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Game competition #8: Mr. Do!

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Zebidee:

Well, I'm sure that getting the diamond is hard, but I've never been able to work it out either.  I think it has something to do with dropping apples that were once monsters.  Anyway, I hope someone out there knows.

My kids love watching me play this game.  What I'd ideally have for this game is a vertical cab with a centered, 4-way joystick (not off to one side, which contributes to one making directional errors).  I'm working on it .....

A question ... are all versions of this game the same, and the same level of difficulty?  Also, there are lots of minor variants (eg Mr Lo!, Mr Du!, etc) and I have no idea whether there are minor differences that might be a big deal, like diamonds easier to get or something like that.  There is also a "Mr Do! (bugfixed)" (MRDOFIX), which begs the question of what is wrong and different between that version and other versions.

Maybe its better that we settle on one version now, rather than disputing scores later. I'd like to suggest that we just agree to only use the parent version of Mr Do! (MRDO).  FrontyDev?


fronty:

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Xiaou2:

Just some Mr Do  play tips...

  If you eat the center cake/icon...  the 4 super monsters will come out to play.
These can eat apples.  And they move pretty fast so its hard to keep enough
bullet time to kill all of them.  If you can lead them away one path, and quickly
shoot the Letter creature,  you can end the madness and get the needed letter
very swiftly.   Get all the letters,  and you get an extra life... and I think the diamond
also appears after this.  Cant recall.

 But,  if you do eat the cake/icon...  after the super-monster round is over...
the regular baddies will be HOPPING MAD!    They will travel like 3x faster than
normal.. and nearly be impossible to escape them all.   

 So... its better to only do this early in the levels where its easier.. and or to
only grab the snack when there are only a few regular baddies left.   That way
you arnt swarmed with like 5+ baddies traveling at warp 20 at you.  2-3 baddies
will be more than a handful at that speed.

 
 Other tips:

1)  Make a huge path under an apple.  Wait there standing under it and dont move.
As baddies come... shoot them with your ball.  (dont just waste the apple on one
baddie.  And dont use the apple yet, until the very last moment needed)  If the baddies get too close, and you cant get the ball to return fast enough... them walk away from the apple to let it crush the baddies.

 Your Ball has a bit of a power limitation.   The more often its thrown... the longer it
takes to return.  This can be deadly when too many creatures are active.   Using the
apples to take care of as many baddies as possible helps to keep the ball recovering
quickly... or can kill baddies while the ball is recharging.

 
2) You walk slower when you have to dig a new pathway.   So, if being chased...its
best to walk on paths that are already created.... otherwise the baddies will be able
to catch up to you very quickly - using the path that you dug for them.

3) Digging too many pathways makes it easier for the angered baddies to cut
through and swipe you.  Also makes apples less effective.

4) Winning by killing all the baddies is a lot easier/safer  than trying to get all the
fruit.  Not sure how it works out in points however.

5) Eating the snack can save you from getting ran over by baddies...  but then,
if you do not kill the frozen baddies before the super-monster round is over... they
may just much more trouble afterwards.


fronty:

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dprush83:

41,700 - I saved a snapshot on the cabinet, but don't want to bust out the flashdrive as it won't take long to overtake that score!  :P

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