marquees they had already made on some machines.
It was often a kit game, they'd put it in old cabinets they had and turn one game into "Mr. Do". We get them in as kits all the time, but rarely see the dedicated version.
@@LyonsArcade i remember that there was another companion Atari cabinet game released together with dig dug , at our arcades they stood side by side , it was called Fast Freddie , not many know this one
Takes me back, do you think there is a market for ‘retro arcades’, I don’t know of any arcades with traditional arcade games, the last time I was in one was in disneyland, but that’s special.
There's a few of them around, but mainly they are bars... so they use the old arcades as a gimmick to get you in the bar! I do know of a couple though that are just arcades and believe it or not they do pretty good, but now with this Corona Crap they are hurting pretty bad.
Joe's Classic Video Games I think there is a market, just look at the interest in your channel. I could imagine an arcade / bar or arcade / cafe. It could be fully classical games or sectioned off from modern games. I’d expect most customers of my generation would flock there!
Opening tune: Di da du, da di da da. Da da da da da. You just died tune: Di di, Di die, Die, die d, die!😂😂😂 Or, that’s how I interpreted it to be so in da 80s!😂
Crap. I just picked up this exact cab today and was hoping you'd show the inside of the cab. Mine is a nigh bare bones project ha. Needs so much. I just bought a Mr. Do Castle PCB. Well these are uncommon to find pics an info on, ill keep digging! Be well man. -Mitch
Collecting the object in the center temporary freezes the normal monsters awards bonus points and releases what ever letter was highlighted at the time as letter monster and its blue 3 defenders, kill the letter monster get awarded its letter, collect all 5 to spell extra and earn an extra life , Kill the last normal monster or eat all the cherry's and it completes the round even if the letter monster gang is active on the level.. The rare short lived diamond awards a extra game credit,, (or as quite often the case the greed of one trying to grab it lures you to your death), the joystick was always thrashed on this game from tactic of people slamming a quick reverse direction ball shot on monsters trying to corner the player.. lot of fun memory's with this game,
This joystick was still pretty good, I wonder if it uses the same metal pieces as Defender? Those get destroyed too... of course Defender was two way so probably a completely different stick...
Oh you mean is it marked on the machine? It usually isn't anywhere, but the measurement is taken diagonally. After awhile you kind of just get used to seeing them and can tell at a glance which size it is, there are only 4 sizes, 13" which is very small and used in a few cocktail and cabaret (smaller) games... then there's 19" which is the most common, most games that have a 19" monitor will have a bezel around them with a lot of artwork on it, if there's several inches around the monitor between it and the edge of the cabinet it's most likely a 19". Then there are 25" monitors, which usually go almost to the edge of the cabinet on anything it's mounted in, and 27" monitors which were kind of the last iteration of crts before they started making everything LCD. You will see monitors marked other sizes, but typically it's just a japanese way of measuring the same monitor. So in America a 27" monitor is a 29" monitor in Japan. a 19" is often a 20" or 21" in Japan, and a 25" might be called a 26" in Japan. There are also just a few cabinets that have huge 33" or so CRT's in them but they don't pop up often.
i know this is a late comment but I have the cocktail table version of this and it goes half the speed as the alone stand up version. I wonder why that is. Watching you play it was very fast paced and seemed like that was not what the factory was setup to do.
By the way, you’re not very good at this game!😂 8 unbroken cherries Push apples Some apples have hidden diamonds in them (extra game free) The stoopid monsters are protecting extra bonus items such as, cake, popsicles, etc. Once they all leave it, it’s yours for the taking! Each ‘major’ Monster that comes out of the top header spells ‘EXTRA’ get all letters, get an extra man. Each ‘scene’ (LEVEL) is in a number right before your eyes... the pixels have a path shaped into a number except in the ‘tens’ they’re always shaped like one digit, 9,4, etc... (no 1)... I have ‘clocked’ this game (as we used to say in the 80s). Meaning, ‘turned the dial over’ bypassed the top score... back to zero... in other words... clocked. It’s my all time favourite. Thing is, I hate clowns.
