Mr Do coming soon to Spectrum

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Re: Mr Do coming soon to Spectrum

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I had no idea what anyone was talking about. Mr Do? Never heard of him! Then I gave it a try - it's Digger! Why did no one say so?! I played that for hours when the free version came out on UNIX platforms.

This is a fantastic achievement, really playable, despite the limitations of the humble Speccy. Congratulations and thanks to everyone involved!
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Superb game! Well done fellas.

Plays really well, looks great, and a nice plinky plonky AY tune. As we hoped, the colour clash of the white player sprite works perfectly as a miner's torchlight.
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Great conversion..! :)

I only played Mr Do (the arcade version) a few times. It's one of those games that looks incredibly easy but can be deviously tricky.
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Thanks for all the great comments. Makes all the hard work worthwhile
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MarkRJones1979 wrote: Sun Jun 16, 2019 5:47 pm Thanks for all the great comments. Makes all the hard work worthwhile
Thanks to you and Adrian for the game!

And welcome to these forums, [mention]MarkRJones1979[/mention] ! :)
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What an excellent conversion!

Plays just like the arcade game. I can't really imagine a better version being done for the Spectrum. :D
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Aye, I was playing this earlier, managed level 6 so far. It seems easy in theory but hard in practice.

It's not a bug as such, but one of the ricocheting bullets got semi-stuck bouncing between the same opposing corners. Is that a 'feature' of the arcade game too by can't chance?
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R-Tape wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2019 9:13 pm It's not a bug as such, but one of the ricocheting bullets got semi-stuck bouncing between the same opposing corners. Is that a 'feature' of the arcade game too by can't chance?
Yes in the aracde game the ball can sometimes end up bouncing back and forth between opposing corners in close proximity, however if the ball does not hit an enemy within a certain number of bounces the ball will self-destruct and be returned to the player.
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I must say, this game is bloody hard!!!
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