1987 · Konami · Rhythm

Doremikko

Nintendo exclusive

A music game developed by Konami for the Famicom Disk System and published in late 1987. Like a few other music games of its kind, it comes complete with a digital keyboard which connects to the Famicom for the purpose of composing and playing music. The inclusion of a large keyboard with the game makes Doremikko the most expensive Famicom Disk System title at the time of its original sale.

Released: 4 December 1987
Platforms: Famicom Disk System Family Computer Disk System
Genres: Rhythm
Developers: Konami
Publishers: Konami
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: First person Third person
Themes: Educational
Country: Japan

About

DoReMikko is a music video game developed by Konami, and published for the Family Computer Disk System in 1987. The game's title comes from the first three solfège syllables, do, re, and mi.

Konami bundled DoReMikko with a 36-key musical keyboard input device for playing and composing music. DoReMikko was one of the first video games designed for use with a musical instrument peripheral. Contemporary game releases, including the Famicom titles Otocky (オトッキー, Otokkī) (1987) and Instant Musician (いきなりミュージシャン, Ikinari Myūjishan) (1987), took all input from standard gamepads.

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Gameplay

DoReMikko has three modes of play: Magic Forest (for keyboarding practice and game challenges), Piano (for musical improvisation and recording), and Concert (for multi-part arrangement, play, and recording).

In the Magic Forest mode, the player can hear and learn to play the melodies of "Happy Birthday to You"; "Jingle Bells"; "Les Patineurs"; and a selection from the score of Gradius (1985), which was one of Konami's most popular titles at the time. Each of these selections is more technically difficult to play than the last. The game manual contains sheet music for the arrangement of each selection. In the Magic Forest mode, the player may choose from 14 virtual instruments, but cannot play more than one note at a time. To play piano chords, the player must switch to the Piano mode.