Donkey Kong Advanced

A remake of the classic arcade game. This is not a rom hack, I coded this from scratch. It's meant to be more difficult than the original game giving players new levels and challenges. I've tried to study the original as close as I can to maintain the same feel, but added new elements. Even though it can be played on your PC, it's meant to be played in people's Windows-based arcade cabinets. It comes with a config program to map out the keys, rotate the screen, set it to free play, and other options. You can download it here: omnitron-studi...
--F.A.Q.---
Q: Is this a rom or rom hack?
A: No, it's a PC game I created which can only run on Windows. The art and sounds belong to Nintendo.
Q: Why is it so hard?
A: It's meant to be harder than the original for people who want a bigger challenge, like me. If you don't like difficult games then this game isn't for you.
Q: In the original, Mario gets killed when jumping from heights, but this one doesn't. What gives?
A: Since I coded this myself, there are differences from the original. Some are intentional, some are due to laziness. It's meant to feel close to the original, not be an exact copy. I chose not to kill Mario when jumping from heights because, c'mon, he's Mario.
Q: In the original, Mario can fall through the rivet holes, but this one he can't. What gives?
A: Since I chose to not kill Mario when jumping from heights, that means you would be able to go all the way to the top of the rivet stage, fall through the top rivet, and get all the other rivets on your way down. So I decided to not let Mario pass through the holes.
Q: How did you design this?
A: Using an open-sourced programming language called Freebasic, and using the Allegro and Fmod libraries.
Q: How do I get my joystick to work with it?
A: The game doesn't support joysticks, but you can use a joystick-to-keyboard mapper like JoyToKey or Xpadder.
Q: Can this run on Mame?
A: No, Mame is designed to emulate arcade hardware, so since this is a PC game, it would never run on Mame.
Q: Can I run it on my arcade cabinet?
A: Yes, if your cabinet is running Windows. The game comes with a config tool that lets you configure everything for this purpose. If you do put it in your cabinet send me a screenshot.
Q: I found a bug or I have feature requests, how can I contact you?
A: You can send me an email to [e-mail]

[@_Majoras]

this is exactly the kind of stuff nintendo should be releasing in the eshop

[@almaarmenta9002]

Majoras

[@ShoTro]

Super Game Boy donkey Kong is exactly this. Amazing game

[@retrofan4963]

@@ShoTro Yep.

[@Pinga-lz7rb]

@@ShoTro Super Game Boy??

[@calebdonaldson8770]

This looks so fun! I've always loved the idea of taking the classic Donkey Kong formula and expanding upon it with more of a puzzle approach, while still including challenging platforming. It's very much like Donkey Kong '94. I wish Nintendo will continue that series at some point...

[@cubism_2]

When Donkey Kong and Bowser team up

[@GuavaBoiii_Yt]

It's harder

[@BeBuS1909]

@Lucas Apple 🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭

[@degocraft9525]

Basically Kung Fu Panda

[@typhoonth8689]

And Donkey Kong will redeem after his defeat

[@3vi1J]

Great execution! Very inventive twists, and it shows that you payed a lot of attention and respect to the details of the original. Awesome job.

[@Bro3256Films]

This is really impressive given the fact that this was made from scratch and not a modified ROM. You sir did an amazing job!

[@furrykef]

It'd actually be much more impressive if it were a ROM hack. It's not easy to just add new features to an existing game.

[@troywright359]

@@furrykef I do agree, this is good, but getting it to work on an original NES would be even better

[@cjfromlossantos]

@@furrykef welp people only like rom hacks

[@fuzzywzhe]

Was it written for the original hardware, or was it written for a PC? That's what I would like to know. If it was written for original hardware, it's impressive, if for a modern computer, this is pretty easy to do. I should add, "easy" is a relative term. I could do it, but I wouldn't spend the time. Coding on original hardware I could *possibly* do, but I would never, ever spend the time.

[@ViddyOJames]

champ kong was a better remake

[@ProtoMario]

Very cool

[@RetroDarioGaming]

Lol your here

[@johneygd]

Yeah this game is awesome,especially since i,ve finaly beat it on may 22 2018, with a lucky day.

