Atari 800 XL - Donkey Kong Junior

[Mae77]

I prefer this atari version than the NES one, same with the original DK.

[hellboy180878]

existe um donkey kong mais antigo que este ai!!!!!

[jgwest1]

Damn, I played this game so many times in my youth that I can tell you that the music in the key stage sounds too slow. Me = nerd.

[OneEyedJack1970]

@jgwest1 It could be the PAL version.

[rubberdidgit]

Holys shit Mario's a big fat ass???

[dreamcastII]

the colecovision one isn't better. This has multicoloured sprites and all levels. Coleco is missing a level and some characters are only one colour, e.g. the snappers on the 1st level. The Coleco version IS good however.

[datacipher]

@dreamcastII

I like the smaller size of DKjr in the Coleco (though he looks too thin), and the brighter color pallet on the Coleco, but overall, yes, I think the Atari version has better graphics, and, overall it's defintiely better with the extra level.

Closer call for me than 8 bit Donkey Kong vs Coleco DK....in my opinion the 8 bit is far far superior there.....all the screens, and it's so much faster, and more fun.

[Lachlant1984]

What media were these Nintendo games on the Atari computers stored on?

[ClassicTVMan81]

On the Atari 800XL, this game was on a cartridge.

[amd0576]

@ClassicTVMan81 I remember playing this off a 5 1/4" floppy disk on the Atari 800XL my family owned at the time.

[WatchVenusSpa]

DK Jr should have been in DK Country!!!

[kittietheangelkat3]

Rare wanted to give him a new look, but Nintendo gave Rare two options

1:Have him keep his old loo

2:Make a new character

so that's where Diddy (DK's nephew) came into the picture thus making Donkey Kong Jr. the Current Donkey Kong.

[daracenak]

but acoording to what i have heard, the DK starring gorila is this same DK junior but in his adult age.

[supermark64]

he was! the original dk is cranky kong and dk jr is dk.

[kittietheangelkat3]

i know what'll happen to junior when he's older, he's gonna go on adventures with his (future) nephew and get rescued by his nephew and his nephew's girlfriend.

[kittietheangelkat3]

must i say any names?

[Zabatsue]

lol at 1:58 its a Dick

[mrbrandon71]

Colecovision was the superior version of this one. I had a coleco and loved it!

[lordbemylight]

Don't let the number fool you!  This is better than the 2600.

[ioport]

What a retarded comment. Of course it's better than the 2600 version. It's like comparing PS2 graphics to the PS1.

[toua451]

good job

very very hard this game, no ?

thanks for post

[rahmannoor]

Oh man!!!

This was the first game I ever played...I had an Atari800 when I was a kid (over 20years ago!!) and I never forgot this game.

Thx tons for the video!!

:D

[GamesEmotions]

thanks for comment! I love Atari too!

[Bittergamer1886]

@GamesEmotions Tari' roolz!

[sonicfeet]

"BoOoOoOo!"

[Dinosaurprince]

OH man I have never seen this version before. The Snap Jaws look like the Saw birds from Bonk's adventure. Is this the Cassette version? This rocks. Even the ending is cooler then then NES version!

[GamesEmotions]

no, it's the cartridge version!! ^_^

[Dinosaurprince]

I've gotta find the ROM for this! Thanks for the info.

[hostilcrew]

nearly man well done! you got the pitch !

[morfes]

Such good memories of my 130XE

[ClassicTVFan82]

For this version, does it use the following level progression, which would be as listed below?

For the record:

L1 - Vines, Chains

L2 - Vines, Springboard, Chains

L3 - Vines, Hideout, Chains

L4 - Vines, Springboard, Hideout, Chains

[gekigold]

i have the acrcade machine [not kidding you i relly do]

[piscesrising2006]

that's awesome. must be worth about 3 x as much as it was back in its "day"... keep on to it :)

[chiquiona]

a lot of memories.... oh my god i am going to cry.... i remember a lot of thigs.....cool i am from mexico and i remember when was with my parenst.. iwas just a child

[glacierfish]

man that brings back alot of memories

[nyyterp]

I didn't like this conversion as much as the original Donkey Kong because the game was tougher. It was easy to get past the second level on the ColecoVision version, but this one took much time to make it fun.

But later, I discovered a trick to make things easier. Type SHIFT "BOOGA" (w/o the quotes) on the title screen. Then type "K" for invincibility or "S" to change screens. Of course, some emulators lets you turn off the collision detection, so that helps, too. :)

[ClassicTVFan82]

I prefer the ColecoVision version to this one... as well as the Adam Super Game data pack equivalent, which is one step beyond the regular CV version.

[ClassicTVFan82]

Erm, my bad... one step 'above' the standard CV version.

[Invisib0]

This actually looks to be at about the same level as some of the early Sega Master System games, except maybe a choppier framerate. Huh.

[ShinraIsNotCrazy]

LOL, gotta like the ending of this one. Mario got a pain in his butt after this. Thanks for the upload :D!

[StaxX28]

This game rulezzzz !!

i haves it on cartrige :D

[GamesEmotions]

me too! It exists in cartdrige only ;)

[mitekudasi]

when i was little i used to have an cracked version on tape, but righnow i have it on cartridge. ohhhh good memories those were they days hehe, pure nostalgia.

thnx for the upload