Game Boy Longplay [002] Donkey Kong

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Played By: RickyC
one of the best versions of donkey kong i've played! Though the first levels seem a bit out of place on this one. The video is sometimes weird when a level is starting up. Also i thought you heard screams when you see "help" so im not sure if thats missing, oh and no music at the end credits, thought there was. -
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[@solarflare9078]

The fact that they were able to turn a simple arcade game to a full-on 101-level adventure is freakin amazing

[@Andrew-wo8ry]

And a nearly 2 hour game on the GB!

[@damienchance2622]

Better than the original version

[@luisfernandomiguelpiris252]

El 94 falta

[@Smoon161]

ok

[@neonzoux5980]

One of the most important portable games ever. A truly portable masterpiece.

[@bryanguegan6937]

So old though...

[@f2pscaper4lyfe93]

I owned a Gameboy from 1995 to like 2003, and I am upset I never even heard of this game. Looks incredible. Hope Nintendo makes a Donkey Kong Game and Watch with this and others on it.

[@TheMaf54]

I love how it starts out running through each screen of the original Donkey Kong. Then when you knock out the last rivet on what would be the last screen of the original and the victory music starts to play Kong knocks mario off the platform onto his head and runs off with Pauline like "SURPRISE, THIS AINT THE SAME GAME". Then it dumps you into a map screen and the real game starts. Such a great intro.

[@proa007]

Agreed. I dunno if you'd call it a "plot twist" but it sure turns the game and the concept on its head. If nothing else, it's one of the greatest segues in a game ever.

[@LostLevelMusic]

That was my exact experience with it. I thought it was just the arcade game. It was mind blowing.

[@MrFoxInc]

I remember my friend in school telling me he had the game and how boring and stale it was and that he couldn't even get to the top level (at the time we didn't know that those were recreations of the Donkey-Kong-Arcade, because we didn't have Arcades in Germany). I showed him all the different jumps and things he could do and we breezed through the first four levels. He was amazed after that and then really got into the game, luckily. Honestly one of the greatest games for the Game Boy. I'm still amazed at how versatile the controls are, and how goofy and charmingly detailed everything is for a small Game-Boy-game!

[@theobserver4214]

It was only detailed if you had the Super game boy, other wise it looked decent with Green and black colors

[@Wololooo1]

the same thing happened to me with my cousin.. he didn't like this game at all until i showed him what you could do.. really great game, i found it again today after many many years it brings back memories.

[@SupremeNerd]

@@theobserver4214 or Game Boy color

[@BigBangBlitz]

Despite the platform and era, Donkey Kong for Gameboy remains to this day one of, if not the best action puzzlers available. To think I bought it expecting it to have only three infinitely cycling stages.

[@herrflantier3739]

Probably the most underrated game ever made

[@LchanOtakudom]

This game is still so adorable and charming!

[@LostLevelMusic]

Man I love this game. I got it in the mid 90s thinking it was literally just the arcade game. I’d played the original Donkey Kong on my dad’s friend’s old console of some sort. When level 4 rolled into Big City I was blown away. Then it just keeps doing for like 90 levels that keep expanding in complexity. Such a brilliant time.

[@LoneWolfxX]

This game... so many memories

[@enigminator3578]

17:05 "Screw the rules, you ain't trappin' me!"

[@Celestial07]

I just laughed so hard! How the f*ck did it?!?

[@maydoe1783]

Hahaha

[@Celestial07]

This is the greatest masterpiece ever made!

[@JacOfArts]

And so, the Mario Vs. Donkey Kong series was born

[@robbiewalker2831]

Until it was reworked into a Lemmings Clone.

[@KniGhTKrawLeR9]

Some levels did have a Lemmings-like element to them as you guided a line of toys to the exit, but that was more like one in every 5 or 6 levels or so and not indicative of the whole game experience which had a lot more to offer. All-in-all, an amazingly fun game.

[@drewpiter2735]

@Danielle Smith you need to chill the fuck out

[@OdaSwifteye]

@@robbiewalker2831 There's only the original Donkey and this remake.

[@KitJohanson]

This is a blast from my childhood. Amazing. If you've never played this game, pick up a ROM of it and give it a shot. This was amazing gaming for the GB back then.

[@angelomontemar3659]

3:48 - and so, they lived happily ev- huh? HEY, WAIT A MINUTE?!

