![]() ![]() Now it’s back, on the Switch, in much the same way Donkey Kong Jungle Beat made its way to the Wii after it first sprang to life, bongos and all, on the Gamecube. That was on the Wii U and was released in 2014. In 2010 Nintendo’s Retro studios were tasked with making a new Donkey Kong (Country Returns) game which in turn resulted in a sequel, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. ![]() Controlling Donkey Kong, and with a cast of characters including Diddy Kong, it was a delight and a major success. Coming later in that console’s cycle it was a beautiful game - thanks to the pre-rendered 3D sprites enabled by Silicon Graphics’ hardware - and entirely joyful for anyone who happened to pick up the pad and play. So I knew about him before Rare developed Donkey Kong Country for the Super Nintendo. He’s one of the most well-known gaming icons around, especially for a fan of Mario and his series of games. Be sure to slow the game down with slowdown programs, though.I knew about Donkey Kong before I was first able to play as him, of course. Still, it remains one of Atari’s best PC ports that remain highly playable to this day. This port by Atari does justice to the original arcade sensation, only minus the bright colors due to hardware limitations of PCs in 1983. Straightforward, but a lot of fun and quite addictive. ![]() You do this by jumping over barrels and other obstacles that Kong throw at you, and climbing up ladders to the top. In case you have never heard of the game until this moment (and if that’s true, you most likely never played games until recently), here’s the deal: you control a plump construction worker called Jumpman (who would later morph into a plumber named Mario in Nintendo’s most successful series) who must rescue his girlfriend Pauline from the clutches of Donkey Kong, a giant gorilla modeled after the movie. ![]() Donkey Kong is a great PC port of Nintendo's classic arcade game that needs no introduction, since it has been ported to just about every console and computer system you can imagine. ![]()
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