Dough Boy (video game)
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| Dough Boy | |
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 Famicom cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Synapse Software[3] |
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| Designer(s) | Ken Coates[4] |
| Platform(s) | Commodore 64, Famicom |
| Release | C64 Famicom |
| Genre(s) | Action[2] |
| Mode(s) | Single-player,[3] multiplayer[3] |
Doughboy (ダウ・ボーイ, Dauboi)[5] is a Commodore 64 video game by Ken Coates released in North America in 1984. A port for the Famicom was released in Japan in 1985 with the spelling changed to Dough Boy.
Doughboy is a nickname given to American soldiers during the First World War because they would often rush into battle while wearing white dust on them; this originated in the Mexican–American War of 1848 when they had to march through the deserts of northern Mexico.[6]
Gameplay[edit]
The player must rescue a POW from a POW camp.[7][8]
Players can die by being shot, falling into water (by drowning), being blown up by a land mine, and being run over by a tank.[7] Players are in possession of machine gun and can use dynamite as a way to attack the enemies. A strict time limit of 24 hours (five real-time minutes) is used in order to keep the pace of the game relatively brisk.[7] After each round is completed, time is taken off the clock to make things more difficult.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "Release information (Commodore 64 version)". MobyGames. Retrieved 2012-12-17.
- ^ a b c "Release information (Family Computer version)". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
- ^ a b c "Technical information for Dough Boy". NesCartDB. Archived from the original on 2014-04-08. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
- ^ "Doughboy". Lemon. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
- ^ "English-Japanese title translation". SuperFamicom.org. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
- ^ Hanlon, Michael E., The Origins of Doughboy, 16 June 2003, Origin of Term Doughboy
- ^ a b c d "Basic summary". odino (GameFAQs). Retrieved 2011-05-19.
- ^ "Basic summary (second reference)". Famicom Reviews. Archived from the original on 2011-05-02. Retrieved 2011-05-19.