Donkey Kong (Game Boy) Playthrough
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ก.พ. 2024
- A playthrough of Nintendo's 1994 Game Boy puzzle-platformer, Donkey Kong.
In this video, I play through every stage (all items collected) on the Super Game Boy. I also compiled a montage of Mario's death animations - you can see that following the ending at 2:04:57.
Donkey Kong, often referred to as Donkey Kong '94 to differentiate it from the arcade game, was released alongside the Super Game Boy. The Super Game Boy was a peripheral that allowed Game Boy cartridges to play on the Super Nintendo "in color." To get the most from the it, a game had to be designed to explicitly support the SGB's new features, and Donkey Kong's custom screen border, sprite and background layer-specific color palettes, and enhanced audio made for an excellent demonstration of the add-ons capabilities.
The game starts out with the same four stages that were featured in the original arcade game, but this time, Mario doesn't save Pauline at the construction site. Instead, Donkey Kong grabs Pauline and flees with Mario in hot pursuit, kicking off a brand new adventure that spans a mammoth one hundred stages.
Donkey Kong is a top-notch effort with exceptional production values, especially for an 8-bit handheld game. It looks great on the monochrome GB screen, but the SGB enhancements add a ton to the experience. Pauline's screams of "Help!" and the ending's credit roll music are particularly cool. Mario's parkour master moveset does an excellent job fleshing out the arcade game's mechanics, and the game deserves special credit for the seamless way it introduces new techniques to the player. The fun little cutscenes that play every four stages teach you everything you need to know without pulling you out of the game for an instant.
And some fun trivia: this was the first time that Donkey Kong wore his iconic red tie, and it is still the only game that poses Donkey Kong Junior as Mario's enemy.
This was one of my favorite games when it was released. My parents thought that the Super Game Boy looked like a great idea since we already had a good twenty or so Game Boy games, and since we were in the process of moving, they grabbed a SGB, Tiny Toons 2, and Donkey Kong for my sister and I at Toys 'R Us. We had such a blast going through them, and it was REALLY cool that we could just yank the cart out of the SNES and put it in the Game Boy and continue on - they didn't have to try to convince me to turn off my game if we were going out because I could just switch systems and keep playing in the car.
Donkey Kong was one of the best games ever made for the original Game Boy, and between it and Donkey Kong Country, I think it is safe to say that Nintendo's original mascot served the company extremely well in 1994.
It's also wild to think that DK94 remains a Game Boy exclusive to this very day. I can't imagine why Nintendo chose to skip over it when they decided to remake its GBA sequel, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, for the Switch. In my opinion, this one still holds up as the better game.
If you'd like to see the sequel, you can find my video of it here: • Mario vs. Donkey Kong ...
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This "remake" of the original Donkey Kong is one of the best games Nintendo ever made for the OG Game Boy. What a classic!
I don't blame you
One hundred percent. This is a game that is on a level that, I consider myself extremely fortunate to have grown up with, played and beaten. Theres games that I liked growing up, and then theres games like this where again, I use the word fortunate to have had the experience with. Its excellent.
Indeed
You're right. This should've been remade
Are you going to do Mario vs. Donkey Kong (and it's remake) as well?
I love how starts off old school then turns into a big fantastic adventure
This was my first Donkey Kong game when I was 9 years old back in 1994.
This game doesn't need to be remade. It's perfect as is.
Nintendo would ruin like they did with the Mario Vs. Donkey Kong Remake.
@@user-in8qh3zf9d I don't think they ruined it, but it definitely feels more "sanitized". Like, the original game had its own charm with al the cartoony noises, sound effects, Mario calling Donkey Kong a "big monkey". The remake stripped a lot of that away and made Mario feel a lot more like modern Mario, understandably of course
I love how every Game Boy game has their own screen borders when you play them the Super Game Boy
Iirc, this game was released at the same time and was optimized for the super game boy to promote its sales
For some reason, i find this game super lively to watch and play :D
I remember spending ungodly amounts of time on this game on my 2DS. Love the cleverly tutorialized enemies and stage gimmicks, it's fun to try out Mario's new parkour moveset, and the cutscenes in between each world are quite charming. It is without a doubt one of the best Game Boy games I've ever played.
Holy moley a fellow 2ds user
@@darkrena Yeah, my father was too cheap to get me a 3DS, so I got a 2DS instead lol.
My dad grew up on the arcade version, and prefers that. Very ironic considering he had this, and it expanded from what was in the arcade. The final boss was terrifying as a kid. Also, the sudden backflip we see in modern mario games seems to have originated from this game, you know when mario was a acrobat, lol.
