Author Topic: How to win at Donkey Kong PDF (Read 29768 times)

BUCKETHEAD · « **on:** February 22, 2008, 04:09:35 pm »

Enough of that Emule crap!

I finally got that file

So i thought i would post a link here, For people that would like it.

enjoy!

http://rapidshare.com/files/94060523/How_to_Win_at_Donkey_Kong.pdf.html

neokidgeo · « **Reply #1 on:** February 22, 2008, 04:12:57 pm »

Nice one buckethead

BUCKETHEAD · « **Reply #2 on:** February 22, 2008, 04:42:47 pm »

Quote

Nice one buckethead Grin

Thanks man!

I just thought i would share the love!

After a crappy day @ work.

shardian · « **Reply #3 on:** February 22, 2008, 04:44:57 pm »

Pretty neat little guide there. I'll print it out and leave it next to the multi-cade.

wp34 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 22, 2008, 10:19:14 pm »

Thanks Buckethead!

Daniel B. · « **Reply #5 on:** February 23, 2008, 09:06:05 pm »

Many thanks buckethead.

BUCKETHEAD · « **Reply #6 on:** February 24, 2008, 12:43:00 am »

No Problem guys!

I was real frustrated trying to get this file, from Emule.

The download speed on there is so unreasonable!

I just wanted to get this out there.

For the people who wanted it, As bad as i did.

Glad i could help!

ratzz · « **Reply #7 on:** February 25, 2008, 06:49:16 pm »

Never thought I'd get to read this !

knave · « **Reply #8 on:** February 26, 2008, 12:32:45 pm »

Neat!

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #9 on:** February 26, 2008, 12:47:53 pm »

Ooh

CrazyKongFan · « **Reply #10 on:** March 01, 2008, 12:05:37 pm »

I've got a Donkey Kong book too, but it's called "Playing Donkey Kong to Win"...the one you have is much more informative. If I'd seen that one, I think I would have been alot more successful at the 3rd elevator level. Mine doesn't give you any tricks to get past the springs.

kkingsto · « **Reply #11 on:** March 01, 2008, 05:09:46 pm »

Gee.. I even have the book. Heck, I might even have two of them (don't know where the other one is).

really cool book.

BUCKETHEAD · « **Reply #12 on:** March 01, 2008, 10:22:18 pm »

Right now im up to 110600.

I have gotten past the 3rd elevator stage 3 times now.

But haven't managed to get back close to this score again.

FrizzleFried · « **Reply #13 on:** March 02, 2008, 11:22:02 am »

I've always used a SLIGHT variation of their "rivet" method. I tried theirs and it seems to work as well...but I seem to get an extra couple hundred bonus points with their method. I like.

TheShanMan · « **Reply #14 on:** April 29, 2008, 01:18:41 am »

I stumbled upon this thread actually indirectly via google! I had this book as a kid and tonight I felt like trying to track it down online. Thanks a lot for posting this. I pretty much remember all the tips (after all, DK is my favorite game), but it brings back great memories!

ahofle · « **Reply #15 on:** April 29, 2008, 12:51:32 pm »

Nice, thanks. Interesting that the book (from 1982) refers to Mario. When was Jumpman changed to Mario?

massive88 · « **Reply #16 on:** April 29, 2008, 03:16:53 pm »

Donkey Kong Junior was out in 1982, was he Mario in there? Looks like it - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d5/Dkj_arcade.jpg

Also from wikipedia, which I found interesting:

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Upon becoming the developer of a retooled Radar Scope, Miyamoto developed the game Donkey Kong, which tells a story of a carpenter whose girlfriend is kidnapped by a gorilla. The result was an early Mario, with a tubular nose, red pair of dungarees, blue shirt, and red cap. The design was strongly affected by the technical limitations of the hardware, which permitted only 16x16 pixels for the main character. The moustache was easier to represent than a mouth, and formed the image of a large nose. The multicolored clothes provided contrast with the black background, and the overalls served as a distinction between the body and the arms, so that one recognized their movement. Because of the cap, it was not necessary to represent the movement of Mario's hair if he jumped.[7]

The character, named "Jumpman" by Miyamoto, was renamed by Minoru Arakawa due to his physical similarity to Nintendo of America's landlord, Mario Segale. Along with the name change came an occupational change, as a colleague suggested that Mario looked more like a plumber than a carpenter. The color combination of the shirt and dungarees was modified in later games from a blue shirt and red dungarees to a brown shirt and red dungarees, and finally to Mario's 'standard' appearance, a red shirt and blue dungarees. Despite more efficient video game hardware and the improved possibilities of realistic graphics, Mario has kept his iconic appearance as it remains even today.

