Donkey Kong 🦍🛢️ Versions Comparison 🦍🛢️ Arcade, C64, Atari 2600, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum, NES and More 

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8:41 That's just straight creepy.

6:24 yoooo is that grand dad

3:49 Jumpman: "Hang on, Pauline! (gasp) I'm... I'm a... (cough) coming! Might... (wheez) take a bit!!" Pauline: "1103! 1103!! 1103!!!" Jumpman: "... yeah? Well, 60 10 5311... Go YEET yourself, I'm out!" Pauline (1983):" YEET?"

6:20 I like how it's literally a bass boost

2:51 that’s the most depressing Donkey Kong game I’ve ever seen/heard

5:18 this sequence of animations would lead one to believe that Kong's response to Mario reaching Pauline's level was not to carry her off to the next level, but to EAT her.

3:28 smooth rotating

8:30 Mom Can We Buy Donkey Kong For The NES Mom: We Have Donkey Kong At Home Donkey Kong At Home:

9:10 pauline up there like "·cLP·"

3:39 ah yes, I too scream 1103 when i'm in need of help

3:16 So Donkey Kong just farts at us and then dips. Nice

1:36 the SFX of this version are instant classic

4:11 That tune hits different compared to the other versions

6:22 Sounds like a meme.

4:10 Well damn that hit different

(Spisificly) 2:53 "How high can you get?" Well, according to this games graphics and a pink gorilla, I think I am on the last level of high

2:51 GOD THIS LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING I WOULD DRAW WHEN I WAS 5.

That bass boost at 6:22 tho

7:41 I Love The Amstrad CPC Version

7:41 this is hands-down, one of the best Amstrad CPC ports ever.

Mom I want Donkey Kong. We have Donkey Kong at home. Donkey Kong at home: 1:10

6:00 This Music is Different

The NES version is by far the next best thing to the Arcade. Amazing it was made in 1983. Shows how great the NES/Famicom hardware was at the time

2:51 yeti with sun glasses.

The Atari 2600 had the most iconic sound effects, to me, anyway. I tend to hear Mario's jump sound in a lot of cartoons.

9:09 ah yes I completely forgot that Mario actually was twice the height of Pauline and not the other way around

1:37 Behold, the Origin of The Weird-ass generic Sound Effects meant to be Videogame Sounds.

4:11 When you meet the super mega boss in donkey kong

8:42 Idk why you’re asking me, you already look high yourself.

It's odd how some of these ports are facing the wrong direction.

7:52 His laugh is hilarious.

My thoughts on the versions Arcade: What more could I say? It's the Arcade version ColecoVision: Being the first port of Donkey Kong (I think), doesn't look all that bad. The jump sound effect sounds weird but nonetheless, it's pretty good Coleco Tabletop: Something you would see on one of those Tiger handheld games. Atari 2600: Extremely primative graphics, but one of the more "iconic" games of the 2600. Intellivision: Everything is colored wrong. Especially Donkey Kong. Who is green now? NES: Being a port actually developed by Nintendo, it's really good. DOS: I don't know what Atari was smoking when they developed this PC port. Colors are awful, Donkey Kong looks creepy, and the jump mechanics don't seem right. Commodore 64 (Atari): Looks more closer to the Arcade but runs too slow, and it looks squished. Commodore 64 (Ocean): Very great port. Looks pretty good. Better than the Atari version Atari 8-bit Family: Looks pretty good, but runs too fast. Texas Instruments: Looks like the Arcade version a little bit, but Jumpman has the wrong color pallet, it looks washed out, Donkey Kong doesn't throw the barrels, instead they just appear, and some strange music for when you complete the level. VIC-20: Runs WAY too fast, looks very pixelated, and I just love how Jumpman doesn't climb the ladders. Instead, he walks up them. Apple II: Same issues apply from the DOS version with this version. But it looks and sounds much worse. Coleco Adam: It's the ColecoVision port with a few changes. Amstrad CPC: It's the Ocean Commodore 64 version, but on the Amstrad. ZX Spectrum: This honestly looks like a version satan would make. And why does Jumpman climb so damn slow up the ladders?? MSX: It's the ZX Spectrum version, but looks much better. Famicom Disk System: It's just the NES version but on a floppy disk. Atari 7800: Based off the NES version, graphic wise, doesn't look bad. But sound on the other hand sounds like a field of wet farts. Nintendo E-Reader: It's the NES version but squished. Game Boy Advance: It's the NES version but on GBA Wii/3DS: It's the NES version but remastered

8:32 oh look the one that was made by Satan himself

On the beach... Mario: "Luigi, did you remember to bring-a the sunscreen?" Luigi: "Uhhhh...." A few days later... 5:22

1:55 My dad used to have an Intellivision and when I was like 8 he showed me it, and this was one of the games we played.

