The History of Donkey Kong Junior Arcade/console documentary

[@MattGreerMusic]

The arcade version was a great looking game. Really embodied the whimsy of that era.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I agree, it was well done

[@kendonl.taylor5111]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I don't think Mario was evil, he was more of a Hero Antagonist.

[@timhaskett1733]

I loved the Colecovision port as well

[@longann7560]

First ever arcade game that i fell in love with. I was 9 years old, did not have any money to play, but i was standing beside the arcade cab watching others play and dreaming of having this game one day. I loved DKJR, loved the sound effects, and graphics at the time, my dream finally came true with the Atari 2600 version, but oh boy was i in for a major disappointment when i first stuck that cartridge into my 2600. The game looked and sounded like absolute shit. A few years later i got the Coleco portable mini arcade, but it was far from the original game. And i had to wait 20 more years or so for MAME to come up with the original version. Its now running in my upright MAME cabinet and i'm still playing it on a regular basis today. As usual, Great vid ! Cheers !

[@patsfan4life]

Long Ann the NES version is/was an excellent port

[@longann7560]

@@patsfan4life Yes and no, I loved it back in the day cause at the time it was the closest thing to the arcade version right. But it was missing all the cutscenes which gave this game its heart and soul. I never understood why nintendo who own all the rights to this game, never bother to put the effort of bringing this game exactly at the arcade level. With the NES hardware they could easily have done it right if they would have taken more time, but they just did a cash grab version of it. They did the exact same thing with Donkey kong 1 and 3. The cutscenes is the ice on the cake and is whats rewarding you for playing the game, in my opinion. I always thought the NES version was just a lazy attempt. But yes it was a good port, at the time.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I never had the 2600 version as a kid thankfully I was spared from that. I did have the Coleco version and was pleasantly surprised with how good it was. Thank you

[@longann7560]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Totaly Agreed ! The coleco version was indeed the best version at the time, no doubt. But to own 2 consoles at the same time in 1983, you had to be rich. So i was stuck with my dkjr 2600 squirrel grinding vines :) Sincerely i think it was the worse of all ports, lucky you

[@dannyorange9023]

THIS IS AWESOME!! I am a HUGE fan of ALL things Donkey Kong. Nintendo fan in general but the Kong's world is by far my favorite corner of their universe. Do you realize how incredibly rare good Donkey Kong videos are?!?!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you, I always liked junior as well as the original but when I started researching it I realized there wasn't hardly anything in terms of the history . It was like Junior was just forgotten so I wanted to show it some love even before I did the original game :-) glad you enjoyed it, thanks

[@AstroCreep77]

Did anyone else get an ad right after he introduces the Retro commercial? If you did that on purpose, that was hilarious.

[@alexsandell8260]

Sure did. I was like, "that's funny - don't remember ads looking like this as a kid."

[@SchardtCinematic]

Yep thought that was funny

[@TNO821]

Same

[@shawnyoung5960]

Mine was a motorcycle when it came out the garage and had cars that were being made today,...LOL

[@oldschoolcompsci]

When I see a notification for PatmanQC come up I get all excited lol. It never fails to deliver.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

That is fantastic, thank you

[@arioca]

Great classic game! All these Nintendo digital rereleases of Donkey Kong Jr. were emulated from the NES port, while the Switch is the only console that has the original arcade version.

[@Arizona-ex5yt]

I remember this game well. When my mother was in med school, there was a DK jr. machine in the student union. The coin door was opened up and you could hit some button or pull on some wire and get endless games. Funny the stuff one remembers.

[@patsfan4life]

Arizona 4891 that is memorable because it’s awesome 😎

[@scootermcg9910]

One time in jr.high at an away volleyball game we found a pop machine that the money would fall on the floor but you still got a pop. As a team we pretty much emptied it....but I would never do that now.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, there was a Mario Brothers machine in a bowling alley that accepted five cents for credits if you held up the coin release lever while inserting it. That lasted for about a month :-)

[@welding_guy7524]

My dad bought us donkey Kong junior, ms pac man, centipede , and dome hockey arcade games in 1984 after my great grandma passed away.. he made her room into a play/ game room for us..many many hours between me and my sis.. I never played the console versions until dkj came out on switch and brought back all of the memories.. I’m still really good at it

[@patsfan4life]

Welding_guy what’s your high score

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Very cool thanks for sharing

[@Larry]

