+davidcalgary29 Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 When I was unpacking a lot of 8-bit stuff that I recently won in an eBay auction, I found a copy of "Mr. Do!'s Castle" for the 8-bits on cartridge. I haven't been able to find any info about this title either on cartridge release lists or on general websites anywhere. Does anyone know anything about this title? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 What info are you looking for? Gameplay? What is it? It's a port of the arcade game And it's probably the same as the Atari 5200 version whos manual can be found here: http://www.atariage.com/manual_thumbs.html...wareLabelID=643 (at least for a general gameplay description) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted February 19, 2003 Author Share Posted February 19, 2003 Sorry; I'm looking for release info (e.g. date, cartridge number, etc.)...if there's any available for this title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted February 20, 2003 Share Posted February 20, 2003 Well unless it's a prototype then it's a reproduction cart. Mr. Do's Castle was never released for the Atari 400/800. A prototype will have no label and only a small price tag looking sticker on it. A reproduction will have a regular looking PB label. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted February 20, 2003 Share Posted February 20, 2003 Some list it in their collections: http://members.shaw.ca/pcollard/atari400.htm I wrote this guy once to see if he knows anything about it and got no reply. There was another collection that also listed a Mr Do's, but the link is dead now. Both collectors were in Canada. Obviously you are also north of the border. Was the seller also Canadian? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted February 20, 2003 Author Share Posted February 20, 2003 There was another collection that also listed a Mr Do's, but the link is dead now. Both collectors were in Canada. Obviously you are also north of the border. Was the seller also Canadian? Yes, the seller was Canadian. He lives about 8 hours away from me. A prototype will have no label and only a small price tag looking sticker on it. A reproduction will have a regular looking PB label. There's a small 1" x 1 1/2" sticker on the front of the cart in black and white. It simply states the game's title (in what looks to be the game's standard graphic font; the name is not hand- or type- written) but there is no other information on it. The sticker is quite old and dirty. The cartridge itself is a standard PB case. THE GAME: "Mr. Do!'s Castle" is fully playable, but the graphics are coarse and the game only appears to take up 1/2 of a standard 8-bit screen. I'll try to scan a picture of it tomorrow and see what you guys think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted February 20, 2003 Share Posted February 20, 2003 400/800 Parker Brothers proto labels look like this: Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Frog Posted February 20, 2003 Share Posted February 20, 2003 Most likely, the cartridge is a reproduction. FYI, the game WAS released by PARKER BROTHERS but on disk only. -- Atari Frog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted February 22, 2003 Author Share Posted February 22, 2003 Perhaps the cartridge had a limited release in certain markets. I note that Computability advertised a Mr. Do!'s Castle cart for the 8-bits in the June, 1984 issue of "Compute!". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
video game addict Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 Callipygous, You too list it in your collection. In fact I once emailed you about it and you sent a link to your site which sounds like this one david has found. I'm stealing your image, and reducing the file size to add to this thread, hope you don't mind. I find it intriguing that several people have this cart, and if they all have the same label, someone, somewhere *must* know more about them. Maybe they were bootlegs from back in the day, mail order or something? Is it on a eprom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 I have a PB Popeye cart like that for the 2600. It came from Europe and I've been told it's a very rare label variation. This very well might be a legit release. Interesting... Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted February 23, 2003 Author Share Posted February 23, 2003 Callipygous, You too list it in your collection. In fact I once emailed you about it and you sent a link to your site which sounds like this one david has found. I'm stealing your image, and reducing the file size to add to this thread, hope you don't mind. I find it intriguing that several people have this cart, and if they all have the same label, someone, somewhere *must* know more about them. Maybe they were bootlegs from back in the day, mail order or something? Is it on a eprom? Yes, as I told Callipygous, that's an exact copy of the cart that I have. If this is a PAL release, I can't say that I have had any problems running this on my NTSC system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 I don't mind and in fact encourage a discussion. We actually had thread here a long way back. Maybe some others on AA have this cart. At first, I had no idea what this cart might be, but they seem to show up a couple a times a year. All of them I have seen are from Canada. So, for now, I am leaning toward a limited Canadian release. As far as eprom, I am not sure how to open a Parker cart without busting it. And hey, this cart maybe worth $$$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 Mr. Do!'s cartridge release confirmed. Instructions found. | Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted May 14, 2004 Author Share Posted May 14, 2004 Any chance of a complete scan, or do you just have the front cover? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 I'll do pages 2 and 3 so that you can see that it is the cartridge version. It is 12 pages: 6 in French and 6 in English. The kind of booklet that you just flip over vertically to get to the other language. It is 1984 copyright. Unfortunately, there is no PB catalog number anywhere that I can see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted May 14, 2004 Author Share Posted May 14, 2004 This does tend to suggest the hypothesis that "Mr. Do!'s Castle" was released only in Quebec. Canada-wide releases typically place English in a superior position in packaging and instructions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 The languages are equal. One printed upside down relative to the other, so either can face the front. The only other information to be gleaned is on the warranty page. The address given for returns is 7883 Keele Street, Concord , Ontario. Therefore, I feel comfortable saying that this was indeed a limited release from PB in Ontario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted May 14, 2004 Author Share Posted May 14, 2004 The languages are equal. One printed upside down relative to the other, so either can face the front. The only other information to be gleaned is on the warranty page. The address given for returns is 7883 Keele Street, Concord , Ontario. Therefore, I feel comfortable saying that this was indeed a limited release from PB in Ontario. I stand corrected. I'd love to see actual distribution patterns for this cart, as I haven't heard of any legitimately originating outside of Ontario or Quebec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 I guess "Monsieur Do's Chateau" sounded too much like an old horror movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted May 14, 2004 Author Share Posted May 14, 2004 I guess "Monsieur Do's Chateau" sounded too much like an old horror movie. Wouldn't the French translation have been entitled <>, though? And speaking of all things Do!, I'd certainly like to see "Mr. Do!'s Nightmare" ported to the 8-bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 David, don't ask me. My total French knowledge comes from a few weeks in europe in the late eighties. How about Chateau de Do? Yeah that's the ticket 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted May 23, 2004 Share Posted May 23, 2004 I guess that it would be "Le Chateau de M. Do!" literally, but my French is rooted in the dim and distant past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 Yes. If you look in the scan under the screen (L'scran), the instructions say it in that way "Le Chateau de MR. DO!" . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted May 26, 2004 Share Posted May 26, 2004 Yes. If you look in the scan under the screen (L'scran), the instructions say it in that way "Le Chateau de MR. DO!" . Note to self: "Learn to read." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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