[@susanfit47]

This game features gameplay elements from Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., and Super Mario Bros. 2.

[@nostalgiaontheairmichaelch9932]

@Marie Valme Mario vs Donkey Kong is the sequel to this game. This game did it first.

[@SyuraStream]

Your first attempt on 5-10 cracked me up. :P

[@johneygd]

I will never forget how world 8 and big DK boss become very frustrating to me,but once i beated it,i was sooo releaved. The graphics are mind blowing for a gameboy with lots of details ,good sound effects and well fitted music,alltrough those new tunes will be not as memberble as those mario games but they are decent those donkeykong tunes.

[@TylerSteven9]

This was one of my childhood games, I spent a LOT of time playing this. It probably took me weeks/months to beat it then. I had the Super Game Boy too which enhanced it. I still remember all the tunes and sounds.

[@KendoKetsu]

When I got this game when I was young I could not get over it was more than the original donkey kong. My fave game back then.

[@garageman1989]

3:48 Donkey Kong: "HA! You thought it was over, didn't you?!"

[@VanillaLimeCoke]

Jailon Thomas Yep.......nope. We’re just getting started.

[@luisfernandomiguelpiris252]

El Final De La Versión De Arcade

[@egfelixdcg]

I love the rhythmical sounds Mario does when he walks. I'm glad they kept that from the original game.

[@arod2211]

One of my all time favorites. Thanks for the upload, cubex55.

[@koopakape]

Ahhhh, the star game of the Super Game Boy when that came out. Such fine memories

[@OEMishGarage]

One of the rare examples where they took the original and improved upon it in every way.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

And many years later, Pauline becomes the mayor of the Big City and is one of the greatest singers of the century.

[@AaronShowbiz]

Hard to believe this game's 20 years old!

[@rudyiraheta80]

i got this game back in 99

[@youraveragejoe2]

25* next month June 14.

[@youraveragejoe2]

@Markiegee55 I wasn't alive then.

[@youraveragejoe2]

@Markiegee55 there's no release date for April. Game Boy JP: June 14, 1994 NA: July 22, 1994 EU: September 24, 1994 Nintendo 3DS JP: June 15, 2011 Happy birthday btw

[@shookums265]

Well now it's 25

[@dillonkinder9296]

I love how it starts out old school then turns into a big adventure

[@essex_120_union9]

*The End* Thanks again for another awesome longplay Cubex55

[@ErzbischofAmurael]

My father beat this game back in the day, I was too young to pull of the acrobatics required in the later levels^^

[@643eddie]

I once completed this in a day. It took me 2 & a half hours from start to finish non-stop & I collected every piece for the bonus roulette where you get extra lives.

[@UnshornKeyboardist]

Thank You Mario! But Pauline is in Another Castle!

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Thank You, but Pauline still singing in the city.

[@djspoopygymchristmas3040]

Adam

[@BenJabituya]

1:40:08 - Epic fight music!! 1:41:50 - MEGA EPIC FIGHT MUSIC!!

[@HolyKaeros]

Ah... those funny cutscenes i just simply love them awesome play ! 8D

[@JohnnyOTGS]

I had this game for the original Gameboy and is one of all time favorites for the Gameboy. It's now available for the 3-DS in the E-shop.

[@Tayce_t]

I remember playing this when I was a kid. I never played the arcade so back then I had no clue this was the original donkey kong but greatly expanded to brand new levels and amazing movesets. What an amazing game.

[@TatianaReynaCortez16]

I love this game so much!

[@Tonio0412]

This game is incredible and its soundtrack is amazing !!

[@dinitis]

This is one of the best games ever made on Gameboy

[@anab0lic]

yup. this and links awakening

[@voidling2632]

one of my favorite games, love the level design

[@alexk6516]

fav donkey kong game

[@PieFights]

Nice to see the game boy version of Donkey Kong starts up with the classic original Donkey Kong with the pie factory level in there as well

[@lucianajoaofelipe]

I know this coment was two years ago, but today there are things that in the future would be considered classics, like Sonic Mania, Sonic Forces, Super Mario Odyssey and etc.!

[@joshuaBrooks.nicholas]

This the game I grew up with playing 24/7 on my purple game boy.