0:23 How can you miss the two gorillas from Primal Rage? I bet that's on your "to do" list for a future video too! :D

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Son of a gun you're right

[@khyronbradford]

Just prepared some nice coffee for this....thanks Mr. Patman!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Excellent, Hope you enjoyed It

[@earthad666]

Big fan of your channel. Keep up the good work

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you so much 😀

[@ConsoleCleric]

There was also the NES Game: Donkey Kong Junior Math, which allowed you to race another player at solving basic math problems using Donkey Kong Junior controls.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Yes I mentioned it in the video

[@kbramlett6877]

He mentioned DKJ Math

[@patsfan4life]

Sounds absolutely horrible

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

@@kbramlett6877 Some people will point out things I didn't put in the video without watching the entire thing first.

[@Asterra2]

I owned the tabletop unit shown at 7:26. Probably the most time I've spent on a non-video electronic game. Still pretty amazed that a game based on predefined images that light up could have such good gameplay. I remember seeing DKJr. on 2600 for the first time, and marveling at how it had the same exact bizarre behavior where Donkey Kong himself could only move based on whether the character the player controls has its sprite flipped. Even back then as a kid, I figured that must mean they literally couldn't spare one more bit of RAM on the 2600 to differentiate the two. As for Mario, Miyamoto intended at first to name him Mr. Video, but decided against it. While the character's name was in limbo, and before the famous episode with Mario Segale that would result in the character getting his name, Mario had no name, but the folks in charge of the English side of things dubbed him Jumpman.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I always thought that was strange about donkey Kong moving along with you as well.

[@drsnicol]

Worth noting... whilst Nintendo designed Donkey Kong, they outsourced the programming to a company called Ikegami Tsushinki who also had a contract to manufacture the game boards. When Donkey Kong was successful, Nintendo essentially pirated their own game and manufactured extra units themselves to meet demand! This resulted in a court case over breach of contract... and to tie into this video, a secondary claim in the case was that Nintendo reverse engineered and reused code from Donkey Kong in DKjr. It was finally settled out of court in 1990.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Yes I mentioned that in my history of Popeye games video

[@Gamevet]

You should check out High Score on Netflix. One of the Nintendo game designers talked about how Mario's walking sound was a glitch. I've never seen a home port that created that unique sound.

[@brittislove]

Patman QC, always here to make a work day better with a new video!!!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you very much :-)

[@azure1259]

Thanks again for another great video. Just want to say any fans who haven't checked out one of Patman's real life bowling videos really should, he's really working hard to bring us these videos, the bowling videos help show just how hard he works and are amazing displays of skill and tenacity. Looking forward to seeing some new bowling videos and more classic arcade content. Many thanks.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

If I could give you 10 thumbs up I would, thank you so much for the nice words :-)

[@JSantie]

I scored a Donkey Kong Jr Arcade cabinet at an auction for $250 last year. Even though the cabinet is a Pioneer Balloon cabinet, it has an original Donkey Kong Jr bezel, marquee and button panel (although the panel is full of bolts...) Even more annoyance when the monitor tanked a few days later, but at least I'm closer to finding a replacement monitor now at a reasonable price instead of people trying to sell the broken down full cabinet online for $2000+.

[@patsfan4life]

JSantie can you just replace the crt with an lcd?

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

That is a heck of a deal

[@JSantie]

@@patsfan4life Yeah, that's probably what I'm going to have to end up doing. I hear they have conversion kits for DK Jr, but I don't know if the board is compatible.

[@fortnag]

My dads bar had a sit down table version of this game. I'd eat grilled cheese and drink Roy Rodgers while I played it over and over again.

[@Deathtank75]

those were the times. 😂

[@WinrichNaujoks]

My pocket money ran out after 5 games.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

That is very cool

[@patsfan4life]

I wanna do that tomorrow....just need a tabletop DK Jr

[@BlackburnBigdragon]

How about an episode covering the 70's, and late 60's, electromechanical arcade games? I used to LOVE those games as a kid. They really were technical marvels when you looked underneath the hood. Each game had some kind of unique mechanic and technical wizardry that made the games look amazing to the player. I have fond memories of playing Chicago Coin's Speedway, and all the cool gun and missile launch target shooter games, and I have this fond memory of playing some game where you controlled a miniature model of a motorcycle, trying to avoid other motorcycles (That one was neat. The road was on a roller like a treadmill and it rolled under the bikes which were all held in place on the road by strong magnets. It really gave the impression that these toy motorcycles were racing.). I loved so many of these games when I was a kid. They looked and sounded so cool. I found the fact that many of them acually used an 8-track tape for their music, and sound effects back then and found just that alone to be really interesting. I almost wish that I had copies of these tapes just to listen to them.

