Donkey Kong

by Nintendo

Product Features

• Classic levels from the arcade
• jump over barrels or smash them
• new levels
• manipulate key to get through exit door
• collect items like rivets, purses, and umbrellas

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00002SVES
• Item Weight: 5 ounces
• Media: Game Cartridge
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,729 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

GameSpot Review

Known as Donkey Kong '94 in Japan, this is actually more of a Mario game than one featuring our favorite monkey. The writers obviously were on vacation when the plot was being thought up. Donkey Kong kidnaps Pauline, and Mario must rescue her. She's obviously not a 90's woman. Anyway, our intrepid plumber must chase everybody's favorite misunderstood primate through 100 mind-bending levels before finally putting an end to Pauline's incessant screaming. With superb control, excellent cinemas, and even a bit of speech, Donkey Kong proves to be one of the best games you could possibly get on any machine. The first four stages in Donkey Kong will be a bit of a retro trip for some of the crustier gamers out there - it's an almost byte-for-byte copy of the original Donkey Kong arcade machine! As you would assume, it's pretty simplistic, but introduces the first-time player to the basics of climbing ladders, jumping over obstacles, and using the hammer. Most levels require you find a key and its close friend the door before moving on. It's not as simple as that though, because the key is usually tucked away in a tricky spot behind dangerous creatures and traps! In many ways, this is like a puzzle game, where winning is dependant on figuring out how to get past all Donkey Kong's tricks. For someone that's short, fat, and old, Mario can really bust some moves. In addition to his usual array of jumps, the world's most popular video game character can do backflips, handstands, and high-jumps! What a guy! Making a guest appearance in some levels is Donkey Kong Jr., who just loves to play with switches to give Mario even bigger headaches! These switches are usually used to change the direction of moving platforms and conveyor belts, but can sometimes unlock bolted doors. Just for those few who care, the Donkey Kong Jr. in this game grows up to become the star of Donkey Kong Land, and his dad becomes Kranky Kong. Interesting, isn't it? No, I didn't think so, either. In each normal stage, there are three items that Mario should collect if he wants to get into the extra lives business. There's an umbrella, a piece of jewelry, and a rather fetching safari hat. Grab them all, and after you finish that round, you get to play a bonus game where you can stack up a dump-truck load of extra lives. The first one plays like a poker machine, and the other requires a bit more skill as you must time your button press correctly to get the big rewards. Tap any button just as the number of lives you want flashes, and the spinning should stop right there a lap later. It's simple. Every fourth level pits you directly against our old pal Donkey Kong. Early on, it's a simple task of jumping up the platforms and reaching Pauline, but later, things are complicated somewhat with broken ladders, almost impossible to jump platforms, and DK Jr. making life extra hard. Beat him enough times, and he finally gets the hint that kidnapping isn't cool. Donkey Kong is an excellent game to show off your Super Game Boy and Game Boy Color hardware. Every screen has tons of color in it and is constantly changing the mood. Desert levels are full of orange sand, while the jungle stage has lush green scenery to keep your eyes amused. It looks excellent. --Cameron Davis
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Product Description

Donkey Kong has kidnapped Mario's girlfriend Pauline. Now, Mario must climb a series of platforms and ladders to rescue her. However, this is not an easy task; the giant ape keeps throwing barrels at the mustached plumber. Luckily, Mario can jump over the barrels or smash them with a hammer. When the time comes, he will have to collect a series of rivets to get the ape to fall and finally rescue Pauline. All of the stages from the arcade classic are included, as well as several new ones. To get through the new stages, Mario must move a key to the exit door while avoiding a large number of enemies. Hopefully, he will be able to make it through all of the stages and rescue Pauline in DONKEY KONG

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Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars REALLY FUN GAME, November 24, 2000

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Donkey Kong (Game Cartridge)

I really liked this game. There are some hard levels, but some are real easy. It took me a long time to go all the way through the different cities. In the game, you are Mario, and you are chasing Donkey Kong, who has captured Pauline...I would recommend this to kids ages 7& up...fun game...

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must buy!, November 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Donkey Kong (Game Cartridge)

I currently have Donkey Kong for Super Nintento and Nintendo 64 and they're both my favorite games for each system. When I got my Game Boy Color last month, this was the first game that I got. I played it all day, it was a blast! I had as much fun playing this game, as I do playing it on the other systems. It's definatley worth buying, especially since you can play it anywhere!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic must buy, December 21, 2001

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mark (ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Donkey Kong (Game Cartridge)

I recently bought a GBA, and i found my old gameboy games, one of which was Donkey kong, this has to be one of the best games every released fot th gameboy, the game is really long, the first time through some of the levels are hard to figure out, the second time through they are just as fun as the first time this game has immense replay value. the first four levels are straight out of the origonal, the only problem with this is that anyone that has beaten the game will know all of marios tricks, and they can make the first levels a little to easy to beat. anyone who likes clasic or puzzle games should buy this game, or find the copy you have in your closet and blow the dust off of it.