[@rami8613]

Thank you Proto, very cool!

[@sandracolocho7864]

Ya

[@silentcowboy5848]

ProtoMario but proto

[@NathanDarkson984]

Man, Odyssey looks great!

[@NathanDarkson984]

brony simpson what

[@yoshinoritoyoda4021]

NathanDarkson984 お

[@NathanDarkson984]

Yoshinori Toyoda uh...

[@dr.waluigi_eggplanticus9344]

Boi

[@doggo6131]

NathanDarkson984 Am I missing something? All he said was Boi

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

This is absolutely brilliant. The addition of a prologue level, in the context of this game, is particularly clever. I also really like the little Fire Flower bonus in it! :D

[@atpstudios8075]

This is amazing, its like a mix of Donkey Kong 94' for gameboy and the original arcade version! People need to keep making little games like this theres something so cool and fun about them, It kind of reminds me of Toads Treasure Tracker game as well

[@princesspeachfan100]

2:20 I love how right when you died, DK’s reaction is suddenly out of nowhere just like “YUS!! Eat your heart out King Kong, I just killed Mario/Jumpman!” 😁 😂😂😂

[@STEJTHEGREATEST]

To us, this was ADVANCED DONKEY KONG, but to Japanese gamers, it was just Donkey Kong!!!!!!!

[@pysankar]

Great job! Certainly does capture the feel of the original. I've always wanted to do something like this with Lady Bug.

[@CalzoneStudiozOfficial]

1.mario's giant calamity 2.Mario vs DK 3.a big getaway 4.dk's game over

[@lflagr]

Great stuff. However, that leap at 1:06 should have killed Mario!

[@KevinIsOver9000]

I was thinking the same thing. FALSE!!!

[@milesgames944]

Description

[@sivrios]

lflagr Hitboxes.

[@emelitaibana1999]

What a story jumpmans gonna tell to his son mario

[@camelChase20]

I can't even highscore on regular donkey kong. This looks like an actual evolution of the game and I appreciate the attention to keeping jumpman's movements authentic.

[@MagcargoMan]

This is pretty well done, dude. Incorporating elements of Mario Bros., Donkey Kong Jr. and Super Mario Bros. were nice ideas.

[@roystonlodge]

Now I'm imagining a Donkey Kong Maker hack.

[@MrSEA-ok2ll]

It is truly amazing what people do....quite cool and I love retention of originals.

[@justinhaupt5326]

That would have ate everybody's quarters back then lolololol

[@QuadFactor21]

This is very nice! One thing I have to point out is that when Mario dies (2:21), his colors are reversed.

[@JinzoCrash]

WOW. Impressive observation of detail there. O__O

[@weegyartist]

He probably got the sprites from the spriters resource, there’s an incorrectly coloured donkey kong Mario sprite sheet there,

[@TheRealDorran]

⊙__⊙

[@prickastley7841]

It looks cool that way

[@magnumrob164]

Absolutely outstanding! If anyone has the ability to make this into a ROM, so it can be played on some system other than a PC, then I'd be willing to buy it - as long as Omnitron Studios received due credit and monetary compensation, of course.

[@deanhall4064]

Hi Justin, This is a brilliant remake it looks really cool, i shell definitely be downloading it. Your very clever coding this scratch and deserve an award for your brilliant looking game. Well done sir!!!

[@scottandrewhutchins]

And he ignores the hat but runs back to get hit by the oil drum...

[@bobbybobbinson]

This is really cool. Awesome job! I'd love to see someone make a long version of donkey Kong kind of like DK 94

[@FusionCyborg]

Well im editing the comment again this comment was the first comment w/ custom level names for this video, though the names i had before the edit was lost... these are the final names i came up with: 1: Mushroom Kingdom 2: Mt. Barrel (Was The Original Name) 3: Flaming Facility (Elevator Facility Might Have been the Original Name, Don't Remember for self-explanatory reasons.) 4: Ice Tower Rivet (Was the Original Name)

[@afloyd4976]

"Names" plural - no apostrophe.

