View Full Version : Dig Dug or Mr. Do!? (RRM)
digitalpress
04-30-2003, 08:58 AM
In compliance with PC Kwaj's request (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11869) to re-live some of our EZboard forum memories, I have "dug up" this topic. This was originally posted by me on 3/9/02. (http://pub103.ezboard.com/fretrogamingfrm11.showMessage?topicID=280.topic)
The time is now.
Argue your point. Two go in, one comes out.
Two go in, one comes out.
EVERYBODY!
Two go in, one comes out.
Two go in, one comes out...
http://www.digitpress.com/dpsightz/arcade/digdug.png http://www.digitpress.com/dpsightz/arcade/mrdo.png
digdug
04-30-2003, 09:15 AM
My name says it all !!!!
DIG DUG
kainemaxwell
04-30-2003, 09:29 AM
What's RRM?
Anyhow I voted Mr. Do. Each game in the Do series came up with a ne winnovative way to attack and defeat your enemies- either dropping apples on them, hammering unicorns or running around an amusement park. heck the Do'ster even had a Neo-Geo game and a great remake on the SNES and Game Boy systems.
All Dig Dug had going for him was making more potholes on the NYC streets.
digitalpress
04-30-2003, 10:23 AM
What's RRM?
Don't tell me you haven't read PC Kwaj's sticky in the Off-Topic forum? Or read what I posted in the initial post up top?
"Retrogaming Roundtable Memories".
Raccoon Lad
04-30-2003, 11:29 AM
I pity all of those pathetic souls who would place the repetitive, yet over-hyped gameplay of Dig-dug over the EXITING adventures of a Super-Clown who hurls magic super-balls at dinosaurs.
Truly, Mr. Do! is vastly superior.
NE146
04-30-2003, 11:51 AM
Yep. There is just so much more to "do" in Mr. Do's gameplay. Whereas Dig Dig is relatively one-dimensional. My vote goes to the game with more depth, MR. DO! :-D
By the way, anyone else here use to do the 255 lives trick in Mr. Do? I used to do it all the time and once in this arcade, the stupid lady who owned it went and unplugged my machine since she said it had obviously "malfunctioned".. damn lady... 25 cents didn't come cheap to me at the time! >:( >:(
Raedon
04-30-2003, 11:56 AM
Mr. Do! is just a rip of Dig Dug. There was only one Mr. Do! in my town and it was a a showbiz pizza on the other side of town. My parents hated Showbiz pizza so I only got to play it 4-5 times ever. Dig Dug, however, I first played in beta form at a Dallas technology expo in 1981 along with 2 arcade games that never made it into production in the USA. from 83-86 there was a Dig Dug game at the grocery store my mom shoped so I'd get 4 quarters everytime we went. by the time it was moved out I could play on just one quarter and had to leave the game.
digitalpress
04-30-2003, 11:58 AM
That 255 lives trick is... well, TRICKY:
When an apple appears in the first two rows of level 1, build a tunnel from the bottom of the screen to the location directly below the apple with a thin layer of dirt to keep the apple in place. Kill all enemies until only one remains. Then, intentionally lose your lives until you are on your last life. Position yourself under the apple and wait for the enemy to approach. Dig the dirt under the apple so it falls while shooting the enemy to kill it. The enemy must die before the apple hits Mr. Do. If done correctly, the game will glitch, and the life counter will increase to 255. Do not earn a bonus life, as it will set the number of lives to zero. Note: This trick only works in the Taito version of the game.
NE146
04-30-2003, 12:02 PM
That 255 lives trick is... well, TRICKY:
Yep. It makes you wonder how in the world did anyone figure out tricks like this. I don't even remember how I learned it.. but I'm sure it was by watching some other kid play the game (which is how we all learned our arcade "tricks" back in the day.. well that and "Joystik" magazine ;)). It just boggles the mind though :P
Arcade Antics
04-30-2003, 12:02 PM
I first played in beta form at a Dallas technology expo in 1981 along with 2 arcade games that never made it into production in the USA.
What were the two un-produced games?
Sylentwulf
04-30-2003, 12:06 PM
Mr. Do!
Dig Dug bores the HELL out of me. I can never play more than 1-2 levels before just dying and walking away.
NE146
04-30-2003, 12:10 PM
By the way, all you Dig Dug voters.. ever play Zig Zag? For a while especially in arcades where I lived, Zig Zag was the Dig Dug bootleg of choice (actually it was hard finding a Dig Dug in and of itself sometimes :/ ) but anyway, it's a little more varied since it gives you a pick axe to speed things up a little
http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/screens/Z/vZigzag.png http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/screens/Z/xZigzag.png
Aswald
04-30-2003, 01:30 PM
Mr. Do!.
