Donkey Kong (Nintendo 1981)

[stokepogue]

Why the hell is this not available on Wii virtual console with the exact levels, sounds, intros/outros? What are they waiting for?

[MrHalloweenjoker]

Try to build an arcade and I stress to my wife that we need one of these cabinets. she says it's annoying, oh yeah and she said said no to punch-out. she's insane!

[MamaLuigiBarrelRoll]

Little known fact: Donkey Kong is a reworked prototype of the Popeye video game.

[spike007980]

Butler, "What is your guilty pleasure, Sir?" Myself, "Oh...Donkey Kong on the arcade machine from 1981."

[TheDARKYOSHI64]

And Thats how Mario was created. :) Memorable Game....

[crashpro3]

Your emulator's sound is slightly off from what it's supposed to sound. I have the original arcade machine, I'm not comparing it to the NES' terrible port.

[SuperMario4599]

One of the best games ever.

[timbosforporn]

I have never ever seen a consule version of donkey kong that could match the arcade. Even nintendos was lacking a little bit.

[MZD79]

Donkey Kong from this game is Cranky Kong in Donkey Kong Country, right? And Donkey Kong Jr is Donkey Kong from Donkey Kong Country?

[ningeaBLADEclanuBECA]

@MZD79 Yeah, that's right!

[eddiemcrich]

"how high you can get: That dosen't sound right.......

[gwizz77]

The NES version of this game sucks. It only has 3 lvs and isn't the same as the original. I tried to get on the wii but it was a rip off.

[nviso209]

How MAME can you get? But i'm guilty of the same shit...

[BlackFacti0n]

I used to have this arcade game sitting in our garage but it never could work

[aprilserce1000]

This one was one of my childchood favourite nintendo games, and I'm only 23:) I loved Contra and Super Mario Bros as well:)

[Jimkaider]

Wait a minute...I know that monkey! His name is 'Donkey'.

[AnotherSoundscape]

@Jimkaider MONKEYS AREN'T DONKEYS

[Bluesdude1991]

What is the song called when he climbs the ladder?

[moviemovies1]

Is this MAME?

[bamapagedesign]

I never could beat the N64 version of this. It was the only banana I could never get.

[cquetsch]

"How High Can You Get?"

Used to make me laugh as a kid...still does.

[TheCarolStreamKid]

@cquetsch so high ill die

[seakishfam]

NES version of DK didn't have the 50m level. They took it out for reasons unknown. This is the DK64 version of the game. You can tell because the original didn't start with DK climbing up the platforms, and they have the 50m level in the N64 version. I have to say my favorite port for Donkey Kong is on DK64.

[mrKRW]

They did'nt have the 50m level or the animations of DK climbing the laders on the NES because the cartridges on that system did'nt have enough space to support them.

[ddsdavey]

On a 1080p tv this makes Kill Zone 2 look crap.Its just that back then the tvs were terrible,thats why the graphics look so bad.

In reality the Atari was almost as capable as the Ps3 now,the only difference being that Ps3 plays Blu ray films but you could buy an Atari console AND a Blu ray player seperate and still be cheaper than a Ps3!I love both consoles but compared to each other there really is not much difference,honestly!

Please no haters,im just pointing out technical FACTS.

[saurfan]

man i played this so much on dk64

[segalover17]

LOL! im still playing this on n64. I just can't get damn nintendo coin.

[saurfan]

yeah exactly i have all the golden bannana's needed the rare coin but guess what one thing wont let me get there.....THE NINTENDO COIN!!! ARGHHHHHH!!!!

[PacatoSaturn]

A Blast to Cranky's Past

[SmashKing5000]

This is how it was when it first came out? Why isn't it the same as the one on the virtual console?

[wariofan259]

because the one on the VC is the NES port of donkey kong.

[NinendoShower]

yea it sucked, they took out the conveyor belt level.

[nintendofreakP]

u suck!

[dakarus]

Oh my god people stop saying how high can you get. its getting fucking old

[eyecat14]

how high can you get o_O

[kurizzos]

One quick question. The decor of the arcade game at its bottom, was donkey kong picking his nose?

