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Game competition #8: Mr. Do!
Zebidee:
--- Quote from: Shoegazer on December 06, 2008, 12:36:41 pm ---Just out of curiosity, how old is your daughter? That's a mighty high score, and certainly better than anything I've been able to achieve on this game since 1982. Then again, I didn't play it that much either, as much as I liked the game.
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My daughter is only 4yo! She didn't play the game, of course. My kids like to watch me play the occasional game of Mr. Do! She was watching me when I got the 133k score, so I dedicated it to her.
It is almost shameful, but I didn't play Mr Do! in the arcades as a kid. However, I did play a Commodore 64 clone of Mr Do! extensively for 3 months in early 1988 while living at a house with a guy that owned a c64. I got quite good. However, I do remember my friend telling me that the c64 version is much easier than the arcade game. He was right!
The bad news for you guys is that I've been practicing Mr. Do! a lot over the past few months. The good news is that there is still a chance for you to come and kick my butt right up until the last minute, just like happenned with Elevator Action. It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings.
Zebidee:
If you look at the high-score table I posted earlier, You'll notice that I reach a kind-of wall about about level 12. All the high scores are squeezed into a range of about 15,000 points. It is simply that Mr Do! gets so hard that you don't survive very long.
You'll need to be able to think quickly and have very fast reactions to get far in Mr Do! Trickiness and a devious mind can also help. If you can manage to survive better than I can, then you can claim the mantle.
Extra tips:
- Did anyone mention that you get a 500 pt bonus every time you eat a bunch of 8 cherries in quick succession? Each cherry you eat has a slightly higher note. If you get all 8 at once, then you get 500pt bonus. This seems insubstantial compared to killing monsters and eating cake, but it adds up through the game.
- It is also often possible to eat all 8 cherries in a bunch, get the 500pts and drop an apple to the ground in front of you, ready to drop onto baddies. I think that I'd have to show you how to do this though.
fronty:
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Ummon:
It's previously always been the parent set that was to be used, and is implied in successive comps. That's a strange aspect you got there Fronty.
Zeb: actually, it's an octave distance eating the fruit - without hearing it, I could actually hum the tonic pitch, but making a vid for that would be a lot of effort relative to the result - which turns out to be based in....C. Not surprising, though I might've thought A. The series is big on music, for sure.
I have yet to fire the game up and play.
Zebidee:
Let us hope that the Lawleys don't take part in this competition:
http://www.thelawleys.com/mrdo.htm