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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: jet989 on December 22, 2009, 01:46:58 am

Title: Donkey Kong and common clones?
Post by: jet989 on December 22, 2009, 01:46:58 am

So this is driving me nuts, does anyone know the name for the Donkey Kong with all 4 levels? My cabinet only has the one with 2 levels, which I thought would be dkong but apparently not!

Also are they are any other games I should know about that are common clones? I know about Puckman. Thanks!

Title: Re: Donkey Kong and common clones?
Post by: Blanka on December 22, 2009, 02:57:50 am

Are you good enough?
First round is 2 levels, second round is 3 revels, 3rd round has 4 levels  :laugh:

Title: Re: Donkey Kong and common clones?
Post by: jet989 on December 22, 2009, 03:21:05 am

Get out really?! I would always play through the first one, it would go to the 'end' level (where you make DK fall) and I would shut it off.

I found the Japanese game has it play through normally, but I had no idea that's how it was supposed to be!

My question for common clones still stands though!

Title: Re: Donkey Kong and common clones?
Post by: Blanka on December 22, 2009, 04:08:12 am

I have dkong.zip from the 0.135 mame set, and that one has all levels.

Title: Re: Donkey Kong and common clones?
Post by: Bobulus on December 22, 2009, 06:12:00 am

Well, I mean, if you just want the japanese version that has the levels 'in order' from the start, you could just use dkongj.

...

Reading the wikipedia entry for Donkey Kong...anyone else unaware that Donkey Kong was designed originally as a Popeye game? To think, as iconic a character as Mario was only made due to a licensing snafu.

Title: Re: Donkey Kong and common clones?
Post by: CrazyKongFan on December 23, 2009, 09:54:45 pm

Also, don't forget about Crazy Kong ;D That one has the same level order as the Japanese one (barrel, conveyor, elevator, rivets), but has sound hardware similar to Crazy Climber (so none of the sounds from DK are in it)

Title: Re: Donkey Kong and common clones?
Post by: TOK on December 24, 2009, 05:29:44 am

Logger.

Play it, thats all I can say.  ;D

Title: Re: Donkey Kong and common clones?
Post by: ckong on December 27, 2009, 04:12:40 pm

Quote from: jet989 on December 22, 2009, 03:21:05 am

Get out really?! I would always play through the first one, it would go to the 'end' level (where you make DK fall) and I would shut it off.

You are joking, right?  :o