[@kallus2179]

stop advertising

[@johneygd]

My name levels, l Level 1 supermariobros resurrection past. Level 2 rolling barrel back track. Level 3 alivators of hell, Level 4 sliding fire ball on ice. Haha.

[@cristianmurgociu4569]

squares do make good pizza

[@jessragan6714]

Kaizo Donkey Kong. As if regular Donkey Kong wasn't Kaizo enough! Still, it's impressive how you've taken elements from Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Mario Bros., and Super Mario Bros., and made them all work harmoniously together.

[@MrThunderwing]

Awesome work!

[@_render8_]

Great looking game. I love how you made it so you don't die when falling from heights. A lot of people might not like that, but I do. I do notice you made the comment on your site about wanting to add more levels with an ending instead of just 4 repeating, but I think it would be better, for me personally, to have loads more levels then have it just repeat to the first, without the ending. Keep up the awesome job. I subscribed to watch if you post new stuff on this. :)

[@bunnicutie576]

Donkey Kong + Donkey Kong Jr. + Super Mario Bros.

[@Mario500NOW]

This video reminded me of the reasons I had read as to why Nintendo did not have the original Super Mario Bros. 2 available in the United States initially (it was eventually released to the states in the form of Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels through Super Mario All-Stars and its original form through the Virtual Console service for Nintendo Wii consoles).

[@607]

Mario500NOW How? Is it too hard?

[@Mario500NOW]

I was reminded of the aforementioned reasons due to this game appearing to have settings very similar to the original Donkey Kong game and its challenge appearing to be much greater than that of the original game.

[@607]

Agreed!

[@ZacCarpenter]

Maybe this is the Original Mario Brothers Arcade Game where Chris Pratt spent hours of his life stomping ... Koopas!

[@steegosaurus]

My Level Names: 1: Stop Making 2: These Level 3: Names 4: Comments

[@bobguy755]

FabiTheAlicorn no

[@steegosaurus]

aw man

[@thealientree3821]

I like the level "Stop Making". It's my favorite.

[@marisasaku]

I kinda like comments

[@steegosaurus]

Shuron Poteat i forgot about this video

[@philiplonidier]

This looks pretty sweet. One thing that I noticed however is that Mario's overalls and shirt swap colors when he dies.

[@Tricob1974]

It's sad to see the "Pies" level didn't make a rehash here; it's a little-known level you don't see in most ports. On a more positive note, it's good to see Jumpman isn't such a wimp anymore when it comes to falling. B-)

[@mattdenham2941]

Justin Bohemier If you could come up with a sixth level type as well (personal opinion: mostly water other than the top), you'd basically be able to do a "better" version of the US arcade stage progression.

[@chuuweebyou]

You talking about the Sand Piles?

[@Tricob1974]

Don't know why they'd put piles of sand in an oven plate, but then - it's a video game. :-)

[@chuuweebyou]

Tricob1974 ehs. If you mean the tan piles in a blue plate, their official enemy name is Sand Pile

[@chuuweebyou]

Justin Bohemier yes, though, their official name is Sand Pile. Touching them would kill the player

[@JinzoCrash]

One thing i'm glad to see right off the bat is that when he gets the key yet dies, the returning life doesn't make you have to go through it all again to get it.

[@JinzoCrash]

Also very nice, Mario can fall a little and not inexplicably just DIE like in the original.

[@JinzoCrash]

And being able to walk over small gaps without falling down them is another thankful thing. That used to bug me in the original. As if stepping on a crack in concrete kills you or something.

[@LeonAzureBlue]

1:06 No death .Jumpman cannot fall from heights even if they are ridiculously short.

[@ktaeyln]

This is extremely cool, very amazing... I honestly wish I knew about it earlier, awesome job

[@greenknight9000]

Nice job using the Mario Bros pipes instead of the overused SMB pipes!

[@leroyvisiongames2294]

Yeah, and using “1UP” to mean first player score like in a lot of older arcade games. That’s attention to detail.....

