This Adorable Arcade Game Is Surprisingly Hardcore
0🕹 Game Name: Don Doko Don
📛 Alternate Names: None
📅 Release Date: 1989
🔫 Genre: Platform Brawler
👨 🏻 💻 Developers:** Taito
👨 🏻 💻 Publishers:** Taito
🔢 Max Players: 2
⁉ Cooperative: Yes
🕹 Game Introduction:
Grab a hammer and smash your way through fantasy stages as dwarf brothers saving a kingdom from evil.
🕹 Game Description:
Bash enemies flat with a mallet, toss them at others, and clear each single-screen level before time runs out.
🎴 Game Play:
👉 🏻 Hammer enemies to flatten them
👉 🏻 Pick up stunned foes and throw them
👉 🏻 Bonus items & power-ups drop from crates
👉 🏻 Each stage is one screen with platform layers
👉 🏻 Defeat all enemies to advance
📕 Background & History:
Made by Taito following their Bubble Bobble success. Cute but tough, with colorful fantasy design.
🐣 Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs:
👉 🏻 Hidden warp doors skip levels
👉 🏻 Collect all fruit types for a bonus
👉 🏻 Stun two enemies and chain them for max score
🐱 💻 Hacks:
👉 🏻 MAME unlocks infinite lives
👉 🏻 ROM hacks change stage layouts
🎉 Trivia:
👉 🏻 Features cameos from other Taito games
👉 🏻 Inspired Super Famicom sequel with RPG elements
👉 🏻 Title means "Bonk Bonk Smash"
👓 Lonster's Review:
Feels like Bubble Bobble with hammers. Fast, fun, and frantic with a lot of goofy charm.
🌟 Legacy:
Part of Taito’s golden run. Still pops up in collections for its quirky fun.
✨ Cultural Impact:
Helped define the single-screen action genre. Loved in Japan.
💭 Lonster's Final Thoughts:
DonDokoDon is hammer time done right. Short, silly, and seriously fun.
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