[@SchardtCinematic]

I agree those electromechanical games where a marvel of there time. Not quite a video game. But not a pinball machine.

[@ZagnutBar]

Those games are great. I always sink a bunch of quarters into them when I find them. However, they're kind of hard to record from an emulator, so I think we'll be waiting for a while from PatmanQC to review them.

[@SchardtCinematic]

@@ZagnutBar Technically since there not video games and they are more mechanical there would be no way to truly emulate them and keep the feeling of the game. You simply need to set a camera up and zoom in on the screen. Maybe on a tripod set high over your shoulder aimed down and zoomed in on the screen. Depending on the angle of the screen. But it would be possible. I'm not aware of anyone trying to port an electromechanical game over to an all video game version. Although I wouldnt doubt someone may have.alot of early racing games were electeomechanical.

[@SchardtCinematic]

@@ZagnutBar This one looks pretty cool kzbin.info/www/bejne/apvIZJqObrKEkJY

[@ZagnutBar]

@@SchardtCinematic Yes, I understand-- I was making a joke.

[@O.M.JaYY3]

I played the Coleco port back in the 80's a TON! Thanks PAtman!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you for watching :-)

[@patsfan4life]

An excellent port esp for the time,, not quite as good as the NES port

[@evanhanley6437]

Always loved the sound effects and music. Played the hell out of the nes version. My favourite port.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

So did I

[@patsfan4life]

The best port, by far hands down

[@BlackArroToons]

Donkey Kong Jr. is one of my favorite arcade games of all time. Thanks for the history!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Absolutely, thanks for watching

[@howie_potterYT]

Oh man, I remember playing this arcade classic out in the wild back in the day... I also fondly remember playing this on my friend's Coleco Vision! I may have to get a copy of the NES version. Thanks for bringing back such great memories *PatmanQC*

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Absolutely, glad you enjoyed it :-)

[@robertbussie9979]

Another excellent video. Fun and informative with a touch of humor. Keep up the great work!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you

[@Seahorsesallnight]

The 2020 internet award for most well placed use of the words farts and queefs goes to. "drum roll" Patmanqc. Patmanqc couldnt be with us this evening Receiving the award for Patman is bugger from revenge of the nerds

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, that is fantastic. Thank you :-)

[@aznluvr7]

As usual just wonderful. You really make the Double Doppler Accu-Weather forecast with Meteorologist Neil Kastor proud!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL that's high praise indeed :-)

[@jovalleau]

1:29 Ronnie the Limo Driver sighting! T-O-P-L-E-S-S

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL thank you….By the way this ain't hot Rod Magazine Pal

[@patsfan4life]

Oh yeah , what’s your f-ing problem dude?

[@puntstirster4060]

It’s about meeting guys, and meeting girls!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

@@puntstirster4060 What's your problem???

[@ColeslawVariant]

That pie factory level! That's awesome! Great video again!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you very much :-)

[@kylecerneka8964]

Had to rewatch that intro bit because it was so funny. Another great vid.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Glad you enjoyed it, Thank you :-)

[@mrtibbs2]

Every now and then, youtube suggest me a video and I be like, holy bananas, what a gem. This video is one of those rare gems!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, thank you

[@TyG2k9]

I've played the version of DK Jr where the key/chain level was the final stage when I was older, but when I was a kid, the machines I played had Mario's hideout as the proverbial final stage. It went: vine level, key level, vine level, nitpicker level, key level, THEN the hideout, and then it starts over. It also runs that same way on the version I'm running on my Super Retrocade. I will have to look into that to see why that is. Great video!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I have never played a version where the key level was the last one and I have been playing that game all my life. Same with the original donkey Kong and the pie factory always being the last level and not the one where he falls. I don't know why the ever change that to be honest

[@TyG2k9]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I just read that the levels were shuffled around in different territories. According to what I read the version I speak of is apparently the US version and the version that you're used to is the Japanese version. This is weird. I've played both versions so it's not really a big deal in the end, but I was always curious as to why that is.

