Don Doko Don is a 1–2 player platform

Platform game

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 arcade game

Arcade game

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 by Taito

Taito Corporation

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 made in 1989.
The players are bearded dwarves who must defeat various enemies by using a mallet

Mallet

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 to stun them. Players can pick stunned enemies up and throw them at other enemies to destroy them. Destroyed enemies leave behind fruit

Fruit

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 which can be collected for points. Once all enemies are destroyed play proceeds to the next level which is generally more difficult.

Throughout the game, various power-up

Power-up

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s can be collected, which represent potion

Potion

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s, hammer

Hammer

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s, or book

Book

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s help the players' character speed up, receive more power, or kill in different ways. In certain screens various secret levels can be accessed.

The game was ported

Porting

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 over to the Nintendo Entertainment System

Nintendo Entertainment System

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 and TurboGrafx-16

TurboGrafx-16

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. A sequel called Don Doko Don 2

Don Doko Don 2

Don Doko Don 2 is a side-scrolling 2D platformer game, developed and published by Taito Corporation, which was released in Japan in 1992.Pirated versions of this sequel have been labeled with names like "Mario 8" and "Super Bros. 8"....

was made for the Nintendo Entertainment System which, unlike the first, is more of a standard side-scrolling platformer. Pirated versions of this sequel have been labeled with names like "Mario

Mario

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 8" and "Super Bros. 8".

This game is also featured on the PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2

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 and Xbox

Xbox

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 consoles on the classics collection entitled Taito Legends 2

Taito Legends 2

Taito Legends 2 is the sequel to Taito Legends and is a follow-up collection of 39 Taito arcade games for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC....

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