[@dickmoore1154]

If Nintendo released something like this for download on the virtual console I'd totally buy it.

[@99ronmarsh]

This is well made, installed this on my cocktail machine today with no problems, love the settings as well. My joy stick works just had to change my jump botton., the game is a bit hard but I'm sure I'll get better. Great job!

[@ParzivalPlaysAtari]

This is totally freakin' AWESOME! Great job man!!!

[@ssdivizion]

Fantastic edition of cult game Donkey Kong,this is great

[@powerpup97]

Dang! This is like every 8-bit Mario fan’s dream come true!

[@MrSkipRogers]

Wow you really scored more points in this one!

[@ItsNotakin]

This looks like animation. Until I read the description.

[@IRLMrGrim]

If this rom was turned into an arcade machine then it would bring back the classic bits of the game

[@benitak5199]

Wow, This looks like an official Nintendo game. I'm impressed.

[@ericamestuzzi2945]

Bro it’s so smooth it looks like an ANIMATION.

[@robotsturm6488]

Your creations is magnificent.

[@uwaniharbison6689]

I wished that Donkey Kong 2 Jumpman returned had been available both in the video arcades and on every known video game systems that came out back in the nineteen eighties,it would have been so cool to have grown up playing that game as a child back then😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌.

[@ses5736]

Wow so DK wasn't hard already so you made this..... AWESOME!

[@arfansthename]

I love how it's a mix of Donkey Kong and Mario franchise.

[@louissavega8813]

Up

[@TeaBagginBandit]

Wow this is AMAZING! Much appreciation and a big thank you!

[@madcommodore]

I did some designs for new screens for DK a long time ago when I really got into this awesome arcade game, if I ever find them again I will code them up.

[@encryptedknight8662]

Very cool, I'll play this on my channel. Thanks for making this!

[@ImTheMan78]

Nintendo should definitely hire YOU

[@5434345]

My level name ideas: 1. Mushroom Kingdom - Piranha Panic 2. Metro Kingdom - Classic Boulevard 3. Industrial Kingdom - Lifts of Doom 4. Snow Kingdom - Summit Showdown.

[@FusionCyborg]

Did you take idea from my comment for my names?

[@tobygaming124]

This is actually really good and better than the others

[@tobygaming124]

Fusion Cyborg He didn’t. And this is way better.

[@sluigi]

5.Smo (Super Mario Odessy)

[@MrMedictom]

WOW!! Dude, this looks freaking awesome! I can't wait to play it!

[@mr7clay]

Very nice work and great decision on jumping. This is very close to the DK follow up I always wanted, though I'd like larger levels like Spelunker, with save points. Maybe an improved Spelunker is what I want :)

[@TheDestroyerComics]

This is awesome. Looks more fun than the original. It's really impressive that you coded this from scratch. I assumed it was a romhack at first (like I'm sure many others have). Either way, great work!

[@popixel]

Oh and I like your idea of more levels with no repeate.

[@SchardtCinematic]

Very interesting. But you have involved the mushroom kingdom with traditional Donkey Kong. You have have a storyline where when Donley Kong kidnaps Mario's girlfriend. He escapes to the mushroom kingdom or fond some magical way stuff from the mushroom kingdom is appearing at the construction sight in the real world for some reason.

[@theaverageperson5215]

Aw dude, this looks like an Nintendo original. Well done!

[@mactek6033]

The real Jumpman could never make those elevator jumps without dying. He would also fall through the rivet holes.

[@justinbohemier118]

See FAQ in description

[@samanthastephens1907]

This is amazing. A better version of my favorite game.

[@riddleiddle]

Wow I thought this was an authentic gameboy game, great job.

[@dankokozar]

Impressive! You are a born level designer! If only Nintendo had you at the time..

[@nymph92295]

Level 1 Piranha Plant: 1 Shellcreeper:2 Spiny:2 Little Goomba:1 Muncher:8 Level 2 Barrel (Brown):Varies Barrel (Blue):Varies Level 3 Fire: 11 Level 4 Fireball:3 Snapjaw:2 Icicle:5

[@fjcolusainc2530]

This happens when dk and bowser team up

[@tjyoyo3]

Will definitely try on my mame cabinet, very faithful to original concept.