[@brittislove]

"smooth like buttah!" lol

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, thank you :-)

[@lethalwolf7455]

Your reviews have consistently been spot on excellent but I have to say, your humor improves every upload. Anyway, love the vid as always Patman. Thanks for providing the great content👍

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Those are some nice words indeed, you very much :-)

[@kodiiayyeee256]

Love this channel! Very informative video game history! ❤

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

That is very nice of you to say, glad you enjoyed the content

[@KenMasters.]

After the events of this game: Mario’s life went downhill to the point where his girlfriend dumped him and got fired from his carpenter career for his shady get-rich-quick schemes that strongly opposes animal rights by ape-stealing and ape-trading Kongs, then his minimum-wage brother Luigi had to look out for Mario by giving him his job as a co-working plumber. Then his life turned for the better after saving New Donk City from the monstrous creatures in the sewers.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, classic

[@kyoku1982]

Unfortunately two years later Mario would become hooked on hallucinogenic drugs and start claiming he was the savior of a magical mushroom kingdom ruled by a princess named Toadstool. He began spending more and more time in this drug induced fantasy as he believed the kingdom was under constant threat from a fire breathing turtle.

[@arioca]

@@kyoku1982 That's true, and we could confirm the influence of those heavy drugs while Mario is sleeping and having fantasy dreams at the end of Super Mario Bros. 2

[@vbictor90]

So Mario is just a prototype of Wario.

[@mightyfilm]

Oh yeah. The Donkey Kong Jr. Cartoon series. They just basically put Scrappy-Doo in a monkey suit.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Even with the same voice :-)

[@mightyfilm]

The show's producers were the ones that basically created Scooby-Doo for Hanna Barbera before founding their own studio. Yet, every episode felt like it was a pilot for another show they couldn't sell, and just dumped DK Jr. in and slightly rewrote the script. Shame, because the episodes of the Donkey Kong cartoon I've seen here on KZbin was a better interpretation of its respective game. And if you want to get really technical, there's an episode of Captain N where Simon Belmont gets amnesia and lives with Donkey Kong, thinking he's his son, referring to himself as Donkey Kong Jr. at some point.

[@EugenioAngueira]

Another awesome episode! I was never very good at this game in the arcade but I came to love it when I played it at home. Believe it or not, I played tons of this game on my 2600 but when I got the 7800, that's the version I played most.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Glad you enjoyed it! I never had the 2600 version (thankfully) but I did have the 7800 version and it was really good that… Aside from the sound :-)

[@EugenioAngueira]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I'm hoping someone hacks it like they did with Donkey Kong XM/PK!

[@kyleolson8977]

It's always a pleasure to see a new one of your videos. You've made a decision about how to tell the stories and you commit to it. I've got to wonder if making "Donkey Kong Jr." instead of "Donkey Kong II" was the best choice for Nintendo in terms of marketing. The game is a strong follow-up to the original mechanically with very similar themes in the gameplay. But there's something about using the term "Junior" that makes the game sound like "Donkey Kong Lite". The focus on a different character also feels off. If you take the game and sprite-swap Junior for Mario and change the other chrome accordingly without changing anything else, is it a more popular game? Alternatively, Nintendo could have just called the game "Donkey Kong II" and kept everything else the same as Jr. Still, it was a better marketing move than Donkey Kong 3. It's a weird shooter with a Donkey Kong theme oddly tacked on and a random new character as a hero. While Jr. feels like a real 2, 3 is out there. Whether or not you think it is a good game, it was never going to make sense as a Donkey Kong sequel.

[@kbramlett6877]

A few years back someone created a whole new game entitled "Donkey Kong II: The Return of Jumpman." He kept the original 4 stages and added 4 new ones. I've never had a chance to play it, but you can check it out by watching this video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/enfFmXxqdsmlb9U

[@INFERNO95]

Normally anything whit junior in the title don't do well. This is one of the few times something whit junior in the title sold well.

[@kyleolson8977]

@@INFERNO95 It sold well, but it didn't sell close to as well as the first. Yes, the arcade market was changing, but could it have done better without the Jr? That's the only question. I don't take any issue with the game itself.

[@ShadowACE1998]

I had the Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Jr duel cart for the NES. I played them all the time. I once heard that Donkey Kong in Donkey Kong Country was a grown up Donkey Kong Jr, and the old gorilla was the original Donkey Kong. How accurate that actually was I can't say. Has anyone else heard that?

