@MidnightWonko: national stereotypes vary by nation, IIRC the Russian equivalent to "going Dutch" is a "German bill". Here in Germany, one stereotype about Italians is they are short, indeed.
@exposed97 I tell you what, though.....met some pretty strange people in the arcades in the early 80's. "How High Can You Get?" was a question you can ask some of them...and I didn't mean high score!
@killerfgs ColecoVision's version was probably more popular, probably for the fact that not everybody had a computer but many had one of the three "major" consoles in the very early 80's (Atari 2600, Intellivision, and ColecoVision). The CV version was the best of the three.
@cryinglion that depens where you live, in America most people had indeed one of the three "major" consoles at the time but it is the other way around in europe since computers like the Commodore 64 and Atari 8 bit were marketed as
"Why would you rot your kids brians playing computer games while you could buy a machine that also help with ther homework and learn programming ?"
100% garenteerd sucsess... PC's where so sucsessful that they actually pervented the video game crash 83 there !
@janmansde3dede Yeah. I guess they tried to merge home computer hardware and video game consoles several times with minimal success. Intellevision, Coleco Adam, even Atari with the XEGS game system. Just never mixed well. Even when Atari "borrowed" the technology from the "Atari 400 Home Computer System" to the "Atari 5200" system, they managed to screw that up with the lousy controllers.
@slugnbozo First of all, the layout of the first stage is backwards. Second, the graphics suck because the pixels are not all in place. Third, the Atari 2600 may have been a not so good version but at least the pixels were not all out of place like in this one. Like i said, "This version sucks."
@jtomally9681 So your second and third points are the same? And how are they out of place? Are you referring to the fact that Mario looks like a gnome or what?
If the 7800 version had had this sound it would have been great. This shows what the 7800 could have been had Jack Tramiel not ruined it by cancelling the Gumby Chip.
@80sGiraffe You got that right. Imagine the potential the system had if they only took the time to get ALL aspects of the system right, instead of being rushed. The NES version is also one of the best, but also a disappointment because they didn't include the conveyor belt or "Pie" level to my surprise.
Yes, the 7800 version is excellent otherwise, and much closer to the arcade in graphics. This ends up being the superior version though due to the sound, and, it's so fast/fluid, and thus, fun, to play.
Lol, the levels go in the exact pattern as the version I played when I was younger :D 1. Red and Blue 2. Blue 3. Red and Blue 4. The one with the bouncy thingy that falls 5. Blue 6. Red and Blue 7. Yellow (the pie/coal level) 8. The one with the bouncy thingy that falls 9. Red and Blue 10. Blue 11. Yellow (the pie/coal level) 12. Red and Blue 13 (I never got this far :(
I think I played almost every home version back in the day, and was pretty good at the arcade version (won a contest once). Much, much better than the Colecovision version, besides having 4 screens and intermissions, I think this is by far the best home version for playability, because it's fast, faster than the arcade, and smooth. You can WHIP through the screens...fun.
What I don't understand is why Nintendo didn't give us all four screens in the NES version. You'd think they would have. As a result, you are right. I do think this one may be the best home version (if anything for the extra screen).
@Zenex666 You're right. I just didn't have the patience to go through all four for this video. Those who had this game on the Atari computer would know about the four screens. And other videos of this specific game on Youtube may show the four screens. My bad for not showing all four.
@cryinglion This is also something that baffles me no end. 1) The NES was newer than Atari 8 bit. 2) The NES was actually owned by Nintendo, the original makers of DK. 3) The NES was so powerful, it had games like Super Mario Bros etc. That had countless scrolling levels, while in Donkey Kong they couldn't even put in all 4 static ones??!!
@slugnbozo Yea, I don't get it either. They made Donkey Kong Junior with all the screens, but not with Donkey Kong. But why? Was it because they felt it wasn't a popular screen in the arcade? Was it because it wasn't on the Colecovision, and they felt that people in the U.S. would think it was "made up" by Nintendo to boost the game's sales? Who knows. All I know is that it would have made it that much better...perhaps the best ever home release. Sadly, it cannot be stated as such.
i'm the poor sucker
stuckinthecities 2 months ago
This is a bad version
bocaj5509 2 months ago
@bocaj5509 this version isnt bad at all it comes close to the arcade version
look at the atari 2600 version or the intellevison version
the intellevison version is worst
killkenny5000 1 month ago
What they should do is Donkey Kong the movie.
Samuel L. Jackson as Jumpman
Nicholas Cage as Mario
Cher as Pauline
Chuck Norris as Donkey Kong
and Hank Azaria as the Hammer.
I hope some movie studio sees this comment and says: "This movie will be GOLD!"
CptQuestionMark 5 months ago
Holy crap, Pauline is a giant!
MidnightWonko 6 months ago
@MidnightWonko Almost as big as DK himself! Wonder why they never did a spin-off game for her? Maybe she can be in the next Super Smash Brothers!
cryinglion 6 months ago
@MidnightWonko Nope, Mario is Italian.
thorstenguenther 3 months ago
@thorstenguenther ...is there some sort of stereotype about Italians being short? 'cause I've never heard of such a stereotype.
MidnightWonko 3 months ago
@MidnightWonko: national stereotypes vary by nation, IIRC the Russian equivalent to "going Dutch" is a "German bill". Here in Germany, one stereotype about Italians is they are short, indeed.
thorstenguenther 3 months ago
@thorstenguenther I did not know this. Thank you! ^_^
MidnightWonko 3 months ago
@exposed97 I tell you what, though.....met some pretty strange people in the arcades in the early 80's. "How High Can You Get?" was a question you can ask some of them...and I didn't mean high score!
cryinglion 6 months ago
YOU NO USE THE HAMMER??
