Monday MAME Club [10/24/05] - Mr. Do!'s Wild Ride

[Flack]

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This week's game is the Mr. Do!'s Wild Ride (Universal, 1984). Download (http://www.robohara.com/mameclub/dowild.zip), play, and discuss! (KLOV Info (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=8772))

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Club Rules

01. You do not need to sign up for the club. If you want to participate, simply download the game of the week and post about it!

02. At the end of the week, I will randomly select someone who participated this week to select next week's game.

03. The current MAME Club Pick of the Week can be found Mondays stickied at the top of the main forum, and after that stickied at the top of the Arcade Alley forum.

Previously Picked Games: Blood Bros, Bubbles, Donkey Kong 3, Great 1000 Mile Rally, Gunforce 2, Haunted Castle, Liquid Kids, Mad Planets, Ninja Clowns, Rescue, Top Hunter, Yie-Ar Kung-Fu, 19xx: The War Against Destiny, Alligator Hunt, APB - All Points Bulletin, Armed Police Batrider, Ataxx, Battle Bakraid, Battle Bakraid, Battle Circuit, Berzerk, Biomechanical Toy, Blazing Star, Block Out, Bomb Jack, Bronze Adventure, Burgertime, Caliber 50, Chuka Taisen/Cloud Master, City Bomber, Combatribes, Crossbow, D&D: Shadow Over Mystara, Daisu-Kiss, Darius Gaiden, Dr. Micro, Dynasty Wars, Elevator Action, Elevator Action Returns, Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters, ESP Ra.De., G.I. Joe, Go! Go! Mile Smile, Gunbarich, Gyruss, I'm Sorry, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Lady Bug, League Bowling, Mega Twins, Metal Slug 2, Mighty! Pang, Mr. Do!'s Wild Ride, Mysterious Stones, NARC, Pandora's Palace, Pang, Penguin-Kun Wars, Portman, Prehistoric Isle in 1930, Pu-Li-Ru-La, Raiden II, Rampart!, Rastan, Rollergames, Satan's Hollow, Shinobi, Solomon's Key, Splatterhouse, Strike Force, Super Burgertime, Tempest, The Punisher, The Simpsons, Vendetta, Waku Waku 7, Withdrew, WWF Superstars.

Now, MAME ON!

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[RetroYoungen]

Mr. Do's Wild Ride... I haven't played it before today. It really threw me off when I couldn't jump over the little... race cars, were they?

But it's quite fun. This is definately a game of timing and linear strategy. I've really enjoyed it, very nice pick!

[Sotenga]

This is certainly one of the weirder Mr. Do games, in my opinion... I honestly don't know any other game that takes place on a rollercoaster. Well, the battle against the Joker in level 1 of the Adventures of Batman and Robin for the SNES is the only thing I know that comes close. :P

Oh, I always sucked badly at this one. At times, I could never get to the nearest ladder fast enough before I got run over by a cart! I haven't played it in a while, and I'll make it a point to again soon.

ADD: Well, on my recent playthrough, trying to get to the nearest ladder without getting run over was a problem. However, so was waiting on the top of the ladder and having Mr. Do's head beaned by a coaster heading over! GAH! Oh, and has anyone been to the fourth level? HEINOUS! If anybody gets past that one, let me know how the fifth stage is... I may never get there. :eek 2:

[davidleeroth]

I had never played a Do! game apart from the original so I really didn't what to expect from this one. The first game went pretty fast as the cart nailed me when I tried to jump over it but after about three games I got the idea, jumping was a no no.

Only time for a few tries but it certainly felt like a nice game, especially as the "physics engine" slows down the carts on the their way up so Mr.Do! is actually able to run away from them.

[hegyak]

is it just me or can I not jump in this game? I am using mame 32 101 U3.

[RetroYoungen]

is it just me or can I not jump in this game? I am using mame 32 101 U3.

Nope. No jumping. Just climbing.

AND DON'T COMPLAIN! Silly child... LOL

[shoes23]

This game is freakishly frustrating. Just when I think I got out of the way of an oncoming cart, I would get nailed from above by another one. I don't mind the difficulty because I'm not pumping real money into this arcade game, but in the arcade it would have taken one quarter for me to learn my lesson and stay away from this quarter-guzzling game. I like the idea of your bonus going down as you boost though. Overall I would give this game a 2/5.