[@Meatball132]

Stage 9-8: Dat music...

[@upy0ur5]

Look up the GaMetal DK 94 9-8 version on youtube

[@jacobwatson2228]

The music on those tower levels was boss!

[@gowdyman]

tht was the best game back then like, lasted ages and was well fun

[@wiggx018]

I have this on my 2DS and this is probably my favorite Game Boy game

[@AlasterTheMad]

thanks, real thanks to you, i found out about that game from my early years. I don't know how to express my gratefuls expressions to you man. I even taunted a friend who says he rocks any mario to this game on an emulator. Hell yeah, many thanks.

[@SILENTANIMELOVER]

I remembering beating this game. I never felt more proud of myself.

[@בראשיתחממה]

totoriole stage intro 1:50 level 1-1 2:05 level 1-2 2:29 level 1-3 2:58 level 1-boss1/1 3:21 fake ending 3:40 totoriole complit 4:00

[@miketurner1412]

The games like a movie with the music and sound effects!

[@TheGrossMeta]

Hahaha that Yolo jump at 5-10... nailed it!

[@YoBoiDavidBanks]

13:42 oh look now we’re playing donkey Kong junior

[@jimfrischstudio7673]

Donkey Kong's Gameboy Version has a LOT more stages than the original Arcade version. That surprises me!

[@Simeautomatic100]

I didnt know this game was in color. I remember when I was a kid back in the late 90s we had a game boy but this was the only game we had for it. I spent sooo many hours and wasted so many AA batteries tryna beat this game. So many memories!

[@kenzonu32]

This game is a piece of cake to me

[@gunsnhalen]

Haven't seen this game in like 5 years! It was pretty tough and long! but fun game

[@robertgrays8790]

Man, I've never seen a plumber dash so fast through an open door.

[@mrflamewars]

I just tried this game a week ago to see what all the fuss was about, and now I get it. Superb game.

[@grands1am]

This game was so great... so many levels too

[@TheKisj]

The Nostalgia is real!

[@pollo20x6]

When I first played this game, I had already played the NES Donkey Kong on e-Reader for Game Boy Advance and the arcade version at a Dave and Busters. I was well familiar with the game to not expect many surprises. So when I got this game at a flea market, I thought it was just going to be a port of the arcade version. I didn't know of any of Mario's special abilities in this game, so I was just playing it like regular Donkey Kong. You can imagine my surprise when the game didn't reset to the beginning, but instead, I was barely getting started

[@elite4championjosh]

This has to be the strangest version of mario. Dude doing crazy stunts lol

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Mario in the original arcade is considered to be the weakest version of Mario game because he isn't in his prime yet.

[@elite4championjosh]

@@poweroffriendship2.0 my bad guy, I meant strangest. Fucking auto correct.

[@jimfrischstudio7673]

Also... 3:47 - Your quest is only beginning!

[@Orsuss]

In stage 5-10 I used a glitch to get the key right next to the door. ^^ Glad to see what you build here ^^

[@ManoredRed]

Played this game as a kid, it was pretty fun.

[@DavidRomigJr]

This long play is missing Pauline's screams and the end music. Gameboy Donkey Kong is a Super Gameboy game, compatible with Gameboy Color and Gameboy. Super Gameboy features include: preselected color palettes, a special 16-color palette mode, a special border used for display to TV, and an extra (digital) sound channel. You can obviously see the 16-color title screen and preselected level color palettes in this game-- so this is being played on a Super Gameboy or similar. This game also replaces the sound effect for Pauline's scream with a (rather funny) digital tell of Help! and the end music is replaced by digital music. Whatever platform this long play was played on did not handle the digital sound channel as the yell and end music are replaced but nothing plays. (I played the heck outta this game the summer before I went to college.)

[@kaboomgamer333]

There was end music on the GB version, just it was unemulated for awhile.

[@meohmykael]

Use to play this game religiously when I was younger.

[@GS195]

Wow. It took this guy nearly 2 hours to beat what took me a month or two as a child.

[@GoliathGrowler]

Mario must have been very tired having to spend nearly two hours chasing Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong, Jr. through so many worlds so he could rescue Pauline. PS This is an awesome game. It looks like fun and I like the music.

