Don Doko Don (World)| 1989 |
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Developer: Taito Corporation Japan
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy8way), Buttons(2)
Number of Players: 2
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Developer: Taito Corporation Japan
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy8way), Buttons(2)
Number of Players: 2
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Don Doko Don (World) VGMuseum Game Endings
Don Doko Don (World) on CAESAR
Don Doko Don (World) high score and replay at MARP
Don Doko Don (World) on datObase
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Don Doko Don (World) VGMuseum Game Endings
Don Doko Don (World) on CAESAR
Don Doko Don (World) high score and replay at MARP
Don Doko Don (World) on datObase
Mameinfo.dat entry:
0.37b10 [Yochizo]
WIP:
- 0.147u2: hap fixed clone Omega Fighter Special. The game fails to boot or finish post. After showing bad rom errors, the game resets.
- 0.147u1: Fixed maincpu rom loading.
- 0.122u7: Fixed gfx1/2/3/4/5 rom loading.
- 0.89u3: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.
- 0.37b10: Yochizo added 'Omega Fighter' (UPL 1989) and clone Omega Fighter Special.
- 21st November 2000: Yochizo fixed some graphics bugs in the Omega Fighter / Atomic Robo-kid driver.
- 8th November 2000: Yochizo sent in a driver for Omega Fighter and Atomic Robo-kid.
- 25th April 1999: Dumped Omega Fighter Special.
LEVELS: 8 (restarts once)
Other Emulators:
* FB Alpha
* JFF
* Raine
Recommended Games (Star Force):
Catacomb
Vega
Espial
Night Star (DECO Cassette)
Nova 2001
Star Jacker
Stunt Air
Zodiack
Star Force
Alpha Mission / ASO
Alpha Mission II / ASO II
Astro Warrior (Mega-Tech)
Mission 660
Rafflesia
S.R.D. Mission
Truxton / Tatsujin
Tatsujin (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Truxton II / Tatsujin Oh
Blast Off
Blazing Lazers
GunHed (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
The Next Space
Omega Fighter
Super Star Soldier (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Lethal Thunder
Pollux
Strike Gunner S.T.G
Vimana
Explosive Breaker
Final Star Force
Galmedes
Gunlock
GunNail
Nebulas Ray
Super-X
Gekirindan
Viper Phase 1
Fever SOS
Mars Matrix: Hyper Solid Shooting
Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip
Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
0.37b10 [Yochizo]
WIP:
- 0.147u2: hap fixed clone Omega Fighter Special. The game fails to boot or finish post. After showing bad rom errors, the game resets.
- 0.147u1: Fixed maincpu rom loading.
- 0.122u7: Fixed gfx1/2/3/4/5 rom loading.
- 0.89u3: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.
- 0.37b10: Yochizo added 'Omega Fighter' (UPL 1989) and clone Omega Fighter Special.
- 21st November 2000: Yochizo fixed some graphics bugs in the Omega Fighter / Atomic Robo-kid driver.
- 8th November 2000: Yochizo sent in a driver for Omega Fighter and Atomic Robo-kid.
- 25th April 1999: Dumped Omega Fighter Special.
LEVELS: 8 (restarts once)
Other Emulators:
* FB Alpha
* JFF
* Raine
Recommended Games (Star Force):
Catacomb
Vega
Espial
Night Star (DECO Cassette)
Nova 2001
Star Jacker
Stunt Air
Zodiack
Star Force
Alpha Mission / ASO
Alpha Mission II / ASO II
Astro Warrior (Mega-Tech)
Mission 660
Rafflesia
S.R.D. Mission
Truxton / Tatsujin
Tatsujin (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Truxton II / Tatsujin Oh
Blast Off
Blazing Lazers
GunHed (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
The Next Space
Omega Fighter
Super Star Soldier (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Lethal Thunder
Pollux
Strike Gunner S.T.G
Vimana
Explosive Breaker
Final Star Force
Galmedes
Gunlock
GunNail
Nebulas Ray
Super-X
Gekirindan
Viper Phase 1
Fever SOS
Mars Matrix: Hyper Solid Shooting
Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip
Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
History.dat entry:
Don Doko Don (c) 1989 Taito Corporation.
Don Doko Don is a platform game where you play a bearded dwarf with a mallet as your only weapon. Very abstract colors, talking trees, cute graphics and sounds. The object is to defeat all the enemies and advance to the next round which reveals more and different enemies.
