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Author Topic: German Donkey Kong Arcade from 1981 is looking for it's Side Arts...  (Read 2301 times)

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Hi guys, I'm the new member from germany!

I allready wrote to neilyboy & ataritoobin for support (Thanx!), but my problem is still unsolved...

I own a 1981 German Version Donkey Kong Arcade. To point out the difference, here's a picture:



It's the mashine on the right, not the Pong  ;)

The Arcade on the picture is not mine (I have the same), but this one has Side Arts!

Has anyone got a clue where to find these Side Arts ???

Maybe someone has the same Arcade?

As you can see, the Side Arts are totaly different from the US version...

I would be happy for the smallest hint  :notworthy:

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Re: German Donkey Kong Arcade from 1981 is looking for it's Side Arts...
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2008, 12:50:25 pm »
Here is another picture for reference that online kong had sent to me. You can see the side-art a bit better. Hopefully someone can help him out. I myself did not even know a german version existed. From what I dug up the actual cab looks to be made in holland.. Good luck finding the artwork man it looks to be cool art.

Neil
« Last Edit: August 05, 2008, 12:52:02 pm by Neilyboy »

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Re: German Donkey Kong Arcade from 1981 is looking for it's Side Arts...
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2008, 12:23:57 pm »
Hi guys,

just to let you know what's going on:

I received a hint from a german forum (board) about where to find the same arcade like I own.

http://retrogames.info/arcade/show/443

It's a german club and they own several arcades.
I wrote to them and we will see what will be...

If you want to have a look at all the arcades they own: http://retrogames.info/arcade

But it's in german...  :-[

So you see, not only "Neu Schwanstein" is worth a trip to germany !  ;D

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News from Germany... Case closed!
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2009, 10:50:16 am »
Hi there community,

I just wanted to let you know, that I closed the case of my German Donkey Kong.
I got hands on a second Machine which still had the side arts on it.
I added some pictures, so you can see what I was looking for...
Like I wrote earlier, since Nintendo didn't produce Arcades in Germany at that time,
several German company's bought the rights for producing their own machines.
Mine is a 1981 version, made from a Radar Scope machine, like all first DK's.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them!  :cheers: