| Dough Boy | |
| Developer: | Synapse Software Kemco (Famicom) |
| Designer: | Ken Coates[1] |
| Released: | C64 Famicom |
| Genre: | Action |
| Modes: | Single-player |
| Platforms: | Commodore 64, Famicom |
[2] is a Commodore 64 video game by Ken Coates released in North America in 1984. A port for the Famicom was released in Japan in 1985 with the spelling changed to Dough Boy.
Doughboy is a nickname given to American soldiers during the First World War because they would often rush into battle while wearing white dust on them; this originated in the Mexican–American War of 1848 when they had to march through the deserts of northern Mexico.[3]
The player must rescue a POW from a POW camp.[4] [5]
Players can die by being shot, falling into water (by drowning), being blown up by a land mine, and being run over by a tank.[4] Players are in possession of machine gun and can use dynamite as a way to attack the enemies. A strict time limit of 24 hours (five real-time minutes) is used in order to keep the pace of the game relatively brisk.[4] After each round is completed, time is taken off the clock to make things more difficult.[4]