That’s one of my most favourite games. The music and game play is so addictive. Maybe one day I will have one in my collection.
It's one of those games that isn't too expensive yet.
me too probably my all time favorite arcade game, the music and all various tunes is also one of the best in an arcade game imo, love everything about this game
I play this almost every day on my work laptop as a distraction 😌
I won't tell anybody :)
Ty Joe
This is the very first arcade game that I played in an arcade back in 1983, I was 13 at the time. The list of mr. Dos games r mr.do, mr. Do castle, mr. Dos wild ride and mr do run run. The last games came out in 1984 and mr dos castle came out in 1983.
U shot the letters to get a free mr.do with ur lifes. Plus there is a special pattern on each lvl that u can do to get that diamond every single time for a free game
Thank you Laurie, i'll have to keep trying, haha See you on the next video!
Great game, a true classic from the arcade era. I play Mr. Do on a regular and it's always a challenge. The whole series...Mr. Do, Do's Castle, Do Run-Run are all a blast. Thanks for the review and keep the classic arcade game reviews coming, Semper Fi!
Thanks Chris, we'll keep them coming :) Semper Fi brother!
Would love a Mr Do cabinet as its my favourite game of all time
We don't get them all that often!
This was one of my favourites. There was a version with a different main character. Looked a bit like a snowman. If you watch this video again, on the top right hand side of the marquee, you can see him in the instructions area. Notice it’s not the clown Mr. Do in the pic. Love your videos thanks for bringing back the memories man.
I never played any of them much, I'll have to try to find that one you're talking about! Thanks for watching Drumfreak!
I think you are talking about the Prototype Mr. Do!
Anyone remember Scrambled egg by technos ? Pinguin another good one , i loved these one screen maze type cartoony games where you had to push and shoot things around,they
required lots of skill
There is something about the shape of the Universal Cabinet. You know they were trying to set themselves apart back in the day and be some kind of competition to the giants. I'd say they did a good job. Mr. Do is a cross between Dig Dug and Pac-man with a little of its own thing thrown in. The Psychedelic coloring and design on the cabinet is one of a kind.
Yeah I always liked them, they had to guts to make them stand out from everything else :)
Wow, I used to play this at a campground. It was a dedicated machine, and sat right next to a Galaga cabaret.
Also, you get a point bonus if you collect all 8 of each group of cherries in one nonstop movement.
I heard it making a crescendo when I was doing that, that makes sense...
Damn brother's y'all hitting on my nostalgia nerve!
We get that a lot :)
Played it at Circus Circus in Las Vegas. Loved it. Was nearby to Wizard of Wor. ;). The snowman looking one was used for the prototype. Not sure if they were ever in the wild or not.
Circus Circus? I'm gong to have to look that up! Thanks for watching B.O.!
Dustin Diamond stood in front of this game for a photo. Rest In Peace brother.
I hadnt' heard yet... that sucks, that guy had a pretty rough life all things considered.
The game of my life, original cabinets dedicated to the pcb game rarely arrived in Italy.
Did you play one in a dedicated cabinet back when it came out, or was it in a different cabinet?
It was a hybrid cabinet, without screen printing.
@@LyonsArcade 70 percent of the games came as boards only into generic cabinets , i saw many times how they installed a new arrival into the existing ones
The games i enjoyed back then ..Mr Do,Tron,Kung fu master,Salamander,Karate Champ,Yie ar Kung-Fu,Frogger,Hyper Sports,and Scrammble 🥳
Man you were EARLY a lot of those people have never even heard of!
@@LyonsArcade we lived the arcades at the time , many coins and hours on Frontline , western sheriff , qix , Arabian , Popeye, Crazy climber, mappy , assault the list goes on
Super game , has more strategy to it than the similar dig dug , rock n' rope was another good one
I haven't had a Rock n' rope! Thanks again con fuzz!
