Domino Man
Encyclopedia
Domino Man is a 1983 arcade
video game released by Bally Midway. It is one of the few video games that features the ragtime piece, Maple Leaf Rag
by Scott Joplin
as the game background music.
wearing a beat-up turtleneck sweater and sporting a mustache. The player attempts to set up a number of giant dominoes across the screen.
Domino Man runs back and forth across the screen setting up each domino on a site marked by a black dot. Meanwhile, pedestrians meander throughout the playfield, so caught up in their own thoughts that they never bother to look where they are going. Or maybe knock over a domino, which will cause one Domino Man to be eliminated. However, pedestrians are the least of Domino Man's concerns. A killer bee constantly appears trying to sting Domino Man. The player must swat the bee before it stings. There is also a neighborhood bully who is a real bruiser and is about twice Domino Man's size, and when he appears, he will head for the closest domino. You must try to take down the dominoes before he knocks them over.
After the player has set up all the dominoes, they will have a choice to either knock down all the dominoes or continue play in hopes of increasing the domino bonus value. After they have made the choice, they will move on to the next screen.
After the game is over, the game will have a poem displayed on the screen to evaluate the player's performance on the game. For example:
The main character in this game is very similar (if not the same) as the bartender in Tapper
and one of the Timber
lumberjacks.
Arcade game
An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...
video game released by Bally Midway. It is one of the few video games that features the ragtime piece, Maple Leaf Rag
Maple Leaf Rag
The "Maple Leaf Rag" is an early ragtime musical composition for piano composed by Scott Joplin. It was one of Joplin's early works, and is one of the most famous of all ragtime pieces, and became the model for ragtime compositions by subsequent composers. As a result Joplin was called the "King...
by Scott Joplin
Scott Joplin
Scott Joplin was an American composer and pianist. Joplin achieved fame for his ragtime compositions, and was later dubbed "The King of Ragtime". During his brief career, Joplin wrote 44 original ragtime pieces, one ragtime ballet, and two operas...
as the game background music.
Gameplay
The player controls Domino Man, a bespectacled, balding artistArtist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
wearing a beat-up turtleneck sweater and sporting a mustache. The player attempts to set up a number of giant dominoes across the screen.
Domino Man runs back and forth across the screen setting up each domino on a site marked by a black dot. Meanwhile, pedestrians meander throughout the playfield, so caught up in their own thoughts that they never bother to look where they are going. Or maybe knock over a domino, which will cause one Domino Man to be eliminated. However, pedestrians are the least of Domino Man's concerns. A killer bee constantly appears trying to sting Domino Man. The player must swat the bee before it stings. There is also a neighborhood bully who is a real bruiser and is about twice Domino Man's size, and when he appears, he will head for the closest domino. You must try to take down the dominoes before he knocks them over.
After the player has set up all the dominoes, they will have a choice to either knock down all the dominoes or continue play in hopes of increasing the domino bonus value. After they have made the choice, they will move on to the next screen.
After the game is over, the game will have a poem displayed on the screen to evaluate the player's performance on the game. For example:
- Roses are red
- Or so goes the verse,
- You set up 52—
- You could have done worse.
The main character in this game is very similar (if not the same) as the bartender in Tapper
Tapper
Tapper, also known as Root Beer Tapper, is a 1983 arcade game released by Bally Midway. The goal of the game is to serve beer and collect empty mugs and tips.-Overview:...
and one of the Timber
Timber (arcade game)
Timber is an arcade game that was manufactured by Midway Games in 1984. The object of the game is to amass points by chopping down trees or by balancing atop a floating, rotating log....
lumberjacks.