Don Doko Don

Bonus items also appear during stages that will have varying effects on the players. Taito and ITL ported the game to both the Family Computer and PC Engine in 1990, both of which remained exclusive to Japan. The gameplay has been often compared to Taito's earlier platform games, specifically Bubble Bobble and The NewZealand Story.

Don Doko Don is a platform arcade game. The player(s) control two lumberjacks, Bob and Jim, on their quest to save the princess and king of Marry Land. They go through a series of single-screen stages, with the objective of killing all the enemies on the stage. Bob and Jim defeat enemies by using a mallet to stun them. They can then pick stunned enemies up and throw them at other enemies to destroy them, which gives bonus points, depending on how many enemies are in the path of the thrown enemy. Destroyed enemies leave behind fruit which can be collected for points. Once all enemies are destroyed play proceeds to the next level which is generally more difficult. Throughout the game, various power-ups can be collected, which represent potions, hammers, or books, help the players' character speed up, receive more power, or kill in different ways. If the player(s) take too long to complete a level, a flying devil (much like the ones featured in The Fairyland Story and The NewZealand Story) will come into the level to kill the player(s). Beating the game normally will result in a bad ending in which only the princess will be saved, but by unlocking a secret set of levels via a shortcut on the first stage, the player(s) will be able to access the good ending in which the king is saved as well.

Don Doko Don was released by Taito in Japan in July 1989. The game was later ported over to the Family Computer by IPL, and published by Taito on March 9, 1990. A PC Engine version, also ported by IPL, was published by Taito later that same year on May 31. The original arcade version is also featured on the Taito Memories Joukan and Taito Legends 2 arcade game compilations via emulation. The Family Computer version was later re-released on a handheld made by My Arcade, along with Don Doko Don 2 and the Family Computer version of Chack'n Pop. Hamster Corporation released the game as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in February 2023.