Mr. Do! And Master Of Monsters Join Hamster's Retro Lineup

Mr. Do! Returns Through Arcade Archives

Hamster has revealed that Universal's 1982 tunnel-digging maze game Mr. Do! is heading to Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. The release will be part of the Arcade Archives and Arcade Archives 2 lines, which continue to bring older arcade games to current systems in a straightforward, preservation-minded format.

Mr. Do! first appeared in arcades in 1982. It was the second game from developer Kazutoshi Ueda, who had previously made Lady Bug in 1981, a game with clear Pac-Man influence. For Mr. Do!, Ueda was pointed in a new direction after Universal president Kazuo Okada encouraged him to make his next project in the shadow of Namco's Dig Dug, which was a major arcade hit that same year.

The result was another maze game built around digging, movement, and quick decisions, but Mr. Do! became its own long-running name. Over the years, it was ported and rereleased on a wide mix of machines, including ColecoVision, Atari 2600, SNES, and Nintendo Game Boy. It also grew into a small series, with Mr. Do's Castle, Mr. Do's Wild Ride, and Do! Run Run following the original.

The arcade version is already playable through Antstream Arcade, which is available on Windows, Xbox, PlayStation, iOS, and Android. Hamster's new release gives players another route on modern console hardware, and it is being presented as a more feature-filled way to own the game rather than only stream it. For fans of early 1980s arcade design, that makes this a neat little shelf addition.

Master Of Monsters Also Joins The Schedule

Alongside Mr. Do!, Hamster has also confirmed a Console Archives release for Master of Monsters: Disciples of Gaia. The strategy game, developed by System Soft and Toshiba-EMI, is coming to PS5 on May 14, 2026, and to Nintendo Switch 2 on May 15, 2026. It originally launched in Japan in 1997, before later releases in parts of Europe by Agetec and in North America by ASCII in 1998.

There is one important caveat for players hoping for the old English-language version. Hamster's release appears to be based on the unlocalized Japanese original, rather than the translated ASCII and Agetec versions. That does not change the game's history, but it does matter for anyone who wants to jump in without working through Japanese text.

The game is set to cost $11.99. Hamster describes Master of Monsters: Disciples of Gaia as a simulation war game released by Toshiba-EMI for a 32-bit home console in 1997. Its story follows Iros, a boy given power from the heavens, as he begins a journey to defeat Gaia. With help from Master, players can command monster armies, summon creatures from another world, defeat enemies, and raise their own monsters.

From Z-retro's view, this is a nicely varied pair of releases: Mr. Do! speaks to arcade fans who enjoy clean, immediate play, while Master of Monsters is more niche and text-heavy. The language issue is worth noting, but both games add useful texture to Hamster's growing archive of retro console and arcade history.