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Donkey Kong rivet stage trick?
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Ginsu Victim:
Oh, I forgot to address the actual question: I've done the trick in US 1 and 2 sets. Make sure when you jump, you press away from Kong right after you're airborne. (You can press toward him as well, but I don't advise it)
CrazyKongFan:
That jumping next to Kong's foot is allowed since there's a timer. If there was no timer, it wouldn't be allowed. You can pretty much jump next to any enemy and grab 100 ponits like that. Barrels coming down ladders, fireballs, in front of a pie, next to the spring as it passes by, etc. The one next to Kong's foot is probably a bug though, but if you get close enough to his foot, you don't even have to push the joystick. It's easy enough to do it by pushing the joystick though, and is much safer that way :) From what I understand, when you push the joystick after jumping, it makes the enemy detection area around Mario much larger, so he would get points jumping over things. Using it to jump next to objects was probably an unintended outcome.
As far as ROM sets, for the US version, TG tracks set 1, not set 2. Set 2 is the one that only says "Nintendo" instead of "Nintendo of America" on the title screen, and also has the ladder bug, where you can sit at the top of a ladder, and the barrels won't come down on you. (if you ever come across a machine "in the wild" that just says "Nintendo", you'll know it's set 2 ;D )

(edit: changed set 1 and 2 around...TG actually tracks set 1. set 2 is the older set, called dkongo)
LeedsFan:
Some of those "cheats" are not really cheats if the level is on a timer. One thing I was wondering about was stuff like in Galaga or Galaga '88. I take it the Challenging Stages have to be completed properly? In other words... you cant just sit there motionless and collect the top "secret" bonus?
Ummon:
I just did the jump trick on DK with set 1, .104 . However, I could only do it on the right side, and I think I had to get close when DK wasn't sticking his foot that direction. But I didn't have to be right next to him.
SirPeale:
I was wondering what the point of the jump trick next to DK's foot is.  The average jump  takes about one second, which is the same score you'd get for getting the bonus on the clock anyway for one second.
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