Mr. Driller (Game Boy Color)

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Description

Mr. Driller's world has been covered with mysterious blocks. Armed with only a mighty drill, you'll have to dig your way down to safety before his air supply runs out!

Mr. Driller is a real-time puzzle game that relies solely on quick-thinking and a bit of planning. The gameplay is a combination of Tetris and Boulder Dash: You have to drill down through multi-colored blocks to reach the bottom while avoiding the consequences of reckless drilling; blocks left without a foundation will drop down after a while, potentially crushing Mr. Driller. As the hero's air supply is depleted with time, the player must regularly grab oxygen pick-ups. Some of the blocks are "X-Blocks", which take a few tries to drill through and take away a large chunk of the player's air if destroyed. If four or more X-Blocks come in contact with each other, they vanish and leave behind a small blue creature "Chisokojin", which grants 765 points when picked up.

There are two scenarios in the game, the "2500ft" and "5000ft challenge" (called "500m" and "1000m" in the Japanese version), which are five and ten levels long respectively.

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Alternate Titles

• "ミスタードリラー" -- Japanese spelling

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Critic Reviews

Digital Press - Classic Video Games	May 01, 2005	8 out of 10	80
GameSpot	Aug 07, 2000	7.9 out of 10	79
Video Games	Oct, 2000		60
Game Vortex	2000	60 out of 100	60
All Game Guide	2000		60
IGN	Aug 10, 2000	6 out of 10	60
Pocket Magazine / Pockett Videogames	Apr 01, 2001		40

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

Mr. Driller appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Sequel

Mr. Driller spawned a Japan only sequel, called Mr. Driller GREAT! The biggest differences included multiple player characters, a new Story Mode, and enhanced and tighter gameplay.

Related Web Sites

• Wikipedia: Mr. Driller (Information about Mr. Driller at Wikipedia)