Mr Do coming soon to Spectrum
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Re: Mr Do coming soon to Spectrum
A very good conversion of the historical arcade coin-op. Well done Mr Singh.
For the Spectrum, there had been an unofficial clone available for years, but this is the first "real" rendition.
For the Spectrum, there had been an unofficial clone available for years, but this is the first "real" rendition.
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This is brilliant! Although obviously I died quickly just like in every other game!
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Definitelly awesome port!
Animation and playbility are really great.
The occasional colour clash seemed inevitable, I wonder if this type of game might have been done in the Nirvana engine?
Animation and playbility are really great.
The occasional colour clash seemed inevitable, I wonder if this type of game might have been done in the Nirvana engine?
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I had the exact same thought when I saw it, aren't Nirvana/Bifrost supposed to be used with static screen games? If so then great.
Not an expert on this so maybe someone else could chime in but I expect the size of the engine code itself could be a limiting factor..?
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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!
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.
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.
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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Thanks to you and Adrian for the game!MarkRJones1979 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 16, 2019 5:47 pm Thanks for all the great comments. Makes all the hard work worthwhile
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.
Plays just like the arcade game. I can't really imagine a better version being done for the Spectrum.
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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?
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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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!!!