[@somerandomboixd7781]

Man, dis is a wallet killer if used in an arcade.

[@ReshiramR52]

Great game. Will you make more games like this?

[@TheAzureNightmare]

Idea. Why not remake Donkey Kong '94?

[@BrandonP-wk5xd]

It's already perfect, if it isn't broke then don't fix it

[@TheAzureNightmare]

Maybe, but either way. We could stand for a remake of DK '94. Maybe even in 8-bit style. Even if it takes influence from Mario Maker.

[@bobbybobbinson]

That would be really cool

[@Mick-fw3hi]

As much as I'd like to see one the Mario vs Donkey Kong games already serve that purpose.

[@esmooth919]

@@Mick-fw3hi but they aren't as good as DK '94

[@Christianpreaching]

This would be a great 7800 or 5200 homebrew

[@mobilman3904]

Is sounds like a good music when Mario is walking

[@TheRealMonnie]

This is strangely satisfying...

[@seandearmond519]

This is really creative! Awesome job!

[@johneymute]

Beat it, i outsmarted donkeykong this time.

[@doha057]

This is brilliant, great job man :D

[@legoboy7107]

What I want to know is why does this video have so many dislikes? Like, it has way more likes than dislikes of course, but that dislike count is abnormally high and I can't imagine why, this game is great!

[@omnitronstudios1683]

I have a couple of guesses: Some are the purists who think the original game shouldn't be changed, or maybe some people don't like all the back-tracking in the levels. It doesn't bother me, you'll always find people who dislike you, your art, etc. I prefer to focus on the people who do enjoy it and not worry about people's opinions. If you go to the game's page on itch.io, link in the description, you can see pictures of the game in people's cabinets. That's the best compliment in my opinion, and it was worth the hard work designing it just to see that.

[@icemanworldnetwork5533]

I was like, “Wow! This is pretty cool, adding all of these new things to the original Donkey Kong!” Then I saw Level 4... “You added ice physics to the original Donkey Kong? That’s it, I’m done.” 😂

[@lball1981]

If this was converted to an arcade/JAMMA board, I would buy it instantly.

[@johnd.sheldon2148]

My childhood is coming back to haunt me...Bad ice cream 3 on hudgames

[@handsomebrick]

It has many similarities to Donkey Kong 94, no surprise since it has the same idea, remake the original Donkey Kong with new levels and new modernized mechanics.

[@arcadiocorrea9409]

I often play distress signal on hudgames, Wow, this video appeared to me by surprise and I really enjoyed it a lot! ❤

[@puppiesarepower3682]

And here I thought those white munchers first appeared in Super Mario Bros. 3.

[@yaywhewclips242]

1) looks tough!! 2) adorable!!

[@pinponleodonut9777]

Did anyone note that when Mario dies, his overalls, shirt and shoes colors are reversed?

[@onionringdog]

This reminds me a lot of that spongebob plug and play game for some reason

[@CarolinaLopez-hg4qo]

Level's Name 1-Classic fusion 2-Classic Reborn 3-Don't Fall 4-Icy classic

[@pranaytony]

I didnt played this before, this is cool!

[@DanielSong39]

The mechanics and music is very close to the arcade game... very different from the NES version!

[@exeecob3488]

Why does this make me feel comfortable?

[@ChristopherMoom]

Donkey Kong For True Intellectuals

[@LADY_JEMIMA_FORTESCUE]

amazing work justin

[@pietroesposito4288]

Non mi riusciva di capire questo che capitolo era poi mi sono ricordato ed ho realizzato questo è quel piccolo gioiellino che uscì per il GBA che riproponeva a sua il capitolo originale uscito negli anni 80 per il NES

[@Blueflag04]

this new mario game looks amazing

[@LeonAzureBlue]

When Jumpman dies in this advanced version of the game, his overalls turns blue.

[@mannyandmommyshow9284]

I think this is the very first Mario game to be made