Donkey kong

 

Gorillas and vide0 games

now to be honest there haven't been that

many but a few of the names that sprang

to mind are george from rampage

amadar and toki

whether they were classified as the

protagonist or

antagonist you knew if you encountered

one of these in a game

Some serious stuff was about to go

down

the most popular gorilla by far would

have to be the big

bad girlfriend snatching construction

side climbing atkins diet needing

donkey kong today though we are not

talking about the king of kongs

nor are we talking about the 1933 movie

Son of kong

we are not even talking about bedtime

for bonzo

we are talking about donkey kong jr

the followW-up to the 1981 nintendo

classicwhat was shigeru miyamoto's inspiration

for this game

was luigi actually in this game a full

year before his official debut in mario

brothers

SO grab that vine and rescue your pappy

this is the history of donkey kong jr

the year is 1982 and legendary nintendo

designer shigeru

miyamoto was planning out his next

arcade game

whoa whoa whoa stop the clock we cant

go

any further until we talk about the one

that started it all which would be

1981's donkey kong

in 1980 nintendo of japan had released

an arcade game called radar scope and it

was very successful in japan

but in america it was a bigger flop than

my first

night as an adult film start in a panic

the president of nintendo of americaminoru

irikawa pleaded with his father-in-law

the president of nintendo of japan

hiroshi yamauchi to send him a new

game

to convert these

unsold radar scope cabinets into

something new

it was reported out of 3 000 units that

were shipped to the usa

only 1 000 were sold

the task at coming up with something

new

for these unsold cabinets was given to

shigeru miyamoto

at the time nintendo was trying to

license the ip

popeye and mr miyamoto felt this would

be a great fit for his new game

unfortunately they could not come to an

agreement with king feature so he

decided to create brand new characters

instead

olive oil became pauline pluto became

donkey kongand popeye became jumpman later

renamed

to mario

his other influences for the game

included beauty and the beast

and king kong when designing the

follow-up to donkey kong his bosses at

nintendo wanted more of the same

which would be the same type of game

but

with new levels

instead mr miyamoto went in a different

direction and decided to create a new

game with new gameplay but this time

around

make jumpman who has now been

officialy

renamed mario the antagonist and

donkey

kong the protagonist

during development he hearkened back

to

his childhood and his love of manga

and various fiction books specifically

stories that involve

sidekicks including robin huckleberry

finnfinn

and others would inspire him to create

another brand new character by the name

of donkey kong jr

in his revised documents donkey kong is

kidnapped by mario and us junior have to

rescue him

as the story goes donkey kong is upset

after being bested by the dastardly

nefarious evil mario

and he has really hit a low point in his

lifehairy mama jama

nine months later the world welcomed

another addition to the kong

household donkey kong jr

donkey kong jr was released in the

arcades by nintendo in 1982.

the nefarious mario has kidnapped

donkey

kong and is selling him to a zoo

so you take on the role of junior and

set out to rescue your father and stop

mario once and for all you control

junior with a joystick by moving left

and right

and up and down with one standard jump

button

similar in level structure to the

original donkey kong

the game takes place across four stageswhich includes vines

springboard chains and mario's hideout

as junior you have to avoid the various

traps and pitfalls mario is laid out for

you

there are vines chains and wires for you

to climb as you have to make it to the

top of

each level where dear old dad is locked

in his cage

you can grab two vines at the same time

which will make you climb even faster

scattered among the vines are pieces of

fruit

which if timed correctly can be knocked

loose to take out your enemies

you also get a small point bonus for

doing thisthe enemies you encounter are snap jaws

knit pickers sparks and birds who also

drop eggs it is possible to jump

over your foes but you have to time it

just right

when jumping between platforms make

Sure

you land that jump because missing it

will kill you at the top of each level

are a series of locks which have to be

activated

[Music]

in the opening of the game we see not

one but two mario's pulling donkey kong

in his cage to the top of the level

rumor has it that the second mario you

see

is actually luigi making his first video

game appearancenow why is he dressed identicaly to

mario

perhaps it was laundry day perhaps there

was a two-for-one sale when mario

bought

his outfit and gave one to luigi

who knows but i tend to believe that

this is the first appearance of the

character

after stage two there is a nice cut

Scene progressing the story

on the final stage which is the chain

level

there are six locks you have to activate

in order to free

donkey kong once you do the floor

disappears and donkey kong falls

but this time junior catches him just in

the nick of timeyou and your papi make you escape but

mario tries to stop you and gets a big

giant kong foot for all of his troubles

after this

the game repeats at a higher