After his appearance in Donkey Kong Junior, Mario appeared again in 1983 in Mario Bros., Mario's first appearance as the titular hero. In this game, which was originally called Pipe Jump, Mario and his brother Luigi must exterminate Shellcreepers (the origin of Koopa Troopas) and other pests that entered from the underground pipes by jumping up against the platform where the creature was.

BUCKETHEAD · « **Reply #17 on:** April 29, 2008, 07:29:40 pm »

My score is up to 122100 now.

Got up to the 4th elevator/springs stage, Died on it.

Lutus · « **Reply #18 on:** April 29, 2008, 11:25:48 pm »

204,000 is my highest.

I was just ON it that game. Got lucky on the pie factory stages as well. Got chased all over the place and still made it.

I died 2 times stupidly so I know I can do better.

BUCKETHEAD · « **Reply #19 on:** April 30, 2008, 05:01:15 am »

I don't mind dying from a wild barrel or something game related.

But when it's by my own ignorance!

It pisses me off !

Donkey_Kong · « **Reply #20 on:** May 03, 2008, 03:53:26 pm »

Sounds like the cheat.dat mixed with the save state TOK mentioned would be a good mix for conquering the harder stages.

I've done the mame cheat for infinite lives and it's good practice, but when you start out you have to go through all of the easy levels, not soo bad of a deal either I guess.

Oh, and by doing the cheat I was able to get good enough that when I turned the cheat off I could finally make it past the 3rd & 4th elevator stages playing a "factory setting" game. Starting with 3 lives etc...

I also used the hints in the book posted above and Steve Wiebe's tricks from the DVD K.O.K, which were very helpful.

EDIT: I meant to post this here...
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=79757.0

deeesss · « **Reply #21 on:** May 04, 2008, 04:21:08 am »

whatever, you can change for sth

Namco · « **Reply #22 on:** May 07, 2008, 05:33:43 pm »

That rapidshare link is dead. Anyone have a mirror... or PM me with a link?

ahofle · « **Reply #23 on:** May 07, 2008, 06:08:05 pm »

Still works for me. You have to look very closely at the stupid cat pictures and only select the 4 letters/numbers with the cat that has the exact same shape.

Namco · « **Reply #24 on:** May 07, 2008, 08:42:17 pm »

Well now it works.... I sense a change in the Matrix.

Singapura · « **Reply #25 on:** May 07, 2008, 09:01:45 pm »

Maybe someone can upload the file to scribd.com? That way you can read it online.

Twin-X · « **Reply #26 on:** May 13, 2008, 03:27:34 am »

http://www.twin-x.com/arcade/How_to_Win_at_Donkey_Kong.pdf

Crowquill · « **Reply #27 on:** May 21, 2008, 03:59:00 am »

Thanks for the link. I'll have to read it and see how my game improves.

Coincidentally I just found my old copy of "How to Beat the Video Games" that I'm pretty sure I got from a book club in elementary school. In it's 112 pages it covers Pac-Man, Battlezone, Tempest, Defender, Berzerk, Centipede, Qix, Gorf, Space Invaders, Asteroids, Scramble, Star Castle, Galaxian, Galaga, Mousetrap, Make Trax, Eliminator, Donkey Kong, Stargate, and Omega Race.

I was pretty stoked to find it but hadn't even thought of scanning it. Maybe I'll find time at work tomorrow night to start scanning it in. If I can run it through the document feeder I'll post the whole book in a new thread tomorrow night.

Neilyboy · « **Reply #28 on:** May 21, 2008, 05:09:32 pm »

awesome stuff this will definitely help me out!!
thanks so much

Neil

TheShanMan · « **Reply #29 on:** May 21, 2008, 05:39:52 pm »

Neilyboy (and others), be sure to check out the "Calling All Donkey Kong Masters" thread here for tips for more experienced players: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=79757.0

Nocturnarcade · « **Reply #30 on:** June 24, 2008, 11:35:06 pm »

Quote from: BUCKETHEAD on February 22, 2008, 04:09:35 pm

Enough of that Emule crap!

I finally got that file

So i thought i would post a link here, For people that would like it.

enjoy!

http://rapidshare.com/files/94060523/How_to_Win_at_Donkey_Kong.pdf.html

Does anyone have a link for a scanned PDF for Martin Amis' Invasion of the Space Invaders?

CheeseSndwch · « **Reply #31 on:** June 25, 2008, 11:31:55 pm »

Thanks Bucket.

mumbles · « **Reply #32 on:** September 02, 2009, 06:01:51 am »

is this the book Wiebe was reading in The King Of Kong Movie?

Anybody got any links for other books like this? I'm awlays interested in this stuff!


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Author Topic: How to win at Donkey Kong PDF (Read 29768 times)

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