YoshiXyLuigiX 7 months ago
@YoshiXyLuigiX I guess not. I just didn't think of it. Video would be better if I had.
cryinglion 7 months ago
@YoshiXyLuigiX Hey! I just viewed the video again. Just after the 2:00 mark, I used it! I forgot about that. :)
cryinglion 6 months ago
this most have been one of the best in those Old days :-D
killerfgs 10 months ago
@killerfgs ColecoVision's version was probably more popular, probably for the fact that not everybody had a computer but many had one of the three "major" consoles in the very early 80's (Atari 2600, Intellivision, and ColecoVision). The CV version was the best of the three.
cryinglion 10 months ago
@cryinglion oh k :-P
killerfgs 10 months ago
@cryinglion that depens where you live, in America most people had indeed one of the three "major" consoles at the time but it is the other way around in europe since computers like the Commodore 64 and Atari 8 bit were marketed as
"Why would you rot your kids brians playing computer games while you could buy a machine that also help with ther homework and learn programming ?"
100% garenteerd sucsess... PC's where so sucsessful that they actually pervented the video game crash 83 there !
janmansde3dede 7 months ago
@janmansde3dede Yeah. I guess they tried to merge home computer hardware and video game consoles several times with minimal success. Intellevision, Coleco Adam, even Atari with the XEGS game system. Just never mixed well. Even when Atari "borrowed" the technology from the "Atari 400 Home Computer System" to the "Atari 5200" system, they managed to screw that up with the lousy controllers.
cryinglion 7 months ago
This version sucks.
jtomally9681 11 months ago
@jtomally9681 What sucks about it exactly?
slugnbozo 10 months ago
@slugnbozo First of all, the layout of the first stage is backwards. Second, the graphics suck because the pixels are not all in place. Third, the Atari 2600 may have been a not so good version but at least the pixels were not all out of place like in this one. Like i said, "This version sucks."
jtomally9681 10 months ago
@jtomally9681 So your second and third points are the same? And how are they out of place? Are you referring to the fact that Mario looks like a gnome or what?
slugnbozo 10 months ago
If the 7800 version had had this sound it would have been great. This shows what the 7800 could have been had Jack Tramiel not ruined it by cancelling the Gumby Chip.
80sGiraffe 1 year ago
@80sGiraffe You got that right. Imagine the potential the system had if they only took the time to get ALL aspects of the system right, instead of being rushed. The NES version is also one of the best, but also a disappointment because they didn't include the conveyor belt or "Pie" level to my surprise.
cryinglion 1 year ago
@80sGiraffe
Yes, the 7800 version is excellent otherwise, and much closer to the arcade in graphics. This ends up being the superior version though due to the sound, and, it's so fast/fluid, and thus, fun, to play.
datacipher 11 months ago
The only other computer version that was better (that I played) was for the Commodore Amiga 500. But the Atari version is fun, I agree.
cryinglion 11 months ago
@cryinglion
I never played that one...given the generation that system is from though I'd certainly expect it to be a nearly perfect version.
datacipher 11 months ago
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How high can you get?
ioport 1 year ago
Waluigi2009 1 year ago
Tha'ts first Mario aparition
Machin396 1 year ago
Mario looks like a gnome in this version.... and the game speed is on crack.
TheRudeAmerican 1 year ago
The best home version of Donkey Kong ever, and one of my favorite Atari 800 games. Thanks for sharing.
And who do I have to yell at to get Inforgrames to bring the Atari systems to Virtual Console?!
gamesDAMNED 2 years ago
This has great graphics,but I miss that when Mario goes up the ladders that you can't see his huge butt.
purpleroxmysox12 2 years ago
Great translation. I like it better than the Colecovision version but it looks better on the actual hardware instead of an emulator.
atarileaf 3 years ago 2
I think I played almost every home version back in the day, and was pretty good at the arcade version (won a contest once). Much, much better than the Colecovision version, besides having 4 screens and intermissions, I think this is by far the best home version for playability, because it's fast, faster than the arcade, and smooth. You can WHIP through the screens...fun.
datacipher 2 years ago
What I don't understand is why Nintendo didn't give us all four screens in the NES version. You'd think they would have. As a result, you are right. I do think this one may be the best home version (if anything for the extra screen).
cryinglion 2 years ago
@cryinglion how are you counting four screens for this? repeating two screens is not four different screens.
Zenex666 1 year ago
@Zenex666 You're right. I just didn't have the patience to go through all four for this video. Those who had this game on the Atari computer would know about the four screens. And other videos of this specific game on Youtube may show the four screens. My bad for not showing all four.
cryinglion 1 year ago
@cryinglion This is also something that baffles me no end. 1) The NES was newer than Atari 8 bit. 2) The NES was actually owned by Nintendo, the original makers of DK. 3) The NES was so powerful, it had games like Super Mario Bros etc. That had countless scrolling levels, while in Donkey Kong they couldn't even put in all 4 static ones??!!
slugnbozo 10 months ago
@slugnbozo Yea, I don't get it either. They made Donkey Kong Junior with all the screens, but not with Donkey Kong. But why? Was it because they felt it wasn't a popular screen in the arcade? Was it because it wasn't on the Colecovision, and they felt that people in the U.S. would think it was "made up" by Nintendo to boost the game's sales? Who knows. All I know is that it would have made it that much better...perhaps the best ever home release. Sadly, it cannot be stated as such.
cryinglion 10 months ago
Did you intend to kill off every last Mario the second time you did the first board?
ClassicTVMan81 3 years ago
No, my keyboard is crappy.
cryinglion 3 years ago