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1994

Donkey Kong

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Platforms
3DS · Game Boy
Mode
Single player
Edition
Remake
Age rating
PEGI 3
Violence
Mild

The story

Donkey Kong is a Game Boy game which starts out with the premise of being a straight remake of the original Donkey Kong arcade game. Although at first it appears to be just a port, the familiar levels from the arcade game are just a prelude to the real platform jumping adventure. There are 97 levels spread out over 9 worlds. These levels are much more complex than the originals, featuring scrolling backgrounds, numerous objects to collect, and enemies to avoid. Along the way, you will encounter several boss style battles with Donkey Kong, as well. When played on a Super Game Boy, the game is colorized, digitized speech is added and the ending music takes advantage of the SNES sound chip.

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The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

Production

Players
82 / 100 · 67 players
Critics
90 / 100 · 2 critics
Developer
Pax Softonica, Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development, Nintendo
Publisher
Nintendo, Playtronic