5:03 This Atari 8-bit family is fast!

Never would've guessed that the iconic "video game" sound effect came from Atari Donkey Kong...But I do like the little song that plays when Mario walks in the Intellivision version.

What a tremendous illustration of how far ahead the NES was of the other systems of the day. Only one or two even come close.

8:42 Mickey mouse? Is that you?

6:08 Donkey Kong looks like Loki gave him those snowball things that make your eyes go blue.

3:16 DK FARTS

3:10 what was in that candy bar?

The arcade accuracy of Colecovision’s Donkey Kong, was a stunning turning point for home video games! I was thirteen at the time - I remember the era fondly! Prior to this, home consoles versions, of arcade games, were pretty simplistic.

11:10 Donkey Kong Rehydrated:

2:52 Is that Donkey Kong or Lotso Huggin Bear?

(2:51) The off-key notes of the PC DOS version cracked me up. I'm pretty sure the Intellivision version was the first one I've played back in the day. I've since played the NES one (including on Animal Crossing on the GameCube), the arcade original (including on Donkey Kong 64), and the awesome Game Boy version that you purposely excluded from this video.

🤣 @ 1:46 so that's where those sounds came from.

9:06 that aint a call for help, thats a call for *elp*

The Amstrad CPC version (7:41) is shockingly pretty good. I hadn’t realized until now just how detrimental it was in some versions to not have DK animated to throw the barrels. Not knowing when another one was on its way could really mess up your strategy.

8:31 THE NIGHTMARE FUEL VERSION! (1986)

Three distinct versions of the arcade original exist: old Japanese, new Japanese, and North American. The Japanese versions have you play all four stages in every rotation, whereas the North American version starts with only the barrel and rivet stages then adds the elevator and cement stages with the second and third rotations respectively. The version found in _Donkey Kong 64_ is based on one of the Japanese versions. The old Japanese version lets you prevent barrels from falling down a ladder Mario is on by placing his hand right on the edge of the platform above, thus allowing you to wait for a gap. Such is also possible in the NES/Famicom port of the game and, by extension, the GBA port.

It's amazing to see the changes over the years and the different iterations and interpretations of each console. It's also interesting to see the limitations of the console and the choices that were made to make it as close to the arcade as possible. Great video and comparisons.

8:36 Gosh that sounds like a sort of a weird slappy noise maybe it sounds like giving slaps to audio engine or table you'll get the joke

Aside from the arcade original, nearly the rest of the decent versions can only be found on Nintendo's systems (including the version in DK64).

1:36 Donkey Kong Looks like a Dancing Big Gingerbread Man XD

1:36 looks like FNaF 2 mini game

1:09 would you even call this donkey kong?

6:07 donkey kong has watched too much TMNT

10:14 The Famicom Disk System version is just the Famicom version slapped onto a Disk System Game Disk like some Disk System games.

1:37 wow I didn’t realize we were playing fanf Freddy’s through ing pizzas!

(Playing DK on Atari) Me: What the f*ck am I looking at? Atari: Use your imagination

You forgot one: The version that appeared on DK64, which beating it TWICE WAS REQUIRED TO GET THE NINTENDO COIN TO BEAT THE DAMNED GAME!

Id love to see full high res 3D renders of some of these in a future game. Maybe secret playable characters, or an alternate universe.

Luigi: Mario, I think that's-a enough spagetti. Mario: Noo!! It's-a perfectly fine! Mario's weight: 3:47

Therapist: Monke behind thr slaughter doesn't exist. He can't hurt you. Monke behind the slaughter: 2:55

"How high can you get?" Nintendo developers: Yes

The version I knew isn't here- Dragon 32 by Tom Mix software. The colour choices were utterly insane, but the gameplay seems to be way ahead of most of these, and the sound tone was awesome.

1:28 mario lookin kinda sus

Quarantine is getting me so i made an comment if i like these versions. It also WORKS as an timestamp so yeah 0:00 Arcade (1981) I like it! 0:42 ColecoVision (1982) I like it! 1:09 Coleco Tabletop (1982) wtf? 1:35 ATARI 2600 (1982) I like it! 1:55 Intellivision (1982) Meh. 2:21 Nintendo Entertaiment System (1983) The Best! 2:51 PC DOS (1983) uhhhh... 3:21 Commodore 64 (Atarisoft) (1983) I like it! 4:11 Commodore 64 (Ocean) (1986) I like it! 5:01 ATARI 8-bit family (1983) Meh. 5:22 TI-99/4A (1983) I like it! 6:04 VIC-20 (1983) Meh. 6:24 APPLE II (1983) uhhhh... 6:52 Coleco Adam (1984) I like it! 7:40 Amstrad CPC (1986) I like it! 8:31 ZX Spectrum (1986) wtf? 9:35 MSX (1986) Meh. 10:14 Famicom Disk System (1988) I like it! 10:42 ATARI 7800 (1988) I like it! 11:10 Nintendo e-Reader (2002) I like it! 11:41 Gameboy Advance (2004) I like it! 12:08 Nintendo 3DS/WII (2010) I like it! Phew, im done with it.

I remember when me and my brothers were young , we had ColecoVision as a Christmas present from mom and Dad in Terrace, B. C, in 1982 or 3. It came with two games, Donkey Kong and Zaxxon. Both are great games, and thus I became a gamer.

Fun fact: Hardware limitations aside, the reason the 2600 and Intellivision ports were so crap is because Colecovision had the rights to the home ports of Donkey Kong back then, and since they were competing with Atari and Mattel, they developed two very gimped versions of the game for their systems while making a better one for the Colecovision.

3:38 Halloween Theme?

As a Donkey Kong Port Lover, this video is just perfect. Awesome work!

In the C64 Atarisoft port, why does she shout "1103!” instead of "Help!"?

DOS: Mario has noodle arms and DK farts.

1:10 Kid:mom can we get donkey Kong Mom: we have donkey Kong at home Donkey Kong at home:

9:29 Oclpo is the best way to say help.

8:49 I'm trying to climb up 25m but I'm too dummy thicc and the claps of my ass cheeks keep alerting Donkey Kong

Therapist: Neckless Mario isn't real and can not hurt you Neckless Mario: 12:01

Me: Mom, can we get Donkey Kong? Mom: We have Donkey Kong at home Donkey Kong at home: 1:36

11:10 the glitchy one

Why are Mario's shoes so squeaky?

What's interesting about this game is that it never got a 3d game.

11:10 Donkey Kong but Mario suffers vertigo

In the Intellivision, it looks like he’s rescuing a sorceress from an executioner.

5:20 sounds like like a hardware corruption

3:39 Ah, who could ever forget Pauline's iconic cry: *1103! 1103!*

The intellivision version of Donkey Kong himself looks so freaking creepy. He looks like a giant version of Evil Otto. 😅

2:56 what the heck☠️

7:41 Donkey Kong Cyclops edition

The very first version of Donkey Kong I ever played was the Atarisoft C64 version. My brother showed it to me when I was a kid. I have not seen that version of the game in over 25 years, but I distinctly remember that walk-cycle sound.

Love these comparison videos. Thanks!

I don't know if anyone else feels this, but DK on the Atari really looks like if Chewbacca was in a star wars game for it.

Somewhat inevitably, the Nintendo versions were best (though the e-reader take was like a bad hangover). The Amstrad version really pulled it off, while many of the others were things of horror. Mind you, the Atari 7800 and Coleco platforms performed honorably too. What it goes to show is how brilliant the original arcade game was, and so how very difficult it was to convert it well to other platforms, despite its simplicity.

3:23 if donkey Kong the game could get tired then this would be it

I never knew there were so many versions, I really enjoyed this video thanks.

6:01 a complete knock off of the ending from the arcade version

There was also an homebrew port for the SNES made some years ago. It has nice graphics, a city-like background and of course all cutscenes and levels.

Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I used to have the Colecovision and Coleco tabletop versions. Remember, when playing the CV version, if you stop part way up a ladder then start again within a fraction of a second, you can climb faster than just climbing straight up without stopping. I think DKJr. was the same way for the CV. I think I may have had DK for the Adam, too, but when I got the Adam, my game of choice was Dragon's Lair.