@@LyonsArcade tip if you pick the cherries you better zigzag eat them instead of making straight tunnels
Class.
Classic.
Classical.
Cool Mr. Do arcade is awesome I love it
Yes!
like the universal arcade cabinets, cosmic avenger ladybug and of course mr do they all look really good.
this game was incredibly successful and got ported to a lot of game systems, atari 2600 colecovision atari 8-bit computers commodore 64 apple ii game boy and finally snes
it was followed by a sequel called mr do's castle which also got ported to a lot of game systems, atari 2600 atari 5200 colecovision commodore 64 and atari 8-bit computers
these were followed by mr do's wild ride and do run run which were not ported.
Hello Ron, keep up the excellent work and keep those videos coming, not far of 30 thousand now, Merry xmas from over the pond in the UK.🎅🎅🎅
Coming soon, we'll see what the new year brings us in ways of subscribers :) Merry Christmas!
you know it's interesting because the man on the marquee's instructions is actually the character you play as in the prototype of Mr. Do! in mame
I wonder if this marquee was bootleg or something, or how did they know?
@@LyonsArcade My guess is they probrably intended for the snowman guy to be the character for the game as he also appears on some Flyers for the game as well.
Most likely universal had them change the design as in that very prototype on mame if one gets the diamond It shows the final game's animation with the clown Mr. Do.
Thus at the time that prototype was being worked on they were likely just beginning to make the switch and to save a bit of money they probrably just reused the marquees they had already made on some machines.
Very nice! Rare
Thanks Bobby Jack!
I was an arcade junkie, but never played this. I think I even remember seeing it, but it must have not gotten my quarters for some reason.
It was often a kit game, they'd put it in old cabinets they had and turn one game into "Mr. Do". We get them in as kits all the time, but rarely see the dedicated version.
Yessss awesome game and a sexual cabinet. I love the Universal shape and graphics.
Yeah they have a cool look to it!
Yancade hand built games machines oh yes!
Awesome, reminds me of Dig Dug.
This one looks more fun though. Giggity Giggity.
LOL I dunno man I've got a soft spot for Dig Dug.
Who else but Quagmire?!
@@LyonsArcade the Taiwan bootleg was called zig zag 😄
@@LyonsArcade i remember that there was another companion Atari cabinet game released together with dig dug , at our arcades they stood side by side , it was called Fast Freddie , not many know this one
Takes me back, do you think there is a market for ‘retro arcades’, I don’t know of any arcades with traditional arcade games, the last time I was in one was in disneyland, but that’s special.
There's a few of them around, but mainly they are bars... so they use the old arcades as a gimmick to get you in the bar! I do know of a couple though that are just arcades and believe it or not they do pretty good, but now with this Corona Crap they are hurting pretty bad.
Joe's Classic Video Games I think there is a market, just look at the interest in your channel. I could imagine an arcade / bar or arcade / cafe. It could be fully classical games or sectioned off from modern games. I’d expect most customers of my generation would flock there!
Opening tune:
Di da du, da di da da.
Da da da da da.
You just died tune:
Di di,
Di die,
Die, die d, die!😂😂😂
Or, that’s how I interpreted it to be so in da 80s!😂
Splendide borne !!! L'une de me préférées !
Crap. I just picked up this exact cab today and was hoping you'd show the inside of the cab. Mine is a nigh bare bones project ha. Needs so much. I just bought a Mr. Do Castle PCB. Well these are uncommon to find pics an info on, ill keep digging!
Be well man.
-Mitch
That sucks man, you can probably find some pictures on the forums at www.KLOV.com if you havent' signed up there yet...
@@LyonsArcade Yea im on klov, ill figure it all out.
I spent many a quarter to get pretty good at the game. :D
I'm still trying :)
Very Good Game.