[@patsfan4life]

Logan Cracraft the timeline is very messy to say the least

[@scootermcg9910]

Never heard that till now....I believe it.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Yes they said that a long time ago about donkey Kong in dKC Actually being Junior and cranky being the original. I don't know why they went this route but they did

[@MeanMrMustard1]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries It's been a while since I've read up on this strange tidbit but I thought it had to do with Rare's depictions of DK in the artwork for DKC games being different than the depiction of DK in the artwork for the original arcade games and ancillary material. They decided to make the "junior" character a monkey instead of an ape so that may have had something to do with it as well.

[@bogoatis]

Love the STERN reference and your videos!

[@atranfanatic]

I'm really surprised that you didn't do a video about Donkey Kong. I looked on your channel and couldn't find a video on it. My big experience with Donkey Kong was playing it on my Commodore 64 growing up. It was pretty faithful to the arcade, except being a little slower. It also had all 4 levels in it.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

If you look at my entire list of documentaries which at this point I've done over 120 I tend to do games that have not been overexposed to death. No super Mario, no Zelda, no streetfighter, etc. now I will get to those eventually but I like to show some love To games that haven't had the spotlight shone upon them as much.

[@atranfanatic]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I understand and wasn't trying to criticize or anything. I think it's great you give love to games that don't get the appreciation they should. I just have fond memories playing arcade classics on my Commodore 64 growing up. Titles like: Donkey Kong, Robotron, Centipede, Buck Rogers, Blue Print etc...... Well you get the idea. Lol

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

@@atranfanatic No offense taken, just wanted to point out why my channel has such a unique selection of games. Sounds like you and I have the same taste in video games :-)

[@atranfanatic]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Awesome man! Yeah nothing wrong with having the same taste in video games. ;)

[@oldschoolben1471]

Awesome video. Very informative and well researched :)

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you very much Ben

[@jarrodhook]

PatmanQC did you just reference Fozzy as in Chris Jericho? The more I listen to you PatmanQC the more I am convinced you’re a good bloke!!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, it sure was :-) thank you

[@azure1259]

You guys hear about the recent Twitter feud between Jericho and Sebastian Bach of Skid Row, which ended with Jericho terribly singing a Youth Gone Wild accapella to "prove" to Bach that he can "sing?" Well worth checking out for a few laughs.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

@@azure1259 LOL, I never heard that. I will check it out thanks

[@jarrodhook]

PatmanQC - History of arcade game documentaries yeah it’s a bit silly but I’ll always love Jericho. Loved him since 96 or so I am a Jericholoic for life. Thanks for the great video PatmanQC

[@megatron8461]

“Monkey Muscle!” The official battlecry of donkey Kong junior. All on Saturday Supercade.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Yes, I showed video of it

[@scootermcg9910]

The first minute of this video has me in stitches.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, thank you :-)

[@kbramlett6877]

Where in the world did you find that pic of Ron Jeremy dressed as Mario in the aptly named adult film "Super Hornio Bros.?"

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I looked up evil Mario and that popped up :-)

[@kbramlett6877]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries From my understanding, when that film was released, Nintendo acquired it lock, stock and barrel so that it would not be seen again by the public.

[@erikrounds]

It's so cool that people are still making Commodore 64 games after all these years. It's a testament to how much people loved the system.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Absolutely, I know I enjoyed mine for many years

[@sith7183]

Thanks for this i couldn't get enough of this game when i was a kid simpler times

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Absolutely thanks for watching

[@edwardburek1717]

I remember having the Game & Watch version of this game back in the day, which is where I first gained attention to this game. That end sequence where Donkey Kong Sr kicked Mario off the screen must have been the moment when Mario began to re-evaluate his career choice and return to be a good guy. Either that, or it was Wario wearing Mario's spare overalls.