Lol yeah, it seems like a lot of the Mario 64 controls were inspired by this. The triple jump started here, too.
@@NintendoCompleteI need to send this to my old man to shock him. This really was s great game. Thanks for the memory hype train.
One of the finest first part games on the OG Game Boy.
This game looks very fun, I'm happy that there's more dk than just arcade ports
It's a fantastic game. It took everything that made the original arcade Donkey Kong fun and *_greatly_* expanded upon it. You should play it when you get the chance.
2024 and I still playing!!
Timeless Evergreen unique ❤❤❤
Me too!!!
This game is good and a classic from my childhood and the ending music is one of the best
DK's villain days at his finest.
I hope one day DK is the final boss in one of the mainstream games
Cranky Kong was the OG DK Villain
Watched your original playthrough and i wishbthe NSO service added this underrated gem
Lol, i loved the way you uploaded this video just before days until the mario vs. Donkey Kong switch
Absolutely a classic. Wish this was on NSO...or unlocked in the new mario v dk remake.
Maybe they should remake this too
When I saw the Mario vs Donkey Kong trailer that is exactly what I thought
The original Mario vs Donkey was supposed to an enhanced port of this game.
It’s playable on 3DS and Wii U ha!
Its criminal this isnt on NSO
I had this on my see-through Gameboy that my uncle bought me. Definitely a go-to back in the day. Good times
The creme de la creme de la crop of the GB lineup.
I could have sworn you did a playthrough of this already
If not, then thanks for bringing back my childhood.
Why doesn't Mario handstand anymore? Or wiggle his little limbs as he prepares to jump off a rope?
They kept the sudden reverse backflip though. I think they could have kept the others as well.
Also not used to seeing this game in color, or hearing her actually say “help” 🤣. She says “mmmeeeehhh! mmmeeeehhh!” In the original lol
Probably unpopular opinion, but I prefer this to Mario vs Donkey Kong series :)
You’re not wrong.
Me too! I'm going through the Jungle Stage now!
I'm with you 100%
Jeeeeeesus I remember playing this game over and over on my gameboy when I was a kid 😩. Was hands down my favorite gameboy game
Much Better Than Skull Island: Rise of Kong on a Switch tbh
Really wish they added this to the NSO service, especially with the remake of Mario vs Donkey Kong having come out last week, at the time I'm writing this!
Its criminal its not on it
9-6 music is so good. so is the music from the first phase of the final dk fight.
I did had a Game Boy at the time. Now I regret that this game came under my radar, since Donkey Kong Country on the SNES was all the rage in 1994. I even played the GB version, but I cannot remember seeing this one.
They honestly need to bring this game back to the NSO
I absolutely loved this game.
Hot damn this brings back memories. I still remember feeling like it was just a cheap stupid copy of an arcade game, like Pac Man. But then you beat those first 4 or so stages and wtf? World select?? New levels??? What is this!! And it was so hard too! I had no idea you could flip around like that too! No wonder 8 year old me had such a tough time with this title lol.
I had this game as a kid this was my first time discovering donkey Kong’s first game before his own series
I just love how this game expands on what little content the original Donkey Kong had.
No, I'm not trying to trash the original game, I'm just saying, this is a good expansion of the original.
One of my favorite gaameboy games
This remake went above and beyond on what made the original so beloved
It also paved the way for mario vs donkey kong series so high respect
A big highlight for the gameboy and the super gameboy
A fine platform-puzzler!
My favorite version of Donkey kong
I don’t think i ever managed to get past the pyramid levels when I first played the game 😂
Help! Pauline needs Help!
I am of course familiar with this game! Classic Game Room aka Mark brought me to this game in his Gameboy Advance SP review in 2011.
Fuck! Nintendo needs to release this for the gameboy emulator
I wish this was in for the Gameboy Online thing for Switch. Or a game of its own. Mario Vs Donkey Kong is nice, but this is the GOAT
Donkey Kong got ass for dayz. I like how Mario's sprite is basically his Super Mario Land 2 map sprite.
This is great.
Will you be doing both the Donkey Kong Country trilogy and the Donkey Kong Land trilogy in Super Game Boy mode?
The Homie DK!
An upgrade to the first Game on the Mario series
This was the orinallythe first Mario VS Donkey Kong a remake of this should of been made for the switch
king of kong
And without Billy Mitchell, thankfully. Mario wouldn't look good with a mullet.
This needed a remake instead of Mario vs Donkey Kong
Mario vs Donkey Kong started as an enhanced port of this game.
