Donkey Kong

aka: DK, Donkey Kong-e
Moby ID: 574

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Critic Reviews add missing review

Average score: 90% (based on 7 ratings)

Player Reviews

Average score: 3.7 out of 5 (based on 19 ratings with 1 reviews)

A good game, but could be better...

The Good
ColecoVision's Donkey Kong had good graphics, nice gameplay and good sound effects. It was the first Donkey Kong coin-op conversion in the world. Because Coleco acquired DK rights from Nintendo, it released several versions of the game in Western hemisphere, like Intellivision and Atari 2600. ColecoVision's version had sound effects more realistic and similar to arcade than the japanese Famicom (NES) one.

The Bad
Unfortunately, like NES' version, the ColecoVision one had only three levels, lacking the Pie Factory. Did Nintendo make this on purpose?

The Bottom Line
ColecoVision Donkey Kong is a good game, but would be better if it included the Pie Factory, as Arcade and GB versions did. However, it's worth to play it on ColecoVision!

ColecoVision · by Gustavo Henrique dos Santos (97) · 2014

Contributors to this Entry

Critic reviews added by Alsy, Patrick Bregger, Tim Janssen, Big John WV, Scaryfun, Hipolito Pichardo.