Ah, the first sighting of that Italian dungaree'd plumber in video game history. Donkey Kong is a huge hit, and as we can see here, some folk have made a small fortune from their illegitimate exploits of it...
Ahem.
You have seven days to pick from this lot - which includes the legitimate official ZX Spectrum conversion of the game (along with the earlier rip-off from the same publisher) and an 'improved' version of it...
I don't have anything cool to put here, so i'll just be off now to see a priest with yeast stuck between his teeth and his friend called Keith who's a hairpiece thief...
Rorthron wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 2:01 pm
To be honest, they're all pretty dreadful. It would be great if someone made a decent version of Donkey Kong. We have these fantastic mock-ups:
Rorthron wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 2:01 pm
To be honest, they're all pretty dreadful. It would be great if someone made a decent version of Donkey Kong. We have these fantastic mock-ups:
The Arcade Edition is pretty good. Have you tried it?
It's just a recoloured version of the official Ocean Donkey Kong, right? It's quite playable, and certainly the best of the bunch, but could be improved. Perhaps I was a bit harsh, but there are some shockingly bad versions out there.
A good job I managed to find Donkey Kong Arcade Edition, because it's swept the board here! The outright winner, with 7 votes. An enhancement of the official conversion from Ocean.
And what's second is very far away. With 2 votes, it's Kong by Ocean.
In joint third place, 1 vote each: Donkey Kong by Ocean and Oso Bobo by MicroHobby.
Well, I can understand the winner, but to have the publisher's early rip-off effort go above the pretty decent official game? I suppose it's all those votes going to the enhancement, really.
And over to the proportional results...
Donkey Kong Arcade Edition by mickfarrow/Pgyuri/Ocean 5
Kong by Ocean 3
Donkey Kong by Ocean 2
Donkey Kong Reloaded by Gabriele Amore 1
Killer Kong by Blaby Computer Games 1
