Yume Koujou Doki Doki Panic (JP) (Platform) (Famicom)

1987 · NES · The Data Archivist V0.01

VIDEO LONGPLAY : https://archive.org/details/NES_Longplay_185_Yume_Koujou_Doki_Doki_Panic Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros._2 Doki Doki Panic An early prototype with vertical scrolling was developed by Kensuke Tanabe , [4] [5] designed by a team led by Shigeru Miyamoto , and programmed by Nintendo's frequent partner, SRD. [2] The first prototype's gameplay emphasizes vertically scrolling levels with two-player cooperative action: lifting, carrying, and throwing each other; lifting, carrying, throwing, stacking, and climbing objects; and incrementally scrolling the screen upward when reaching the top. Dissatisfied so far, Miyamoto then added the traditional horizontal scrolling, saying to "make something a little bit more Mario-like", [6] and saying "Maybe we need to change this up ... As long as it's fun, anything goes". However, the prototype software was too complex for Famicom hardware at the time, and the gameplay was still considered lacking, especially in single-player mode. [2] Unwilling to compromise on gameplay, Tanabe suspended development of the prototype until eventually receiving instruction to use the Yume Kōjō festival mascots in a game. He recalls, "I remember being pulled over to Fuji Television one day, being handed a sheet with game characters on it and being told, 'I want you to make a game with this'." Tanabe re-implemented that prototype's elements in his new game, and released the advergame -themed Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic for the Family Computer Disk System [2] in Japan on July 10, 1987. [7] The title Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic [c] is derived from "doki doki", a Japanese onomatopoeia for the sound of a quickly beating heart. The title and character concept were inspired by a license cooperation between Nintendo and Fuji Television to promote the broadcaster's Yume Kōjō '87 event, which showcased several of its latest TV shows and consumer products. [2] The Yume Kōjō festival's mascots became the game's protagonists: a family consisting of the boy Imajin, his girlfriend Lina, and his parents Mama and Papa. The rest of the game's characters, including the main villain named Mamu, were created by Nintendo for the project. Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic takes place within a book with an Arabian setting. All four characters are optionally playable, though the game is not fully completed until the player clears all levels using each protagonist.