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marcelo_cabral
Roku Guru
9 years ago

Another open source game project: Donkey Kong (Arcade Version)

It became a collection now, recreating classics for Roku, this is my current project after Prince of Persia and Lode Runner : Mario is alive! https://instagram.com/p/BLmZsOiBljA/ This time I wi...
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marcelo_cabral
Roku Guru
9 years ago
"EnTerr" wrote:
Recently i learned, this game was originally made by Nintendo based on the Popeye comics/cartoons. Failing to secure franchise rights, late in the process they replaced

  • Bluto with a stubborn ("Donkey") ape ("Kong"),

  • Popeye with a carpenter ("Jumpman", later "Mario") and

  • Olive Oyl with a damsel in distress ("Lady", later "Pauline")

Whaddayaknow!

This guy hacked the NES version to create a Popeye version:
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