Arcade Game: Monkey Magic (1979 Nintendo)

A breakout game with a face of monkey.
Played on mameuifx 0.168 using HBmame samples.
No cheats used. Only save states.

[@SuperJustinChannel]

Phase 1: Dislocate the monkey's jaw Phase 2: De-Tooth the monkey Phase 3: Grind off the monkey's fur and skin Phase 4: Destroy the monkey's hat Now I can see one reason as to why this never was localized.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

PETA. Cruelty to animals.

[@misterartist1603]

Phase 5: Profit.

[@paxhumana2015]

@@ClassicTVMan1981X , no, it stands for People Eating Tasty Animals...but seriously, this game sucked, as it was way too damn complicated for its own good, plus the objective was not really that clear. However, Nintendo DID make another, though only slightly more well known, attempt at a Breakout clone for the Game Boy that was called Alleyway.

[@nicholasj.bonniecrawfordab2346]

@@ClassicTVMan1981X PETA didn't even existed until 1980.

[@NeurospicyBitch88]

Yet Donkey Kong Junior, a game that came out years later, a game where Mario locks up a giant gorilla in a cage, was somehow still localized. I guess caging animals was not as cruel back then as mutilating a monkey was and still is

[@PartyDude_19]

Before Nintendo was creating crazy gimmicks they were making a weirdly violent breakout clone

[@MrElijahMurray]

What was Nintendo's deal with monkey themed games in the late 70s to early 80s? Of course there's all the Donkey Kongs, then the more obscure Sky Skipper, and now this. Did they just make a million of them before one caught on and became a hit?

[@danieldavis2055]

Maybe someone at Nintendo really just hates monkeys. I mean, think about all that happens to the poor monkey in this game, and then there's Donkey Kong...

[@danieldavis2055]

millieman76 Uhm... neither of those were 80s movies...

[@unch33]

I Wish The Face From The Magic Monkey Arcade Game Will Be A Assist Trophy In The Nintendo Switch Of Super Smash Bros. 4

[@TheBranMan100]

Dylan Yi Smash Bros 5 confirmed for the Switch. Not a port!

[@ObviousTrollFrom2007]

This would be a scary assist trophy for Smash Ultimate

[@ShosuCeladon]

Don't

[@TheArcadeArchive]

Extreamly rare game which only came to light this year. Dumped onto mame 2015

[@chrisray9653]

+Nintendo Arcade Was it ever officially released?

[@kristina80ification]

+Qio Cio yes, it was one of Nintendo's first arcade games.

[@TheArcadeArchive]

+Qio Cio yes it was released as a upright machine and as a cocktail It was released in 1979 the same year as nintendos Sheriff & space launcher

[@johneygd]

If it is true that monkey magic does not work on mame32 and mame64,well that would be no surprise since i dumped 2 extra roms on mame32 but only sky skipper did got detected and not monkey magic,mmmm.

[@MylstarElectronics]

Breakout-esque game, but without violence games.

[@LewisZwarteLeeuwUS]

This reminds me of the Namco game called "Cutie-Q"

[@Kittenfox_55]

The true OG Kong of Nintendo

[@Engikirby]

Monkey magic head for smash

[@ambient8872]

1:38 ball's lain changed misterious.

[@PREPFORIT]

A monkey killing Arkanoid type game ? FREAKY !

[@EgoShredder]

I thought it was going to be a arcade game TV series tie in for a moment!

[@LewisZwarteLeeuwUS]

I have that game on my Retropie. But there is no sound in the current roms....bummer

[@est1569]

Who knew Nintendo made video games earlier

[@Gold753]

1:37 Now that shit' is just unfair.

[@johneygd]

If this game does not work on mame,well i would be no surprised because once i did put two extra games on mame32,only sky skipper did got detected but not monkey magic,mmm pretty strange isn’t it??

[@ShosuCeladon]

I think I know why Donkey Kong hates mario

[@JuniorBlitz]

Merry Christmas! Hope your family has a great christmas.

[@memedood]

I machine showing this game to a peta employee

[@GamingMarine]

Wait... Nintendo made this one?

[@ShosuCeladon]

Nintendo made this one... I wish I was lying.

[@user-kd4bm7ex2v]

プールは嫌いだと言う子はモンキーマジック

[@binarypench]

Brutal

[@trewashington787]

This game must be very hard

[@yaywhewclips242]

charming again. But I call ANIMAL CRUELTY!!! Ill see U in JAIL!!!

[@dantewaldrop704]

Warioware’s Ashley would love this 9-volt… Not so much

[@tschak909]

Looks like Nintendo ripped off the NAMCO Gee Bee/Bomb Bee/Cutie Q/Tank Battalion/Warp&Warp hardware.

[@MissUmbra]

So, to fix their shitty game, Nintendo hired a guy called Nintendo Miyamoto who teamed up with Gunpei Yokoi, inventor of the Nintendo Love Tester. With their powers combined, these two came up with the idea that they should add a monkey to the game.

[@Pingthescribe]

My ears!!!

[@zacharynokmen4978]

Wtf is monkey magic