Donut Dodo - RetroPie Edition
A downloadable game
IMPORTANT: This is the RetroPie Edition of Donut Dodo, containing a lightweight and highly optimized native port of the game in its purest form, made for arcade enthusiasts.
If you are after the classic release with achievements, online leaderboards, visual filters and bezel illustrations, please get the Steam version.
If a long lost arcade game from 1983 resurfaced today, it would be Donut Dodo - a classic 2D platformer from the golden era, tough as nails and challenging for the whole family! Ready to top the high score table?
It's 1983, only better! The game features...
- 5 single-screen levels plus a bonus stage, each with their distinct game mechanics
- incredibly tight controls (no cheap deaths) for frantic single-player arcade gameplay
- old-school 4:3 screen ratio and pixel perfect graphics with a 16-color palette
- an original chiptune soundtrack by the very talented CosmicGem
- high score leaderboards, limited to 3-character initials, arcade style!
This version of the game was designed with home arcade or multi-cade systems in mind, with a native output of 240p for those of you running a CRT.
For an authentic arcade experience, the main menu has been removed. I planned to also remove the pause screen, but I have left it in for now. I will probably end up adding a toggle to the options so you can decide whether to enable or disable this feature.
Raspberry Pi
The game is a native RetroPie Port running on Raspberry Pi 3B, 4A, 4B and 400. It has also successfully been tested on a Pi Zero 2. It might work on other models, but that is still TBC.
For installation and gameplay instructions please refer to the instructions.txt file within the game folder.
PortMaster
This build now also runs on PortMaster compatible devices and handhelds from Gameforce, Powkiddy, Anbernic and more! Check out their website or GitHub for more info.
Physical Release - Nintendo Switch
Order here as long as stocks last:
North America: Video Games Plus
Europe: pix n love
Merch
Since this request keeps coming up, I might as well mention it here. Official Donut Dodo arcade t-shirts are available on all Amazon stores. At the time of writing, Amazon US seems to be out of red shirts, so they will not show up in your search.
Soundtrack
The original soundtrack by CosmicGem can be purchased on Bandcamp.
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $4.99 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Development log
- Custom input mapping, tweaks and optimizationsMay 30, 2023
Comments
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Thank you so much for porting this to Pi! However, it seems this is compiled for 32bit architectures, and most Pi4's run raspian 64bit (without the multi-arch options). However, that didn't get in the way of me trying to run it in my arcade cab, so I built a tiny pi zero 2 w jamma rig, and it plays perfectly! https://x.com/ArcadeFever/status/1776800125521965279 I hope Cash Cow DX will get a similar port to Pi.
Wow, what a great project! It was really for cool projects like this that the port was intended for.
I do plan on porting Cash Cow DX over next, this time with native arm32 and arm64 builds, which should run on RetroPie and Batocera as well as most Linux arm based SOCs.
If that works well enough, I'll do the same for Donut Dodo.
Thanks so much for sharing!
Don't know why but i'm not able to make it run on Portmaster (powkiddy). :(. any idea what could be?. i just follow the instruccion on the portmaster site but once i open it, just kicks me back to portmaster gamelist.
-Arkos and Portmaster up to date.
Sorry about that. It might be hard to track down the issue as following the instructions usually works fine. Maybe the dedicated forums or subreddits could be of help? If you cannot get it to work, feel free to get back to me and I'll try and get your purchase refunded. Thank you.
Finally manage to make it work!!. Problem was that i had the "base portmaster" installed , wich laks some libs files. Solution was to install the full portmaster version, wich includes all runtimes i was missing. Hope this helps someone else!. great little game...love the arcade vibe of it. Cheers!!
That's great news, thank you! Wish you fun with the game.
Is there a chance to make an installation for batocera in raspberry pi4,5?
Absolutely! As soon as I've finished launching Cash Cow DX (including for Pi 4 & 5), I'll work on installers for Batocera and Recalbox and update the builds. Coming soon.
thanks....it play superb on retropie pi4 but on retropie pi5 something is missing and for batocera on pi5 install dont work.
Thanks for your feedback on the pi5. I'll look into it asap.
to help you in log file i got this error
/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh: line 1319: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/DonutDodo/DonutDodo.pi: cannot execute: required file not found
The file paths seem to have changed between versions. I'll update the install script accordingly with the next update. Thank you!
Hey, perhaps you could give this game a "Steamboat Willie"makeover?. The original Mickey and Minnie Mouse are now public domain and can be used for any purpose, including to make money!. So long as they remain recognizeable as being from that original short, and not any future version. So they can't be in color, and they can't be voiced.
A Steamboat Willie mod would be fun to do. I am curious to see how many games, movies and books will incorporate the original Mickey in their projects going forward.
Tons no doubt. It was a long time coming, and would've happened a full 25 years earlier if Disney didn't lobby for a copyright term extension under false pretenses. I think a great thing for game developers is the possibility of using him as a Mario replacement, especially for fan projects that no longer have to be "fan projects" because of this. They can be legally distinct now while still having an appealing and recognisable mascot character.
I already have the game on steam, but I would like this version too. Is it possible to run this arcadey version on a regular pc with windows?
For now this build only works on ARM based SBC's/SOC's, sorry.
Hey There! I bought the version on here but don't have a Raspberry Pi. Any chance I can get a Steam version instead?
Cheers!
Hey, please contact support@pixel.games and we'll work it out.
Awesomeness! Thanks!
Love this game and played it a lot on Steam. I'm looking forward to playing Cash Cow!
That's very kind, thank you.
Will the main game be sold on Itch.io in the future?. I would also like to request a native Linux binary as well, perhaps in the Appimage format for ease-of-use and cross distribution compatibility.
Currently only builds for niche systems or experimental formats are hosted on itch.io, with the mainstream PC builds on Steam. I have been wanting to add a native Linux binary for a while, but have not yet found a way of doing so without players potentially losing their save states on the Steam Deck, since Proton uses different (translated) paths for storing game data.
Does anyone know if this would work on recalbox too?
I have not tested the game with Recalbox or Batocera, but in theory it should run fine since the build itself is made for Raspberry Pi hardware. What was made specifically for Retropie is the installer, so for other operating systems, things like the installation paths and permissions would likely have to be edited/set manually for everything to function as expected.
Thanks for creating this joyful game and providing it for pocket money!
For those RetroPie users still having trouble (with v1.39) with the input mapping you may look there [1] for additional options.
[1] https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/34334
Thanks a lot for your very kind feedback and for sharing the link with the additional info.
Thanks for making this available. It's a great game. For people having a permissions issue when trying to install; use the following command: chmod +x install-dd.sh. You will now be able to install the game.
Thanks a lot for your kind comment and for helping out with the permissions issue.
You're welcome. Looking forward to the sequel to this game.:)
Fantastic!