Collecting the object in the center temporary freezes the normal monsters awards bonus points and releases what ever letter was highlighted at the time as letter monster and its blue 3 defenders, kill the letter monster get awarded its letter, collect all 5 to spell extra and earn an extra life , Kill the last normal monster or eat all the cherry's and it completes the round even if the letter monster gang is active on the level.. The rare short lived diamond awards a extra game credit,, (or as quite often the case the greed of one trying to grab it lures you to your death), the joystick was always thrashed on this game from tactic of people slamming a quick reverse direction ball shot on monsters trying to corner the player.. lot of fun memory's with this game,
This joystick was still pretty good, I wonder if it uses the same metal pieces as Defender? Those get destroyed too... of course Defender was two way so probably a completely different stick...
How much
Before buying a dedicated arcade cabinet (eg. Golden Axe) can I look somewhere for the screen size?
Oh you mean is it marked on the machine? It usually isn't anywhere, but the measurement is taken diagonally. After awhile you kind of just get used to seeing them and can tell at a glance which size it is, there are only 4 sizes, 13" which is very small and used in a few cocktail and cabaret (smaller) games... then there's 19" which is the most common, most games that have a 19" monitor will have a bezel around them with a lot of artwork on it, if there's several inches around the monitor between it and the edge of the cabinet it's most likely a 19". Then there are 25" monitors, which usually go almost to the edge of the cabinet on anything it's mounted in, and 27" monitors which were kind of the last iteration of crts before they started making everything LCD. You will see monitors marked other sizes, but typically it's just a japanese way of measuring the same monitor. So in America a 27" monitor is a 29" monitor in Japan. a 19" is often a 20" or 21" in Japan, and a 25" might be called a 26" in Japan. There are also just a few cabinets that have huge 33" or so CRT's in them but they don't pop up often.
@@LyonsArcade Thank You for your help.
👍🏼
Thanks Danijel!
Is there a switch to get the lights to turn on
I know this is a older video. I am searching for this cabinet and wondering if you know of any others out there for sale. .
Thanks Bryan
Unfortunately not that I know of, they don't pop up all that often!
Yes, I have had a hard time locating. Keep me in mind if you locate another.
Thanks
Is this game sought after? I have one I am trying to figure out what to do with.
@@otisdriftwood7890 yes where you from
Email me at universityave09@gmail
Thanks bryan
What would a vintage arcade such as Mr Do be worth?
This particular one is worth about $1000
@@LyonsArcade that's pretty reasonable if you have a tech like you in the neighbourhood to keep it in shape
i know this is a late comment but I have the cocktail table version of this and it goes half the speed as the alone stand up version. I wonder why that is. Watching you play it was very fast paced and seemed like that was not what the factory was setup to do.
Hmm, that's interesting. Here's a video of someone playing the MAME rom, it plays the same speed as mine.... czcams.com/video/5_BBQWed8Vk/video.html
@@LyonsArcade czcams.com/video/KtccEZEKaWo/video.html
Here is my cocktail table gameplay, call me crazy but mine seems slower.
The attract mode was playing better than you, hon. :)
As usual :)
By the way, you’re not very good at this game!😂
8 unbroken cherries
Push apples
Some apples have hidden diamonds in them (extra game free)
The stoopid monsters are protecting extra bonus items such as, cake, popsicles, etc.
Once they all leave it, it’s yours for the taking!
Each ‘major’ Monster that comes out of the top header spells ‘EXTRA’ get all letters, get an extra man.
Each ‘scene’ (LEVEL) is in a number right before your eyes... the pixels have a path shaped into a number except in the ‘tens’ they’re always shaped like one digit, 9,4, etc... (no 1)...
I have ‘clocked’ this game (as we used to say in the 80s). Meaning, ‘turned the dial over’ bypassed the top score... back to zero... in other words... clocked.
It’s my all time favourite.
Thing is, I hate clowns.
heh video games with MRS an MISS representation was old too
ms pac man
even was a kangaroo game where your the mom even rescu'n your lil roos