[@ZagnutBar]

I was waiting for you to mention how the original cabinet screen had a vertically oriented monitor, whereas the home adaptations were horizontal. That led to all kinds of strange squished game elements that didn't appear in the original game. The one I remember the best is on the NES version, level 1. The platform with the key is a "step" rather than one platform, as it was in the original. now that we can play on emulators and shape the screen however we want, we can have a true representation with the original aspect ratio. But back in the day, home conversions had to fill up the whole screen which led to some strange choices, indeed.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

You're right, The home conversions were flipped on their side And some did look kind of strange especially the Coleco vision version despite otherwise looking well done. A lot of the screens were vertical especially the shooters though

[@noahpierce792]

This game was friggin relentless in the arcade. I couldn't and still can't get past the second board

[@patsfan4life]

Noah Pierce keep trying, play the NES version on normal difficulty

[@noahpierce792]

@@patsfan4life Yeah, I might just get an rom on my pc and give it another shot

[@jamesdixon6332]

Great review. Ive lived this game ever since I was a kid. BTW, you really need to try the Pandora Arcade Emulator. 1200+ old school games in their original form. It's awesome.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you, it's always been one of my favorites as well

[@MrMeatHook]

Awesome video, as always. Also, HUGE bonus points for mentioning Fozzy!!!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Hey, thanks! Glad you enjoyed it

[@bmkretrogaming7634]

Nice documentary Patman! I currently enjoy the Atari VCS/2600 port. Sure it's nowhere near arcade perfect, but the gameplay is mostly there.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It came across pretty good for such primitive hardware. Thank you

[@bmkretrogaming7634]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries you're welcome!

[@OldNick999-real1]

I was six years old when I first played this. I had a bad sense of betrayal playing this because Mario was the bad guy, yet he the good guy in the first. These days, I love it.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It was very odd That he was the bad guy

[@brianstricklin3387]

When I was 9 my friends & I got wind that there was a new Donkey Kong 2 (It was DK Jr.) at the local arcade. It was an event for us to ride our bikes there because it was at a very busy intersection & we had to cross both streets. There was a teenager playing it & he was stuck on the springboard screen. I watched closely what he was doing & put my quarters on the marquee. When my turn came I was surprised to be starting on the vines screen that I hadn't seen & I didn't even get Jr. to the top.

[@MeanMrMustard1]

I think there was a game called DK 2, possibly for the Game & Watch.

[@MCastleberry1980]

We're definitely in the 2600 era of "Why even bother?" ports of arcade games by this point

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Look what thhey are producing on the 2600 now though

[@AstroCreep77]

Fyi: most preachers get mad when you yell "Monkey Muscle!" during the service.

[@sammylane21]

The average pregnancy length for Apes is 257 days which is roughly 8.449 moths, so almost 9 full months.

[@maxpower10k]

I had heard about the popeye connection but that visual really helped clear it up! I grew up playing the 7800 version and the sound never bothered me and it was nostalgic to hear it again. I will say the level with the electric shocks going back and forth really triggered some repressed gamer rage 😂 like for real! I had completely forgotten about that part!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, I agree it was a pain

[@dranimations7902]

A very funny video! - and interesting. I've never really played Donkey Kong or DK Jr - I think the closest I've played to them would be Congo Bongo / Tip Top by sega.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it

[@patsfan4life]

You’re missing out....

[@riverdealer]

This was my favorite sequel game at the time because it was NOTHING like the original like most swquel games at the time. also that was Luigi at the beginning of the game and Donkey Kong Junior REMIX has him in the green outfit I had this game for the Atari 400 and it was great

[@show-me-retro]

Well now, a Ronnie Mund drop...so "Let's GetThe Party Started!!!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

This ain't hot Rod Magazine pal :-)

[@show-me-retro]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries FBI, everybody down on the floor!

[@patsfan4life]

I’m Munt

[@show-me-retro]

@@patsfan4life "Doo"

[@gitgeronimo9375]

Du!

[@midnightkitty8172]

Did 'Happy Days' have a DKJ game in it? Or did 'The Fonz' make references to the game? I'm really confused.

[@ShadowACE1998]

Happy Days was still on tv when Donkey Kong Jr was released to arcades. Though admittedly the show was past it's prime with the Fonz having jumped the shark by that point.

[@kbramlett6877]

@@ShadowACE1998 Now the term "Jumped the Shark" is widely used when a television show has been on longer than it should have. A very good semi-recent example is Two and a Half Men

[@patsfan4life]

K Bramlett semi-recent?

[@scootermcg9910]

Two times negatively recent Amir was upset when facebook jumped the shark.

