Mr. Driller

Mr. Driller is a series of video games developed by Namco. The game's concept is very broadly similar to Tetris; it puts the player in the role of a driller moving down through screens of blocks, having to keep his air supply from running out while avoiding being squashed by falling blocks. Games in this series have been released for PlayStation, Dreamcast, WonderSwan, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, DS and Windows, in addition to the arcade versions. The main character of these games is Susumu Hori, son of Taizou Hori, the star of the original Dig Dug game.

The project that would become Mr. Driller was originally intended to be a third game in the Dig Dug series, under the working title of Dig Dug 3. Hexagonal blocks were briefly considered, but this idea was abandoned when chain construction proved to be too complicated. Dig Dug 3 was initially developed unofficially by a few Namco staff, and work on the game was suspended while Ridge Racer Type 4 was being completed. However, Namco executives were impressed with the game and decided to support it as an official project.

Games

• Mr. Driller (Arcade, 1999), Ported to: Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Color, Dreamcast, PlayStation, Wonderswan Color, Mobile
• Mr. Driller 2 (Arcade, 2000), Ported to: Game Boy Advance
• Mr. Driller G (Arcade), Ported to: PlayStation (Also known as Mr. Driller Great)
• Mr. Driller A (Game Boy Advance, 2002) (Also known as Mr. Driller Ace: Wonderful Pacteria)
• Mr. Driller: Drill Land (GameCube, 2002)
• Mr. Driller Drill Spirits (Nintendo DS, 2004)

External links

• Susumu's House – Official Mr. Driller Fansite
• Official Namco Site
• Namco
• KLOV entry