CV Donkey Kong Instruction Manual Versions

[ColecoFan1981]

http://www.colecovis...lecomanual.html

 

For those of you who have the CV Donkey Kong 16K ROM version, the instruction manual would be either #78214A or #78214B.

 

The original 24K ROM version would've had version #78214 or #78214A included.

 

78214 - August to October 1982

78214A - November 1982 to January 1983

78214B - February 1983 to April 1984 (16K ROM version)

 

Front cover proclaims on both 78214 and 78214A: "Plays, sounds and scores like the DONKEY KONG^TM arcade game!"

 

For 78214B, this is changed to: "Plays like the DONKEY KONG^TM arcade game!"

 

The scoring sheet for 78214B differs from 78214 and 78214A in that:

STARTING BONUS VALUES (ALL SKILL LEVELS)

Round 1: 4000 points

Round 2: 5000 points

*Round 3: 6000 points

 

* For each successive round of play, add 1000 points to the previous Starting Bonus Value. Maximum Starting Bonus Value: 99000 points.

 

Jumping a barrel or fireball: 100 points

Eliminating a rivet: 100 points

Smashing a barrel or fireball: 300 points

Grabbing an accessory (hat, purse or umbrella): 300 points

 

Whereas for 78214 and 78214A:

Starting Bonus Values

Level 1: 4000 points

Level 2: 5000 points

Level 3: 6000 points

Level 4: 7000 points

Level 5: 8000 points

 

Jumping a barrel or fireball: 100 points

Eliminating a rivet: 100 points

Smashing a barrel or fireball: 300 points

Grabbing an accessory (hat, purse or umbrella): 300 points

 

78214B also adds a Step 11, which reads:

STEP 11: Round and round you go.

One round of play consists of five screens in this order: Ramps, Rivets, Elevators, Rivets and Elevators. Complete one round and you move on to the next, starting with Ramps at a higher level of difficulty.

 

~Ben

Edited September 25, 2011 by ColecoFan1981

[retroillucid]

Same thing for some other Coleco games

 

In fact, there's revisions for some other manuals as well

 

I'm die hard collector for variations, I'm counting about 50 CV carts variants now!

[ColecoFan1981]

Cosmic Avenger is another one of those games.

 

~Ben

[retroillucid]

Cosmic Avenger is another one of those games.

 

~Ben

 

Pretty much all Coleco made titles have revision manual and sometime label variations

 

With all those years, I discovered alot of variations, including french/canadian variants

I'll soon put all my variants on colecoindustries.com

... just need some time uploading all the stuff... etc..