[AFNYOAQIS]

yes he is. (i was playing it at a local arcade today!)

[retroman51]

Donkey kong is on a Multi-game arcade machine at pizza guys (in Dixon to be precise).

[kurizzos]

Didn't have enough of quarters back in the day...

[eagc7]

hey where i can play the arcade version. or where i can get the rom and an aracde emulator

[cpy06a]

how high can you get? xD this game is the reason i started smoking lol

[figment1988]

i remember the parody robot chicken had on Donkey Kong which featured Halo

[irkiIIer]

halo dosent suck, gl buying an expensive dk arcade version VaderNES

[VaderNES]

Donkey Kong is one of the most common machines, and I could find it for maybe

50000 yen or 500 dollars, or less (I plan on buying a beat-up machine and restoring it myself).

[irkiIIer]

all of that just to play a stupid game

[VaderNES]

Donkey Kong is not stupid. Donkey Kong is the shit, and I'd love to have a cabinet of Donkey Kong (which I would get my 50000 yen worth playing it).

[ReorderTone]

No one would expect a dumb kid to understand.

[shalpp]

they have mario bros/dk/dkj machines

[stickmanpwner64]

@VaderNES Your right

[darkchu]

@VaderNES I have nothing against either games, but you've seriously gotta be one hell of an ignorant bastard to believe what you just said; this is coming from someone who played the hell out of CS pre and post 1.6 and understands how Halo made FPS games too easy.

[HeadhunterHBN]

@VaderNES you're dumb, the more games you like. the happier youll be. now stop hating on games simply because your favourite games arent as popular.

[johnsnake71]

@VaderNES you know i never play halo because its a shooting game and i dont really like shooting games. i guess i should try it out than just play nintendo games such as mario and metroid

[howardmckinley2]

@johnsnake71 neither do i

[809Ollie]

@VaderNES if you know where to get a DK cabinet for £40 then let me know

[VaderNES]

@809Ollie If you get lucky, you might actually find one for 40 quid.

Besides, in addition to the game itself, the arcade cabinet is also a cool piece of furniture that looks good in your living room.

[firedragon973]

remember when master chief broke mario's neck?

[figment1988]

yeah. i also remember some of the Halo troopers planting some plastic explosives underneath DK's platform.

[firedragon973]

Remember when One of them Shot donkey Kong?!LOL

[luigi2999]

yea, well robot chicken stinks and they parodied a awesome arcade game that's classic, and dosen't deserve it, because people all remember it as the game they loved.

[marionoob]

i have donkey kong jr and donkey kong on my NES, but i played donkey kong on an arcade once and i liked it a whole lot better

[patch5129]

"The Average game of Donkey Kong doesnt last more then a minute"

-Billy Mitchell

This proves it all too well. Good effort though

[Mentalspud49]

Does anyone remember the red games controller that you plugged into your TV and you could play this game on it, among many other of these 2D arcade games. If anyone knows the name of it, I'd appreciate it! :)

P.S - I swear it had the word "boy" in the name, but I'm not sure. (No, not gameboy..)

[XSC3]

Love the bezels, but what's with the distorted sound?

[calegaea75432]

i beat the whole game

[erikthe10man]

How in the hell do you BEAT Donkey Kong??

[pescadojack]

its a high score game you proply dont beat it

[SuperMarioPro]

I wish Nintendo would release this version on the Wii Virtual Console instead of the inferior NES version.

[jblunamario]

i cant believe that mario was fisrt a carpenter in this game

[jeffw1267]

He wasn't even called "Mario" yet, believe it or not. He was referred to as "Jumpman".

[VicGeorge2K6]

The arcade game original rocks. Too bad the NES and GBA versions don't have all its screens!

[caboose365]

dude learn to play

[0989089098]

i can beat the first level its just the 2nd level that is hard now

[EliB88]

man u suck1

[jdjBeck2342]

i cant beat the first level in the arcade i think it is the stick that you move with