- TECHNICAL -
Runs on the "Taito F2 System" hardware. It used a graphics extension on the board, the so called Taito F2 Expanded System.
Board Number: M4300131A
Prom Stickers: B95
Screen Orientation: Horizontal
Players: 2
Control: 8-Way Joystick
Buttons: 2
=> Attack with mallet, Jump
- TRIVIA -
Don Doko Don was released in July 1989.
Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Don Doko Don - PCCB-00008) on October 21, 1989.
- UPDATES -
The US version has the "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen.
- TIPS AND TRICKS -
* Items list:
Power Drink (red): Increase your level by 1 one
Maxim Drink: Increase your level to maximum
Medicine (blue): Increase speed when holding an enemy
Book of Death (black): Eliminate all on-screen enemies
Book of Smash (brown): Smash all on-screen enemies
Death Hammer (grey): Can defeat an enemy with a single strike
Flying Hammer (blue): This hammer can be thrown
Fruit: Bonus points
Poison Apple: Decrease your level by one
Key: Open the door to a bonus or hidden stage
* Teddy Bear cheat: in the demo mode during the attract mode (not the tutorial), press 3 times the attack button and a cute picture of a bear will appear in the left bottom of the screen.
* Secret Room and Bonus Game:
If you hit the bottom of the first level, you will get key to go to Secret Room.
In Level 5, hit the bottom of the Right screen and you will get key to go to bonus game.
* Stage Select: like other Taito games, Don Doko don has a stage select feature.
1) During the boot, push the 'service button.'
2) 'Service switch error' screen appears, push START three times and then, push the service switch button.
* True Ending: If you get all the secret keys, you are able to answer secret stage in first stage. So, it means you will process from after 50 stages. And, finally you have to defect the final stage boss (100th stage), you can see the true ending!
- SERIES -
1. Don Doko Don (1989)
2. Don Doko Don 2 (1992, Nintendo NES)
- STAFF -
Developed by the Taito team: Kumagaya Laboratory
Producers: Seiji Kawakami, T. Matumoto, Hiroyuki Sakou (Hiroyuki Sakoh)
Software: Kazutomo Ishida, Masaya Kinoshita
Characters: Seiji Kawakami, Yukiwo Ishikawa (Y. Abechan), Minori Ishino, Kazuhiro Numata, Kohzoh Igarashi, Tetsuya Shinoda, V.A.P.
Sound (Zuntata): Masahiko Takagi, Yasuko Yamada
Hardware: K. Fugimoto, Who Manchu
Designers: Hiroyasu Nagai, V.A.P
Special Thanks: Masaki Ogata, Kumagaya Project
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
Nintendo Famicom [JP] (March 9, 1990) "Don Doko Don [Model TFC-DD-5900]"
NEC PC-Engine [JP] (May 31, 1990) "Don Doko Don [Model TP02010]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [JP] (July 28, 2005) "Taito Memories Joukan [Model SLPM-66057]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [AU] (March 30, 2006) "Taito Legends 2 [Model SLES-53852]"
Microsoft XBOX [EU] (March 31, 2006) "Taito Legends 2"
Sony PlayStation 2 [EU] (March 31, 2006) "Taito Legends 2 [Model SLES-53852]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [US] (May 16, 2007) "Taito Legends 2 [Model SLUS-21349]"
* Computers :
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] [EU] (March 31, 2006) "Taito Legends 2"
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] [US] (July 10, 2007) "Taito Legends 2"
- CONTRIBUTE -
Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=665&o=2
Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
Don Doko Don (c) 1989 Taito Corporation.
Don Doko Don is a platform game where you play a bearded dwarf with a mallet as your only weapon. Very abstract colors, talking trees, cute graphics and sounds. The object is to defeat all the enemies and advance to the next round which reveals more and different enemies.
- TECHNICAL -
Runs on the "Taito F2 System" hardware. It used a graphics extension on the board, the so called Taito F2 Expanded System.
Board Number: M4300131A
Prom Stickers: B95
Screen Orientation: Horizontal
Players: 2
Control: 8-Way Joystick
Buttons: 2
=> Attack with mallet, Jump
- TRIVIA -
Don Doko Don was released in July 1989.
Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Don Doko Don - PCCB-00008) on October 21, 1989.
- UPDATES -
The US version has the "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen.
