Don Doko Don (c) 1989 Taito.
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 DETAILS
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Taito F2 Expanded hardware
Board Number : M4300131A
Prom Stickers : B95
Main CPU : 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 320 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 4096
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2

>>> TRIVIA
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Released in July 1989.
Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Don Doko Don - PCCB-00008) on 21/10/1989.

>>> GAME UPDATES
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The US version is slightly different, it has the 'Winners Don't Use Drugs' screen.

>>> TRICKS AND TIPS
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* 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.

>>> GAME SERIES
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1. Don Doko Don (1989)
2. Don Doko Don 2 (1992, Nintendo NES)

>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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Producers : Seiji Kawakami, T. Matumoto, H. Sakoh
Software : Kazutomo Ishida, Masaya Kinoshita
Characters : Seiji Kawakami, Yukiwo Ishikawa, Yukio Abe (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

>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Consoles :
NEC PC-Engine (1990)
Nintendo Famicom (1990)
Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, 'Taito Memories Vol. 1')
Microsoft XBOX (2006, 'Taito Legends 2')
Sony PlayStation 2 (2006, 'Taito Legends 2')
* Computers :
PC [CD-ROM] (2006, 'Taito Legends 2')

>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.