Is there a trick to triggering the diamond in Mr. Do?

[Bill Brasky]

I've mostly played the CV version. Is there anything you can do to make it appear or is it a totally random thing? I've seen a diamond appear on two screens in a row and then there will be times when I play 25 games and never see a diamond appear. Is it's appearance triggered the same way in the arcade and A8 version as in the CV version?

[Vic George 2K3]

Good question. Of course, the only thing that galls me about getting the diamond in the CV version is that it just gives you 10,000 points and a free trip to the next screen. No free bonus screen of any kind like the Vegetable Harvest Screen of CV Ladybug.

[RJ]

From the CV Mr Do! manual:

 

"Diamonds are Mr Do's best friend

 

Sometimes a special treasure springs up in the orchard. It's a glittering diamond and it can appear anyplace where an apple breaks. Guide Mr. Do over the diamond for 10,000 points and go on to the next screen."

 

 

So I'd say from that wording ("sometimes") it's a totally random occurance.

[NE146]

For the arcade game itself, let me just say that for all the years I've played Mr. Do, I've only seen the diamond once in my entire life.

 

And when I talk about playing Mr. Do, I was the kind of kid who did the 255 lives trick back in the early 80's, and then would sit at the machine for a number of hours. At one point I would do this daily while waiting for my ride after school etc. So yeah, I put a LOT of hours into Mr. Do. Spread out over 2+ decades.

 

And yeah.. diamond... once... only.

[Nukey Shay]

Are you kidding me?? I've seen it come up maybe 1 out of every 5 or so games I played back in the day (tho I'd often blow it by trying to nab it recklessly). I don't think that I've ever saw it when an apple breaks against another apple, tho. Only when they fell.

[Currie King]

Are you kidding me?? I've seen it come up maybe 1 out of every 5 or so games I played back in the day (tho I'd often blow it by trying to nab it recklessly). I don't think that I've ever saw it when an apple breaks against another apple, tho. Only when they fell.

 

 

Guys aamoi what kind of scores are you getting for this title ???? i like the game although im not very good at it ...yet

[CARTRIDGE STEALER]

YES, there is a way to get the diamond to appear but its been many years since I had remembered it. Im so burt right now. i think you had to get the cherries in a certain order or something.

[NE146]

Are you kidding me?? I've seen it come up maybe 1 out of every 5 or so games I played back in the day (tho I'd often blow it by trying to nab it recklessly). I don't think that I've ever saw it when an apple breaks against another apple, tho. Only when they fell.

 

I'm totally serious! Although of course, I'm talking about the actual arcade game, where the diamond awards you a free credit.

 

So if you're talking about the arcade game, 1 out of 5 is a lot of free games that machine wanted to give out!

[+Random Terrain]

Similar to what has been said, this is from Wikipedia:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Do!

On rare random occasions, a split apple will yield a diamond, which, when "collected", awards the player 8,000 points as well as one free credit. If the diamond wasn't gotten in a certain amount of time (~30 seconds), it would disappear.

[Tempest]

Are you kidding me?? I've seen it come up maybe 1 out of every 5 or so games I played back in the day

 

I know whether or not the game rewarded diamonds was configurable in the machine options, I wonder how often they showed up was configurable as well? I've played Mr. Do a fair bit and I've seen the diamond a few times, but not all that many.

 

Tempest

[Goochman]

There is a rhyme and reason for the Diamond to appear - I forgot the sequence on the CV but I think for consoles it is similar and related to getting all cherries next to an apple and then dumping it to crack open.

 

I think it is only certain apples on boards related to a set of cherries.

[CARTRIDGE STEALER]

There is a rhyme and reason for the Diamond to appear - I forgot the sequence on the CV but I think for consoles it is similar and related to getting all cherries next to an apple and then dumping it to crack open.

 

I think it is only certain apples on boards related to a set of cherries.

 

 

exactly!!! I WISH I could remember the sequence.

[misspent_youth]

I've seen the diamond myself a number of times, but had no way to bring it out on command. Not sure about the sequence, but in reading the ColecoVision Experience mags in the other thread, someone in one of the game tips answers says that the diamond only comes out when all the apples have been broken.

[PhantomDJ]

I've mostly played the CV version. Is there anything you can do to make it appear or is it a totally random thing? I've seen a diamond appear on two screens in a row and then there will be times when I play 25 games and never see a diamond appear. Is it's appearance triggered the same way in the arcade and A8 version as in the CV version?

 

I just finished an analysis of triggering the diamond in Mr. Do! (arcade version).

 

http://www.donhodges.com/mr_do!_diamond_trigger.htm

 

Enjoy

 

Don Hodges

[Nukey Shay]

Hm...I gather that some feel there was a method of forcing it without resetting the machine. I dunno** The latter would get you kicked out of arcades back in the day. A mob gets pretty ugly when scores are erased...sometimes barring offenders from more locations than just the one where it was spotted.

 

**I'm kind of leaning to that theory, tho...due to my unimaginative way of playing games (mostly doing the same things and making the same mistakes game after game). Could explain why I recall seeing that bonus opportunity so often.

 

Or maybe the machine just pitied me. It was rare being able to reach even the 7th board for me. Damn EXTRA letters get too much attention.

Edited June 30, 2009 by Nukey Shay

[yuppicide]

I'm on the same thought as Nukey. Although it sounds like I was better than him at Mr. Do!, I too use the same tactics every time I play, so that would explain why I hardly ever see a diamond.

[yuppicide]

I would like to know what triggers a diamond in Do Run Run. I've gotten it a few times, but never managed to get one. I either died or killed the last enemy.

[mharnisch]

I have read somewhere that when you break all the apples in Mr. Do, quite often you will bring out the diamond. I have tried this and quite frequently the diamond will appear, but not every time.

[Nukey Shay]

How many you drop is irrelevant. PhantomDJ's vid proves that it can be done on the very first apple dropped.

 

For the easy skill, to get a diamond we need the random number low byte to be less than 128 decimal, out of a possible 256. This has a 50% chance of happening. We also require that the random number high byte be equal to zero. This has a 1 in 256 chance of happening. Both will happen, and trigger a diamond, with a 1 in 512 chance.

 

For the hard setting, we need the low byte to be less than 32, which has a 1/8 chance. It also requires the high byte to be equal to zero, which has 1/256 chance. Both will happen, and trigger a diamond, with a 1 in 2048 chance.

[rhindlethereddragon]

Are you kidding me?? I've seen it come up maybe 1 out of every 5 or so games I played back in the day

 

I know whether or not the game rewarded diamonds was configurable in the machine options, I wonder how often they showed up was configurable as well? I've played Mr. Do a fair bit and I've seen the diamond a few times, but not all that many.

 

Tempest

 

Playing Mr. Do! on MAME the other night, I got the diamond right away and remembered exactly where I had the apple fall. So I tried to do it again (it was the second or third screen) doing everything pretty much the same, and no diamond

[rhindlethereddragon]

Were there diamonds in the 2600 version as well?