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A Great Start for a future kick ass gamer

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

6 years ago...
I bought a Game Boy Pocket and bought my first game of all time, Donkey Kong.
6 years later...
I'm become kick ass great gamer and I find Donkey Kong while looking for Zelda Four Swords and I still have fun playing it. The classic first four levels, the puzzling quest for keys, and the final battle at the top of Kong Tower (or whatever the hell they call that tower). Anyway, buy if you want to it. It's a good game.

WAY better than the original

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Donkey Kong is the game that introduced Mario to the world. It's no wonder the game has gone on to become a cult classic. However, no one can deny that the original game, while very fun, was also on the short side. Nintendo took this into consideration when they decided to remake the original game for the Game Boy. Read on for my review of Donkey Kong '94.

PROS:
-THE ENTIRE ORIGINAL GAME IS HERE. All four of the stages that made up the original arcade Donkey Kong (including the level missing from the original NES release of the game) are here.
-YOU CAN SAVE YOUR GAME. Being able to save your game makes this one of the best "travel" games out there.
-MUCH LONGER AND MORE APPEALING THAN THE ORIGINAL. After the original game ends, a whole new game begins! You will progress through roughly a hundred puzzle-action stages, battling against Donkey Kong every fourth stage. This game has never been better.

CONS:
-CONTROL IS AWKWARD AT FIRST. Nintendo modeled the controls for this game after the classic Donkey Kong arcade game, not the Super Mario Bros. series, so modern-day Mario fans are going to have to make some serious adjustments.
-UNEVEN MIX OF DIFFICULTY. Some stages have no puzzle at all, just get in, get the key, get out. However, some stages have mind-boggling puzzles that are going to make you want to tear your hair out. The easy and hard stages are unevenly mixed. Having the game get progressingly more difficult would have made for a more satisfying game experience.

OVERALL:
Overall this is an excellent game, even if it has become a little dated. If you own any variation of the Game Boy, purchasing this game from your local used video games dealer would be a smart move.

1981: YEAR OF THE APE! The Story Of Donkey Kong

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User

A Brave Carpenter, A Damsel In Distress, And A Vile Brute, It Was The Game That Started It All. The Reason Nintendo Exist. The Dawn Of A New Era, And A New Ape.

"How High Can You Go?" The Question That Made Gamers Go Ape. 1981's Donkey Kong Was The Begging Of Nintendo.

So What's The Story? Gald You Asked. So It's Brooklyn And And A Dirty Ape (Donkey Kong) Escapes From The Brooklyn Zoo. Think He's Mr. Goody-Goody Two Shoes?(Well Actally Feet) Think Again! A Carpenter( Jumpman)'s Girlfriend (Pauline) Is Stolen By Donkey Kong. This Make's Jumpman Sooooo Mad That He Chases That Dirty Ape And Saves Pauline.

You Play As Jumpman. Your Only Offense Is Your Hammer. Smash The Barrels. Your Only Defense Is Your Distant Jumping Action.

What Kills You? Barrels, The Fireballs And Mudpies. Watch Out For All Of These And You'll Live.

Grab A Copy Of Donkey Kong NOW!!! Make Sure You Buy E-reader's Donkey Kong Jr. The Squel To Donkey Kong. You'll Really Go Ape! Really.

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5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

yes that is all everyones favorite gorilla can say after playing this its amazing this is a combo of Mario vs DK + Donkey kong + mario bros + super mario 64 = one shocked gorilla, how did they fit all this into a gameboy game plus three save files? well dont ask me buy the game!.................. well what are you doing still reading this review!!??? buy it now or ill get some barells kidnap pauline again.

This game is the only Game I can beat.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: October 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is one of the only games I have that I can beat. You can save on this game unlike other game boy games like Terminator 2 Judgement Day.

Highly Addictive

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 11, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Donkey Kong is a highly addictive game. Mario is the main hero, and unlike the other Donkey Kong games, Donkey Kong is the villan. It is a highly addictive game, and has a good plot. It get's very tricky at times but that makes it even more fun.

Donkey Kong

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have had this game for a long time.I have 2 littil brothers and they love this game.My dad siad that he use to hav this game when he was a kid,and he loves it.So if your kids ask for this game,don't worry about the price get it for them!!!

Classic must buy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I recently bought a GBA, and i found my old gameboy games, one of which was Donkey kong, this has to be one of the best games every released fot th gameboy, the game is really long, the first time through some of the levels are hard to figure out, the second time through they are just as fun as the first time this game has immense replay value. the first four levels are straight out of the origonal, the only problem with this is that anyone that has beaten the game will know all of marios tricks, and they can make the first levels a little to easy to beat. anyone who likes clasic or puzzle games should buy this game, or find the copy you have in your closet and blow the dust off of it.

The original Donkey Kong makes a stellar return

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: July 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Donkey Kong was never like this. Actually it kind of was back in the 1980's. But now Mario's got a whole new arsenal of moves, Donkey's got some more tricks up his...sleeves...and there's a whole new slew of levels. This game is fantastic all the way around. Graphics, sound, control, game play, everything is beyond perfect for a Game Boy game made back in 1994. Its a classic in all respects of the term.

Must buy!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 16 / 19
Date: November 26, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I currently have Donkey Kong for Super Nintento and Nintendo 64 and they're both my favorite games for each system. When I got my Game Boy Color last month, this was the first game that I got. I played it all day, it was a blast! I had as much fun playing this game, as I do playing it on the other systems. It's definatley worth buying, especially since you can play it anywhere!

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