[@coktoe4487]

Oh my god. That Intellivision music. I still have my copy of DKJ on the Coleco. Complete with A-Team stickers on it.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

That's fantastic, talk about pure early 1980s

[@SpeedStar76]

Brilliant as ever, thanks for this. Im off to the switch store :D

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you very much, have fun

[@jamesmoss3424]

I play the nes version when I was a kid and now I will play the arcade version. 😀👍🎮

[@Deathtank75]

🤔

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Very good, hope you enjoyed it

[@patsfan4life]

NES version is/was excellent

[@jamesmoss3424]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I will. 😀👍🎮

[@Ephraim225]

The character only has one re-appearance in a Mario game I can remember. _Super Mario Kart_. Blows my mind to think about!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It's absolutely ridiculous when you think about it

[@dholmlund]

Hey! Great job on another history video!! I wanted to know--the Donkey Kong fanart at 0:35 --do you know who created the illustration?? It's awesome!! I'd love to know who made it!! Again--great video!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Not sure, I just googled donkey Kong and that popped up. Thanks for the nice words

[@dholmlund]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I was all about Donkey Kong and DK Jr when I played the Atari 2600!! (Mario Bros., too!) :D

[@PeterRichardsandYoureNot]

You missed the glitch in colleco vision version that allowed jr to float back and forth in mid air if you timed jump from springboard right with the platform that floats back and forth.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks, did I miss anything else?

[@VictorHernandez-nj2lo]

First time I played a version of this game was on the gameboy color game called game & watch gallery 3. It included this game (both modern & classic versions) on normal & hard difficulty

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I never have tried that version

[@mattcaine9938]

Giving a shout out to DKJR in a blue cab. Played it at the Omni skating rink. Instant classic. Own an original machine with the Remix installed

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Excellent, now I'm super jealous

[@OtisMcNuttIII]

Rumor has it that Junior is now the current continuity DK and Cranky Kong is the original DK.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Yes I read that when the original donkey Kong country came out

[@Djclyve]

Scoresman is all about HAVING FUN, DAMMIT

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, He is also about meeting girls and meeting guys

[@nc1237]

Love your video donkey Kong is my new favorite old school game donkey Kong is awesome 😎 either way 👍💯

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you very much, donkey Kong might be my favorite game of all time

[@consty715]

So there must be some mint radarscope marquees and furniture in storage somewhere

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I would assume so :-)

[@riversarcadereview385]

Donkey Kong Jr. Remix has Luigi in his correct color overalls

[@NobesBLO13]

Ronnie the limo driver reference, You are the man.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

This Ain't hot Rod Magazine pal, Glad you enjoyed it thanks :-)

[@NobesBLO13]

PatmanQC - History of arcade game documentaries It’s built on a Cadillac effin frame! Haha memories.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

@@NobesBLO13 LOL, what's your problem???

[@SRDhain]

I can't remember ever seeing this anywhere in the U.K. It looks like fun. What's ironic, is that nintendo did go on to make an arcade version of popeye, and in the same year as this. Not sure what happened, but at least Nintendo got two great arcade games out of the proposition. Interestingly, the game hunchback 2 on the C64 looks like it was based on the gameplay mechanics of some of the levels.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I did a history of Popeye video where I talk about this. Basically King features saw the success they were having with the donkey Kong arcade and granted the license based on its success

[@SRDhain]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Thanks for the heads up, ill check it out.

[@ivanscissorhands2008]

Great video, thank you! I laughed at Ron Jeremy's pic 😂 A real classic arcade game, the atari conversion is very lame 😂 we used to trade nes games with my cousin back then, i remember playing this game a lot of times. Cheers from Guatemala 🇬🇹

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it :-) greetings back from the USA

[@caucasoidape8838]

The death sound is so painful sounding. I imagine it feeling like a hot blade going under your toe nail.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Yikes, no doubt

[@Rgoid]

2:27 Which they finally got in 1982.

[@jimmybisk]

I used to love this game. I had a port for the Acorn Electron. I'm sure there must have been a copyright issue of some kind because the bad guy who kidnapped Donkey Kong was called Boris & clearly did not look like Mario.More recently I came across a special port of the original called Donkey Kong 2 for MAME which had 4 brand new, incredibly difficult levels (so had 8 levels in total). I think you flashed a quick image of it up at the beginning.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I have seen that custom arcade cabinet of donkey Kong 2 but never have had a chance to play it

[@jimmybisk]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Wow, I never knew one was made! Played it on MAME - super tough alternate levels.

