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Super Pierrot (Japan)

Game Information
manufacturer Universal
year 1987
clone of dorunrun
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genre Maze
downloads 4
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Download Details
split set spiero.zip 37.00k
parent set dorunrun.zip 44.61k
standalone set spiero.7z 39.16k
Game Details
Arcade Video game published 38 years ago:

Super Pierrot (c) 1987 Universal.

Re-release of "Do! Run Run" with slightly different mazes.

Whoo hoo, this game is nothing but dot eating fun. You play the game one screen at a time, and each screen will be covered with dots, baddies, and will have a few logs thrown in to boot. What you are trying to do is either eat all the dots, or kill all the monsters. There are two basic kinds of enemies (plus a few more that will sometimes escort the bonus letters). The first kind is a sort of green clam, these are slow moving and pose little danger to Mr. Do. But the second kind is fairly dangerous, it is a purple cartoon snake, and it will make quick rolling attacks at Mr. Do!, you must dodge these, as your powerball is ineffective against a rolling snake. Both enemy types will sometimes transform into a purple sightless unicorn if they manage to remain alive long enough, shoot the unicorns as soon as they appear, because you cannot outrun them over long distances.

Mr. Do! has two things to defend himself with. The first is the superball, he starts out carry this, simply toss it at an enemy, and they will vanish (you can also bounce the superball off of walls for a higher score). Your superball regenerates as you eat dots and fruit, and it is often a good idea to use it as soon as it regenerates (to take out yet another baddie). Your other weapon is the logs that are scattered around the game board. Simply push them, and they will roll down the screen, taking out anything in their path (including Mr. Do! if you are dumb enough to get in their way).

You leave a line behind you as you walk, when you meet your own line (creating a box), any dots inside the box will be upgraded to cherries, while cherries upgrade to apples, which upgrade to lemons, which finally upgrade to pineapples. You don't have to do any of this fruit upgrade stuff at all, but is the best way to rack up a lot of points. You can collect letters to spell EXTRA to get a free man (just like all the other "Mr. Do!" games).

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 3.9 Mhz), (2x) Zilog Z80 (@4mhz)
Sound Chips : (4x) Texas Instruments SN76496 (@ 4 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : 4-way joystick
Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

Super Pierrot was released in March 1987 in Japan.

- SERIES -

1. Mr. Do! (1982)
2. Mr. Do's Castle (1983)
3. Mr. Do's Wild Ride (1984)
4. Super Pierrot (1987)
5. Neo Mr. Do! (1996)

- PORTS -

* COMPUTERS:
[JP] MSX (1988)

- CONTRIBUTE -

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Driver Details
source universal/docastle.cpp
status good
emulation good
savestate supported
Series Details
Screen Details
display screen
type raster
orientation horizontal
width 240px
height 192px
refresh 59.66mhz
Input Details
player 1
type joy
buttons 2
directions 4
player 2
type joy
buttons 2
directions 4
Chipset Details
name Zilog Z80
clock 3.81mhz
name Zilog Z80
clock 3.81mhz
name Zilog Z80
clock 3.81mhz
name Speaker
clock N/A
name SN76489A
clock 3.81mhz
name SN76489A
clock 3.81mhz
name SN76489A
clock 3.81mhz
name SN76489A
clock 3.81mhz
ROM Details
name size crc
sp1.bin 8.00k 08d23e38
sp3.bin 8.00k faa0c18c
sp4.bin 8.00k 639b4e5d
sp2.bin 8.00k 3a29ccb0
27128.p7 16.00k 8b06d461
bprom2.bin 512.00b 2747ca77
sp5.bin 16.00k 1b704bb0
sp6.bin 8.00k 00f893a7
sp7.bin 8.00k 173e5c6a
sp8.bin 8.00k 2e66525a
sp9.bin 8.00k 9c571525
bprom1.bin 512.00b fc1b66ff