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Such a great game. I've actually grown to love having to play this on Donkey Kong 64 even though it was so hard and i could never beat it the first 10 years of having this game lol
It was a launch title for the Famicom/NES. Nintendo used a very small ROM to save costs. The NES cartridge size is 16 KB compared to the arcade 24 KB ROM...
This was a launch title for the NES. At that time Nintendo wanted to attract new customers by putting out easy to make (low cost) games. So the launch games had smaller, cheaper memory chips. The tradeoff of having less memory was games like DK had to come with less levels than the arcade version.
@@AdhamOhm It's weird because the Atari 5200 and MSX version of Donkey Kong has all the levels of the game. And MSX and Atari 5200 are technologically weaker than the Famicom/NES.
I could imagine in his closet he would have a few hats, over a dozen outfits and 2 pairs of shoes. The ones he uses to jump and his old squeaky shoes that he never uses anymore.
From wikipedia : "Koopa Troopas, or just simply Koopas, known in Japan as Nokonoko (ノコノコ?), are a fictional race of turtle or tortoise-like creatures from the Mario series, as well as its sister Yoshi series."
This whole time I never ever knew about the jump at 2:56 being possible. If only I knew that back when this game was causing me to pull my hair out back when I was trying to complete it in order to finish Donkey Kong 64...
nope, the USA versions and Japanese versions of the game both had all of the levels, just the USA version, at least the original version of the usa version, had a different arrangement of the levels, japan was 1-2-3-4 repeat, but usa original version was rather random the beginning of the pattern was 1-4-1-2-4-1-2-3-4 and so on. the USA version was released first and simplified in japan then later simplified in america as well later on
Regarding this version differing from the arcade release: I'm pretty sure that Donkey Kong for NES is based off the Japanese version of the arcade game, which had a different set of stages from the US release.
FigMan57 Actually the Atari 7800 version is a carbon copy of the NES version (with worse sound). The best ports of DK were on NON Nintendo 8 bit computers like the Commodore 64, Atari 800, Apple, IBM etc , and they had ALL FOUR BOARDS!
well Coleco was a older system so you cannot really compare. Coleco for its time had the best version. What Im trying to find is which system has the PIE level ? anyone? it isn't even on the 3ds DL version.
Fortunately I have Donkey Kong (MAME) on my laptop. Yes - I am aware of the shortcomings on the NES version - but the lack of animation after you beat a level, and the "How high can you get" are MINOR flaws. The only MAJOR flaw is the lack of the "Pie Factory" level Going by your criteria, Luigi - the BEST port would be the Commodore 64 version by Ocean (Europe) - it had ALL four boards, the animations, and the "How high can you get" before each board. The only MINOR flaw was the sound. The Atarisoft (USA) version lacked the How high can you get - but had ALL four boards and in the proper order - like the arcade.
What a number to be stuck on. :O But you're right Mark: this is a dang good version of a fun arcade game, but sadly the arcade version still holds a special place in my heart for the smoother sound effects and additional level~
I never did understand how they could fit 32 levels in Super Mario Bros on a cartridge shared with another game but they couldn't fit 4 levels in Donkey Kong.
Why is this the version that Nintendo wants to preserve for future generations? They could easily release the original arcade version with all the levels and cutscenes, but all we get is this incomplete substitute with one level only available with limited hardware bundles.
Ironically, DK is a Nintendo product, and the NES version came out much later than the original 8 bit Atari computer version, yet the 8 bit Atari computer version even has the pie factory while the NES version does not. Also, I think the Atari version, even though missing one floor of girders is more accurately difficult harder like the arcade. Nevertheless, visually the NES is the best...but why no pie factory? Why?
The Commodore 64 version had it... The Vic-20 had it... Actually I'm pretty sure all computer ports featured that level including the Atari 8 bit line. How hard the level is does not matter, it's their own game and they didn't put in a level to a 4 LEVEL GAME that came out YEARS after the initial release of the previous ports. Then they charged people the same amount of money they charged for Super Mario Bros. That is a fail.
I liked the old "space arcade" better. I feel that this new arcade is lacking on the feeling and atmosphere and although I know it's probably not yet complete I fear it can never match the style and classiness of it's past brother.
I want to add a lot of the early NES games to my collection, but when it comes to this one particular game - I'm not sure it's worth owning. An entire missing level is a pretty huge defect. I think the level order is also wrong (even allowing for one being missing). I wonder if the other, more subtle mechanics of the game work the same or differently from the arcade. For example, it's my understanding that experienced players can somewhat predict or control the barrels on the barrel stage. Does that work the same here? At the time of the Famicom launch Nintendo was still mainly famous for Donkey Kong, and each port was a focal point of comparison between consoles, so it's kind of surprising that Nintendo didn't deliver a more perfected version of the game for their own new system. The NES was capable but the game itself underachieves. Graphically it looks good but the enthusiasts who really knew the arcade version had to be disappointed by it.