[@theodorehsu5023]

Of course, come the Game Boy "Donkey Kong" game, Donkey Kong Junior aids Papa DK in kidnapping Pauline (who now sports brown hair to tell her apart from a blonde Princess Peach Toadstool). So part of that game involves caging up Junior before taking on a giant DK in the final round. According to Rare's Greg Mayles (per Wikipedia), during "Donkey Kong Country." Cranky Kong is the original Donkey Kong, DK Junior got married, and the current Donkey Kong is Junior's son. The new DK still has a thing for Pauline like Gramps did, and in "Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis," he kidnaps Pauline (and does it in the follow up game, "Mini-Land Mayhem").

[@MeanMrMustard1]

Maybe the current DK is the son of Junior but from what I've read, the DK in the DK Country series is DK Jr. and yes, Cranky is the original DK.

[@billcook4768]

I’m convinced of the rumor that Coleco deliberately made the 2600 conversion look and sound terrible to contrast with the Colecovision version.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I have always heard that as well but don't know how true it is

[@ngttbob]

The NES port doesn’t play identically to the arcade version! The NES version is much more responsive - DK Jr will perform actions as quickly as you can input them on your controller. The arcade version will throttle you if you try to enter multiple inputs in a short period of time, such as trying to quickly switch from one vine to the next. You have to play much more deliberately, because tight situations are much harder to get out of. It’s not necessarily a bad thing though - I actually find the arcade version more fun because of it! I haven’t seen many people mention this gameplay difference, which surprises me - I think it makes a pretty big difference!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It always seemed the same to me

[@STEVEHEROLD]

great game. loved me some DK Jr cereal back in 80s.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

So did I

[@johneygd]

Well we can say for sure that in japan jumpman was eventually called mario in DK jr and that’s when mario is actually became mario as we do today because in 1981 he was still called jumpman.

[@moderusprime]

I wonder how many parents are answering what a "queef" is.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, Better to learn from them that have It happen on your honeymoon

[@JeremyLeePotocki]

I would say that Mario looks more like a mutated smurf in the Intellivision version.

[@michaelsegal3558]

All cutscenes were taken out in the NES version

[@SylveonTrapito]

Can't talk about Donkey Kong Jr. Without a Billy Mitchell photo 👌

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL that is true

[@gitgeronimo9375]

A Ronnie Mund reference? Can I give you 10 thumbs ups? And I don’t mean pegging.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, you got it :-)

[@quantitativeease]

I like your videos, but you devote a lot of time to home system ports. I am a child of the coin-op age, and would love to see somewhat more detailed histories of the original games. I had a Vectrex, which was awesome, but don't get me started on their port of Star Castle.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I like to show every possible version I can have each corresponding name. Sorry my histories are not as detailed as you like. A lot of times especially with Japanese games there just isn't a whole lot to talk about

[@michaelsegal3558]

7:31 DK Jr. doesn’t have his vest on

[@TheMagnificentMongoSlade]

Mario as the heel is certainly a choice

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL

[@simonbelmont65]

They should have always kept Mario in his original red overalls and blue shirt outfit, it looks a lot better than what he has now.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I always preferred that as well

[@PANTYEATR1]

i had Donkey Kong Jr. for the NES and it was fun, but what was more fun was Donkey Kong Jr 3 with Mario in the greenhouse. i think it was a rare version cause i only seen it in the arcade once where i lived and nowhere else.

[@Tigerlord4835]

Donkey Kong 3 featured Stanley the bugman, not Mario. The arcade version is on Nintendo Switch.

[@PANTYEATR1]

@@Tigerlord4835 oh wow, i didn't know that wasn't Mario. i only saw the game in the wild once. what was Stanley's beef with Donkey Kong? is there a story behind it?

[@Tigerlord4835]

@@PANTYEATR1 DK invaded Stanley's greenhouse and brought bees and other bugs, disturbing his flowers.

[@PANTYEATR1]

@@Tigerlord4835 i find it funny now that Stanley was spraying bug spray on DK which is a federal violation using bug spray not for its intended purpose 😅

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I never really got into number three

[@frankbrislin4378]

I played it in the arcades; and I believe I had the Game & Watch version of it.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I always enjoyed both versions as well

[@MrZiggens3]

I was born in 83 and was originally introduced to this classic by that awesome NES split cart with both Donkey Kong & Donkey Kong Jr. I loved DK jr. but was always disappointed by only having a few levels. Can’t someone make new levels?

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I think there are some acts that included all the levels but I'm not sure