Games Computing
1st August 1984
Publisher: CBS Electronics
Machine: Coleco Vision Games System
Published in Games Computing #8
Mr. Do (CBS Electronics)
In this game you have to guide Mr. Do a funny little man wearing a hat, around his orchard harvesting in the cherries before the evil badguys catch him. Mr. Do mows as he moves towards a row of ripe red cherries, but the mowed paths leaves him open to trouble.
Soon after the game starts, badguys begin to appear at the badguy spot and then start hunting for Mr. Do. If they catch him, Mr. Do is eliminated. He can fight back by throwing his Power Ball and he scores you points by doing this. Mr. Do can also bonk a badguy or block a badguy's path with an apple, but if Mr. Do gets caught underneath his own apple he is killed, although he can avoid this by hitting it with the Power ball.
Badguys can transform into Diggers so that they can reach Mr. Do faster by digging through the grass. After all badguys leave the badguy spot, a special treat appears. If Mr. Do eats it you earn bonus points and your pursuers are stunned for a few seconds, so there is a good chance for Mr. Do to kill one with his Power Ball.
Whenever your score reaches a multiple of 10,000 points and an Alphamonster is over a white letter in the 'Extra Mr. Do' register, the Alphamonster slips out and moves through the paths. If you hit it with the Power Ball or bonk it with an apple you earn the letter on its chest.
Each time you capture a treat and the Alphamonster is over a letter, three blue chompers and the Alphamonster enter the orchard. Mr. Do has to avoid all of these, but if he eliminates the Alphamonster first the blue chompers are automatically killed. When you spell 'extra' you earn an extra Mr. Do.
Sometimes a glittering diamond appears in the orchard where an apple breaks. Guide Mr. Do to this and you are allowed to move out onto the next screen and at the same time earn 10,000 points.
The adventure ends, of course, when all Mr. Dos are dead. There are four skill levels for one or two players and each player starts with five Mr. Dos.
The game is neither too hard nor too easy for beginners and a catchy tune is played throughout the game.
Mr. Do is a fairly good, slightly different arcade game.