Kong vs Donkey Kong
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Kong vs Donkey Kong
The curious case of Ocean: They made both the unnofficial version (1983) and the official one (1986)... which one do you prefer, which has better gameplay?
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[mention]Juan F. Ramirez[/mention] - you've missed a third oprtion of 'Neither, they're both awful'
I've just played both of them and I suppose Kong is the easier one to play.
I've just played both of them and I suppose Kong is the easier one to play.
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Stuart Campbell just posted a request on WoS for a hack of Donkey Kong with better coloured sprites. They managed to do it, but unfortunately the download link seems to have gone.
Does anyone have a copy of the 128k version of the hacked game?
Does anyone have a copy of the 128k version of the hacked game?
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Ach mein Gott, are you joking, or what?
Donkey Kong might not be among Ocean's top Spectrum coin-op conversions, but... Kong is a steaming pile of monkey waste, appalling even for 1983 standards
Donkey Kong might not be among Ocean's top Spectrum coin-op conversions, but... Kong is a steaming pile of monkey waste, appalling even for 1983 standards
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Come on, why asking about the obvious?
Official release is so-so, the unofficial one is bad.
Official release is so-so, the unofficial one is bad.
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The official Donkey Kong is much nicer to look at, but it seems more unfair - certainly compared to the arcade game - when avoiding the barrels.
The music and sound FX also seem very slow, despite the game itself playing quite fast, making it sound like the person making the music was drunk at the time!
The music and sound FX also seem very slow, despite the game itself playing quite fast, making it sound like the person making the music was drunk at the time!
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Kong is probably worse, but I preferred it, so voted for it..
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Stupidget is of course correct, they're both sh*t, but Kong was my first Speccy game ever at Xmas 83, so gets my vote purely on that.
So in keeping with other polls:
1. Kong.
2. Donkey Kong
So in keeping with other polls:
1. Kong.
2. Donkey Kong
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My first instinct was similar to many: WTF?! Easy! But I'd better remind myself of Kong before I vote (for DK).
That's a great thing about this forum, people like Ale can be quoting Goethe one minute, and talking of monkey-dung the next!Alessandro wrote: ↑Fri Oct 25, 2019 10:02 am Ach mein Gott, are you joking, or what?
Donkey Kong might not be among Ocean's top Spectrum coin-op conversions, but... Kong is a steaming pile of monkey waste, appalling even for 1983 standards
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If you are modding 1986 version then you should really retouch the sprites. Mario sprite is actually inverted there.I made the TAP and TZX (with Mick Farrow's beautiful loading screen).
He was drawn to be displayed black on white but is displayed white on black.
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Eh?! What have you guys been drinking?! Why is Kong winning?
I just had a bash at both, and my memory wasn't failing me. IMO Donkey Kong looks better, plays better, sounds better, has some nice touches from the original—like the oil barrel and neat little spot effects. It's a pretty decent conversion... if it was mid-late 1984.
That's not to say that Kong is without charm. I quite like its craziness, but I wouldn't compare the two!
I just had a bash at both, and my memory wasn't failing me. IMO Donkey Kong looks better, plays better, sounds better, has some nice touches from the original—like the oil barrel and neat little spot effects. It's a pretty decent conversion... if it was mid-late 1984.
That's not to say that Kong is without charm. I quite like its craziness, but I wouldn't compare the two!
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I guess it's people being irrational, sometimes consciously I owned Kong, so I'll vote for Kong.What have you guys been drinking?! Why is Kong winning?
Kong was my first Speccy game ever at Xmas 83, so gets my vote purely on that.
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Kong was also one of the first games I played on my brand new 48K around June 1984. I haven't touched it again ever since, and will never do, not even while wearing a hazmat suit
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No, no, it's just a true colours mod, but I didn't make it, I just made tape versions. Redrawing the sprites is not included in the plans.Ralf wrote: ↑Fri Oct 25, 2019 1:27 pmIf you are modding 1986 version then you should really retouch the sprites. Mario sprite is actually inverted there.I made the TAP and TZX (with Mick Farrow's beautiful loading screen).
He was drawn to be displayed black on white but is displayed white on black.
they were:
true color idea, design: Rev_Stuart_Campbell
modding: Pgyuri
new loading screen: Mick Farrow
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I've started to modify some of the graphics using SGE and have come up with this so far, just need to tackle poor Mario next!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/il0jys8qm4i91 ... 9.rar?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/il0jys8qm4i91 ... 9.rar?dl=0
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That's good news! Until we have some day (or not) a proper Donkey Kong remake it would be great to have the existing game with polished graphics.I've started to modify some of the graphics using SGE and have come up with this so far, just need to tackle poor Mario next!
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Ok, I've now updated the graphics for the level 4 baddies, Pauline and Mario's climbing & jumping animations. Just the walking and hammer animation to go!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/127hqomkzx9t5 ... 9.z80?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/127hqomkzx9t5 ... 9.z80?dl=0
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Maybe someday I will finish this one...
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Ok, I've finally added Mario!
http://www.dropbox.com/s/3cz57ykjkq5z7c ... 9.z80?dl=0
It's not perfect but, better than what we had.
http://www.dropbox.com/s/3cz57ykjkq5z7c ... 9.z80?dl=0
It's not perfect but, better than what we had.