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    Donkey Kong

    Game » consists of 6 releases. Released Jun 21, 1994

    A Game Boy-exclusive update of Nintendo's arcade classic that includes dozens of brand-new levels with a puzzle-platforming twist. The game would later inspire the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series.

    sepultallica86's Donkey Kong (Game Boy) review

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    Donkey Kong for the Game Boy is very addictive

    Donkey Kong for the Game Boy is like the original arcade game starting off with the same 4 levels and exact same gameplay. Then once you have beaten the levels a scene showing Donkey Kong taking the princess again, then you go into world 1 of 9. There are 110 levels in this game as opposed to the 4 in the arcade. Each level has you to search for a key using many puzzle elements to bring the key to a door to finish the level. You have to create ladders and hang on ropes while avoiding to get hit by enemies, or falling from to high. The games soundtrack keeps you going along with the game keeping you into it. With the tempo speeding up as the time starts to run out. There is so much to do in this game with 110 levels you will not be bored quick. The game isn't too hard, but some of the puzzles can get really tricky, thus requiring patience to pass each level. The control is the exact same as the arcade game, which plays very smooth and may seem fairly dated to some, but not much. For anyone with a game boy, I highly recommend checking this game out, it is probably one of the best original Game Boy games out  there, and not to hard to track down for a copy.

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      Donkey Kong on Game Boy is a good example of a remake that expands on the original design in a cool way 0

      This Donkey Kong reboot is kinda the gold standard for remaking a old game while adding a bunch of stuff to it. While the first 4 levels are like playing the arcade game it quickly opens up into a puzzle platformer. I doubt this needs to be said but 5 years later DK has kidnapped Pauline again. Mario must once again make his way through a bunch of levels but this time he’s got some new skills to even the odds.The little vignettes between levels do a good job of introducing new mechanics. ...

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