- TIPS AND TRICKS -
* Items list:
Power Drink (red): Increase your level by 1 one
Maxim Drink: Increase your level to maximum
Medicine (blue): Increase speed when holding an enemy
Book of Death (black): Eliminate all on-screen enemies
Book of Smash (brown): Smash all on-screen enemies
Death Hammer (grey): Can defeat an enemy with a single strike
Flying Hammer (blue): This hammer can be thrown
Fruit: Bonus points
Poison Apple: Decrease your level by one
Key: Open the door to a bonus or hidden stage
* Teddy Bear cheat: in the demo mode during the attract mode (not the tutorial), press 3 times the attack button and a cute picture of a bear will appear in the left bottom of the screen.
* Secret Room and Bonus Game:
If you hit the bottom of the first level, you will get key to go to Secret Room.
In Level 5, hit the bottom of the Right screen and you will get key to go to bonus game.
* Stage Select: like other Taito games, Don Doko don has a stage select feature.
1) During the boot, push the 'service button.'
2) 'Service switch error' screen appears, push START three times and then, push the service switch button.
* True Ending: If you get all the secret keys, you are able to answer secret stage in first stage. So, it means you will process from after 50 stages. And, finally you have to defect the final stage boss (100th stage), you can see the true ending!
- SERIES -
1. Don Doko Don (1989)
2. Don Doko Don 2 (1992, Nintendo NES)
- STAFF -
Developed by the Taito team: Kumagaya Laboratory
Producers: Seiji Kawakami, T. Matumoto, Hiroyuki Sakou (Hiroyuki Sakoh)
Software: Kazutomo Ishida, Masaya Kinoshita
Characters: Seiji Kawakami, Yukiwo Ishikawa (Y. Abechan), Minori Ishino, Kazuhiro Numata, Kohzoh Igarashi, Tetsuya Shinoda, V.A.P.
Sound (Zuntata): Masahiko Takagi, Yasuko Yamada
Hardware: K. Fugimoto, Who Manchu
Designers: Hiroyasu Nagai, V.A.P
Special Thanks: Masaki Ogata, Kumagaya Project
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
Nintendo Famicom [JP] (March 9, 1990) "Don Doko Don [Model TFC-DD-5900]"
NEC PC-Engine [JP] (May 31, 1990) "Don Doko Don [Model TP02010]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [JP] (July 28, 2005) "Taito Memories Joukan [Model SLPM-66057]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [AU] (March 30, 2006) "Taito Legends 2 [Model SLES-53852]"
Microsoft XBOX [EU] (March 31, 2006) "Taito Legends 2"
Sony PlayStation 2 [EU] (March 31, 2006) "Taito Legends 2 [Model SLES-53852]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [US] (May 16, 2007) "Taito Legends 2 [Model SLUS-21349]"
* Computers :
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] [EU] (March 31, 2006) "Taito Legends 2"
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] [US] (July 10, 2007) "Taito Legends 2"
- CONTRIBUTE -
Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=665&o=2
Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
cheat.dat entry:
00000000 1028C7 00000009 FFFFFFFF Infinite Credits
00001301 105B3B 00000031 FFFFFFFF Select starting round You should enable this cheat on the press 1 or 2 player button screen, ie. after credits have been inserted!
00000303 105B3B 00000031 FFFFFFFF Select next Round
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 1084C6 000000FF FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL1
00000000 1084E7 00000010 FFFFFFFF Always have Max Power PL1
00000000 1084B0 00000008 00000008 Invincibility "ON" PL1
00000001 1084B0 00000000 00000008 Invincibility "OFF" PL1
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 108504 000000FF FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL2
00000000 108525 00000010 FFFFFFFF Always have Max Power PL2
00000000 1084EE 00000008 00000008 Invincibility "ON" PL2
00000001 1084EE 00000000 00000008 Invincibility "OFF" PL2
Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file
00000000 1028C7 00000009 FFFFFFFF Infinite Credits
00001301 105B3B 00000031 FFFFFFFF Select starting round You should enable this cheat on the press 1 or 2 player button screen, ie. after credits have been inserted!
00000303 105B3B 00000031 FFFFFFFF Select next Round
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 1084C6 000000FF FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL1
00000000 1084E7 00000010 FFFFFFFF Always have Max Power PL1
00000000 1084B0 00000008 00000008 Invincibility "ON" PL1
00000001 1084B0 00000000 00000008 Invincibility "OFF" PL1
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 108504 000000FF FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL2
00000000 108525 00000010 FFFFFFFF Always have Max Power PL2
00000000 1084EE 00000008 00000008 Invincibility "ON" PL2
00000001 1084EE 00000000 00000008 Invincibility "OFF" PL2
Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file
