game
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title Don Doko Don (World)
set name dondokod
manufacturer Taito Corporation Japan
year 1989
genre Platform (hof)
category Platform / Run Jump (hof)
driver status good
driver source taito_f2.c
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rating

66.4% after 28 votes
 
clones Don Doko Don (Japan)
Don Doko Don (US)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 4096
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 320x224
frequency 60.000000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
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controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 2
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu 68000 @ 12MHz
cpu Z80 @ 4MHz
audio YM2610 @ 8MHz
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data
version added .053
last change(s) .100u4
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
b95-12.bin  131072  d0fce87a  dondokod    7b346d3b7cbaf0b5447d66a71e815202d796f140 
b95-11-1.bin  131072  dad40cd3  dondokod    6c07ed3dd609a8743f5851caa4d205bce8db595e 
b95-10.bin  131072  a46e1f0b  dondokod    4adfa7a788d31860e557c4059f77440fe12ac110 
b95-14.bin  131072  6e4e1351  dondokod    207db5f08904d36c1d27cf326eb9260771a836c2 
b95-02.bin  524288  67b4e979  dondokod    e709cc24e001bccde1178f7e645fc7aec442540c 
b95-01.bin  524288  51c176ce  dondokod    2866e8bd57b301a0d4690f194be95784c53f9fcb 
b95-03.bin  524288  543aa0d1  dondokod    38282ae36a94cc3a354d343cf7d5262e0e309d1f 
b95-08.bin  65536  b5aa49e1  dondokod    83b0a3434e0d0b9aa581c1acdd0c70308362b923 
b95-04.bin  524288  ac4c1716  dondokod    06a9def7fa3bd739438f4a1d7b55f70eb904bf54 
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cabinet art
flyer dondokod.png
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additional information
info 0.53 [?]

0.37b5 [David Graves, Nicola Salmoria]

0.37b4 [?]

WIP:
  • 0.53: Added Don Doko Don (World) and clone (US). Renamed (dondokod) to (dondokdj).
  • 0.37b5: David Graves and Nicola Salmoria added Don Doko Don (Japan) (Taito 1989).
  • 19th July 2000: David Graves sent in a huge Taito F2 driver update with working drivers for Gun Frontier, Ah Eikou no Koshien, Thunder Fox, The Ninja Kids, Solitary Fighter, Dino Rex, Quiz Chikyu Bouei Gun, Quiz Torimonochou, Quiz HQ, Yuuyu no Quiz de GO!GO!, Mahjong Quest, Quiz Quest, Don Doko Don, PuLiRuLa, Dead Connection and Football Champ. Nicola Salmoria fixed rotation and zooming in the Taito F2 driver, making Don Doko Don look a lot better.
  • 0.37b4: Added Don Doko Don (Testdriver).
PLAY INSTRUCTIONS:
  • Basic Play Techniques:
  • Crush the enemy characters with the hammer.
  • Pick up the crushed enemies and throw them.
  • Clear the field by defeating all the enemies before proceeding to next stage.
  • Two Player Mode Available:
  • The two players can fight together against the enemy.
  • You can even take away booty of your partner.
  • The second player can join the game halfway.
  • Advanced Play Techniques:
  • You can pick up multiple of crushed enemies.
  • You can defeat the enemy at a single swoop with higher level of strength.
LEVELS: 50

Other Emulators:
  • Raine
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Romset: 2624 kb / 9 files / 942 zip
history 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 -


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 -


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.


- UPDATES -


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


- TIPS AND TRICKS -


* 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.


- SERIES -
  1. Don Doko Don (1989)
  2. Don Doko Don 2 (1992, Nintendo NES)
    3. - STAFF -
    • 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
    • - PORTS -
    • * 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")
    • - SOURCES -
    • Game's rom.
    • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=don-doko-don&page=detail&id=665&o=2
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cheats
cheats
code comments
00000000:1028C7:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
00001301:105B3B:00000031:FFFFFFFF  Select starting round:You should enable this cheat on the press 1 or 2 player button screen, ie. after credits have been inserted!
00000303:105B3B:00000031:FFFFFFFF  Select next Round
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:1084C6:000000FF:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:1084E7:00000010:FFFFFFFF  Always have Max Power PL1
00000000:1084B0:00000008:00000008  Invincibility "ON" PL1
00000001:1084B0:00000000:00000008  Invincibility "OFF" PL1
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:108504:000000FF:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:108525:00000010:FFFFFFFF  Always have Max Power PL2
00000000:1084EE:00000008:00000008  Invincibility "ON" PL2
00000001:1084EE:00000000:00000008  Invincibility "OFF" PL2
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