[@moisesnunez8603]

Not to mention doing a buttload of acrobatics and puzzle solving to get a ridiculously big key in every stage, that's determination

[@mattsatterwhite3956]

22:12 ..... My childhood never was to figure that out as a child... ive litterally always wanted to know how it was done... i feel complete now... you use the path to move the gomba.... genius....

[@BubbledDEV]

World Of Longplays You Are EPIC!!!!!!!!!

[@XaidynPinckney]

Mario's gotta go fast

[@elnurgling]

On the black&white GameBoy you'll hear a (simple) end credits tune, but Pauline's screams for help are replaced by a screechy "bleep" sound so you're not missing much. From a graphical point of view, the Super GB version of this game is a lot easier on the eyes, so you made the right choice anyway. ;0)

[@AlasterTheMad]

and if you are the man who did the megaman 3 longplay, i give praises to you !

[@Kasigi03]

Damn, this soundtrack gets underestimated. Especially the chase music after you clear a "Donkey Kong" stage.

[@Kanjilearner]

Donkey Kong Sr. really didn't think this through, did he?

[@KingdomHeartsBrawler]

Maybe that's why he's so Cranky...

[@B1992Nick]

LOL i get it XD

[@ELIASZZambrano]

This is dk jr

[@sonicking91784]

@@ELIASZZambrano So I guess the baby gorilla is Donkey Kong the 3rd then.

[@ELIASZZambrano]

Sonicking917 yes

[@SammyRenard]

That was an ARCADE classic.

[@VilaToro64]

Yo Nintendo needs to make a remake mario odyssey was close but I barely found out about this game today and them jump moves had me hyped no lie

[@Osiris2994]

Thumbs up if you thought this game was unbeatable when you were a kid.

[@TheMichaelmetal]

play this game alot when I was a Kid :D

[@tmwk__]

I remember my buddy and I would take turns clearing stages on my gameboy pocket at school/recess yard.

[@PaloJaurez]

I grew up with Mario vs. Donkey Kong. I never knew this game existed!

[@rolanddesjarlais8596]

Still the best handheld game.

[@grinder359]

Best class draft ever Canton, OH yeah

[@MechagirlSachiko]

Now that's an obscene amount of extra lives. You get extra lives for everything here: On the levels, from bonus games, for speedrunning... It gets kind of absurd.

[@lunavixen015]

+White Heart The gameboy versions were very forgiving

[@IdeaBox-dk5vj]

Well, if it's your first time playing the game, then this is ESPECIALLY a good idea for that type of person!

[@ZEKESPILLEDINKMUSIC]

As a kid, I found this game extremely hard. The farthest that I ever got with it was the "Ship" stages.

[@antonswift]

I used to have this game. I only ever completed it once though. Man some of those later levels were a pain.

[@SpookieTheGhost]

Thnx this really helped. I was stuck on lvl 3-6

[@drswag0076]

this is in the time where we took on Cranky Kong when he was young, and it was Mario's father that we were playing as. which means that the Mario up to Mario Bros were Mario Sr.

[@Bloodreign1]

All the same Mario's, no matter what fruitcake conspiracies people try to cook up.

[@ClassicGamers2011]

Nothing like a classic game to make you remember that you could NEVER BEAT 2-7 on this game XD

[@elnurgling]

"i thought you heard screams when you see "help" so im not sure if thats missing, oh and no music at the end credits, thought there was." The sound effects that were added for the Super GameBoy (Pauline's screams and the end credits music) may not work properly on a GB emulator - but they do exist on a real Super GameBoy. It also comes with a sweet "original arcade" border around the screen ... DK '94 was one of the first Super GB games, and the one who made the best use of its capabilities.

[@Nicolas-mw4mx]

The final boss is so cool^^

[@SubwayFan83]

Interesting fact: the beat is used in both stages Jungle and Rocky Valley. But different melodies.

[@Switch_And_Go_Dinos]

Nice Movie

[@vikingscool]

this game better than these days like Mario vs. Donkey Kong.

[@aliderma]

This more like a speedrun

[@sixgunsam1967]

OMG NOSTALGIA OVERLOAD

[@ظاهرالجدعان]

super game boy in color

[@skellyman1313]

3:48 Donkey Kong said, “I am NOT going classic anymore!!!” Sorry, Mario, but this is only the beginning...

[@Oldsk8lsta]

@Gingy181 Alright thanks for your help.