Donkey Kong - A famous 80's game has just got a rather awesome Arcade to ZX Spectrum conversion!

In the early 80's Nintendo released one of the most famous games of all time, and that game was ' Donkey Kong '. A game in which you played as Mario that had to avoid obstacles across a number of platforms, with sometimes a hammer in hand to save a damsel in distress from a giant barrel throwing ape called Donkey Kong. That same game which also appeared as a more recent Arcade to Amiga conversion by JOTD, has just arrived as a pretty incredible Arcade clone to the ZX Spectrum by Artonapilos.


And here's the latest from the developer. "Amazing clone of DONKEY KONG from arcade machines ported to the Spectrum. Developed by Artonapilos. When you load this game on your Spectrum you will be transported to the arcades of the 80s. Get ready for a trip back in time! This game is part of the definitive collection of arcade games cloned to the Zx Spectrum. They also exist in physical format".

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15 comments:

  1. A brilliant version with a fabulous colour scheme. The author is a genius. The ultimate Speccy version.

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  2. Excellent conversion. The SFX are very impressive for the 48K. It's a shame there's not a 128K version with AY sound. The colour scheme is great! An optional ULAplus version would be good too so it could include arcade accurate colours.

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    1. Agreed, There should always be a 128k AY version or 48k + AY module version.

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  3. Just amazing what can be achieved on the humble speccy. Top work.

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  4. Stunning converstion, well done!

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  5. Amazing arcade fidelity graphics-wise. Spectrum games so often prove the "limitations foster creativity" saying. I would like to experience it on a fuzzy CRT.

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  6. It's by Artonapilos, not Bubu. Says it right there in the picture :D

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    1. It also says " PRODUCED BY BUBU " which is the same in the Youtube description. But I can change that. Thanks for liking the article! :)

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  7. fan-frikkin-tastic! love it!

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  8. How is this possible ?!?

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  9. Played it through the first 4 levels to returned back to the first level at Level 2 difficulty. Plays amazingly, stunning conversion. And to think I used to play Ocean's Kong....

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  10. Shouldn't be charging money for this....this might bite you in the butt big time...most fan made games are given away for free, this way the big companies only request they're taken down and theres no lawyers and prosecutions....I hope this doesn't happen but with every site like this pushing the game there will be a load of crying karens willing to grass you to nintendo.....sorry state of the internet

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  11. Really impressive. Is that using original arcade code?

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