I also like Dig Dug, very much so, but the first time I played Mr. Do! in that grimy arcade near where I used to live, I just couldn't get enough.
When I found out that it- along with Space Fury- was coming out for the ColecoVision, well, all seemed right in the world at that moment.
I rented them from a video store.
Sadly, neither game was very good. Mr. Do! especially had a rushed-out look to it, although the gameplay was good (as was the sound). At the very least, Mr. Do! himself should've been multi-colored, as he was in Parker Bros.' Mr. Do!'s Castle.
digitalpress
04-30-2003, 03:49 PM
Nice one, NE146... I love those Mr. Do! clones. I guess the game was very easy to hack. My favorite is "Yankee Do!" with Uncle Sam and oil barrels!
http://www.digitpress.com/dpsightz/arcade/yankeedo.png
Felixthegamer
04-30-2003, 05:05 PM
Dig Dug all the way! The local arcade has one so I've played it much more. Awesome game
Videogamerdaryll
04-30-2003, 05:07 PM
Yes I like .....Mr. Do Too....
Raedon
04-30-2003, 05:40 PM
I first played in beta form at a Dallas technology expo in 1981 along with 2 arcade games that never made it into production in the USA.
What were the two un-produced games?
oh lord.. one was some sort of slide puzzle game and the other was a shooter like river raid only in a cave. I was only 8 at the time. :/
Dig Dug "rocked" back in the day but now I "dig" Mr DO!!!
zektor
04-30-2003, 06:42 PM
Mr.DO! Because there just seems to be much more to...umm...DO! Bad joke..I know...
Arqueologia_Digital
04-30-2003, 07:33 PM
I vote for Mr. Do!, itīs more fun than Dig Dug
NE146
04-30-2003, 08:03 PM
Mr.DO! Because there just seems to be much more to...umm...DO! Bad joke..I know...
Uhm.. Yeah especially since I used the same pun above ;)
scooterb23
04-30-2003, 08:13 PM
I've always HATED Mr. Do...I can stand Dig Dug, but not for long anymore.
zektor
04-30-2003, 08:21 PM
Mr.DO! Because there just seems to be much more to...umm...DO! Bad joke..I know...
Uhm.. Yeah especially since I used the same pun above ;)
OOps :) That one passed me by. I guess great minds think alike LOL
TripppsK
04-30-2003, 09:35 PM
I give the slight edge to Mr. Do!, although Dig Dug ate most of my quarters growing up. But I think that was based more on Dig Dug being more wide spread in the arcades by me.
slapdash
05-01-2003, 12:55 PM
Mr. Do! is just a rip of Dig Dug.
That's like saying cars are just a rip of horses & buggies.
I'll take a car please. Mr. Do! is a much more fun game to play.
Gamemaster_ca_2003
08-21-2003, 03:29 PM
I have no preferance for either being better because i like them both.
Balloon Fight
09-06-2003, 07:18 PM
Dig Dug for life! :rocker:
Darth Vader
09-10-2003, 05:05 PM
Mr. DO! hands down is a much better game. Dig dug is not bad, Mr DO! is just so much better. My favorite game of all time and Mr. Do's Castle is pretty good too!
Danny
Miguel_The_Machine
10-09-2003, 11:18 AM
Dig Dug All The Way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
RetroYoungen
10-09-2003, 12:57 PM
I'm a Dig Dug-ian kind of guy. Simple, yet a blast to play.
Also, the remake of Dig Dug in my local arcade with the laser guns and the other little power-ups in the center keep me coming back to dig som'more. 8-)
Neonsolid
09-24-2004, 08:19 PM
Gone.
Psycho Mantis
09-25-2004, 07:03 PM
Mr. Do is better because it's more challenging than dig dug and I like playing as a clown (He he)
max 330 mega
09-29-2004, 07:19 PM
i love them both, but im going with mr. do! :D
Quickclaw
09-29-2004, 11:22 PM
Dig Dug, despite my distaste for watermelons. Haven't played Do! in over 15 years, though. Reason enough to get a SNES?
Jorpho
09-30-2004, 01:19 AM
Tough call, in some ways... Yes, Mr. Do has complexity and nuance and strategy and so on, but it's just lacking character. I mean, you're a clown, you toss around a generic ball at undistinguished "badguys" while digging up cherries... There's just no thematic coherence, if I can put it that way.
Dig Dug had at least a little more character. You get to explode monsters by pumping them up with air! What's not to like about that?
Dig Dug, despite my distaste for watermelons. Haven't played Do! in over 15 years, though. Reason enough to get a SNES?
Yes! It goes for a bit on eBay though.
Mr. Do has been one of my favorites forever. Dig Dug rocks but the clown wins this round.