SO TRUE
I'd be cool with Nintendo focusing on new things instead of constantly reheating games from decades ago
I mean, if Nintendo wants to continue/revive the MvDK franchise, then it made more sense to remake the first game on the GBA (the most beloved of the MvDK franchise) than the OG GB game, if they do a remake of DK'94, They'll probably leave it for another time.
@@wogardrodriguez2671 Unfortunately, Mario vs Donkey Kong completely overshadows this game, especially now that we have the remake of the GBA original. Also, Nintendo Software Technology has been demoted to mostly software development after Mini Mario & Friends: Amiibo Challenge in 2016. The only exception is F-Zero 99 & the previously mentioned remake.
I'm on 5-3 now and the difficulty is ramping up!
reuploaded for higher quality including 4K
Yup, and in this one, I collected all the items, and there aren't any emulation glitches like there were in the old video.
Last Boss Mega Kong
This is an awesome game. Lots of great gameplay packed in a tiny cartridge. And since this is the game’s 30th anniversary, maybe Nintendo will bring it to NSO this year? That’d be nice. =)
Hopefully, Nintendo would put this game on NSO GameBoy/GameBoy Color someday.
Mario's not a big fan of mushrooms 🍄
He and Dr. Robotnik have that in common.
Just now reminds me of the Mario Bros 2023 movie when he didn't want no mushrooms!
The trees in the forest stage are the same as the ones in Kirby's Dream Land.
Huh, yeah, they look really similar.
7:15 I like this boss fight
This only reminds me of a time when Nintendo had a lot more to offer back then. What looked like another port of the arcade game turned out to be WAY much more: A new game with new mechanics and exponentially more levels. But all they care to release these days are effortless remakes and bad ports, and are all the more successful for it.
A prime example of that (at least in *_MY_* opinion) Super Mario All-Stars on SNES vs. 3D All-Stars for the Switch. While the latter is essentially straight ports with virtually no alterations whatsoever, the former truly felt like a Super Nintendo version of SMB 1, 2, 3 & LL.
@@Dorian_Scott Let's not forget that despite being an All-Star game, the Switch version is missing an entire game: Galaxy 2. In this day and age, it wouldve just been better to remaster each one separately. But they decide to take the lowest road further by making it a limited time release with limited copies
Okay they did Mario vs Donkey Kong remake in the switch. Now let’s get a Donkey Kong 94 remake on the upcoming successor console.
Existen diferentes versiones supondré, porque yo recuerdo que el mío gritaba diferente (la mujer secuestrada) y no recuerdo que tenga color 🤔
Ademas de haber jugado en emulador y no grita help, solo aparece el texto. 🤔
Wish you had the option to add color to this on the 3ds when downloaded.
1989: Donkey Kong
2004: Mario vs Donkey Kong
2024: Mario vs Donkey Kong (Wonderful Remake Version)
I didn't knew that Mario didn't rescue minimarios yet. But, it picked up keys, to rescue Pauline instead 🤔🤔😯😯😅😅
I’m going to try and remake the entirety of this game in Super Mario Maker 2.
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Una pregunta de que consola es esta version a color?
SNES, específicamente con la ayuda de un periférico llamado Super Game Boy, que permitía jugar los juegos de Game Boy en la consola antes mencionada.
This video is in response to the Mario VS DK remake coming friday.
Mario vs Donkey Kong
Me And Julio
All Bosses
Boss 1 Villains
Boss 2 Helen
Boss 3 Wolves
Boss 4 Megan
Boss 5 Black Cat
Boss 6 Wolves
Boss 7 Elmo
Final Boss - Sergei
+ Ending & Credits
Where the times
What the fuck.
@@flippinmegaman yea
There's a lot more Donkey Kong ass in this game than usual
Seems like a great game. Too bad it was released the same year as Donkey Kong Country 1, which ultimately proved to be the better game in most people's eyes. The joys of being overshadowed. D:
2:09 game boy audio
Playable on 3DS and Wii U
3:35
Why is this Super Game Boy?
3:33
virei zerei é um jogo muito tiltado e impossivel de passar algumas fazes. sao 100 fazes pra xegar no finall
17:30
Do you need to get all 3 items if you have 99 lives?
No loot left behind
2:02:35
I think there’s something wrong with the sound…
Pretty ehh but god atleast there’s an end and it doesn’t take a decade.
1:20:18
Promo'SM ☝️
Alright, can anyone explain what the absolute fuck is a Promo'SM?
Fake video. No way this game could be beaten in just over 2 hours
I’m chasing that feeling