Donkey Kong Coin-Op Arcade Handwritten Commented Assembly on eBay

[Carl Mueller Jr]

Didn't know where to post this, but here is the link and description:

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 290852854580

This is a truly one-of-a-kind auction.

Up for auction is the complete commented disassembly for Donkey Kong, the smash hit arcade coin-op released by Nintendo in 1981, and probably the most famous game ever made.

Many of the comments and notes are handwritten - some have been entered; but on the whole this is not a digital product and this information does not exist anywhere but on these pages.

 

The game was reverse engineered, by me (Carl Mueller, Jr.), over a period of about a year and includes the entire disassembly of the Z80 sections (16K), and the 8048 section (2K), which contains not only the sound code but also the digital samples that are used to produce Donkey Kong's infamous "roar", and the hidden sound samples of Pauline saying both "help" and "right".

 

Using this disassembly, one could understand the game well enough to create a perfect port of the game. You could also gain enough understanding with a partial perusal to write things like MAME cheat files, or to hack the game to say, for example, create your own boards.

 

Also included are pages that list all identified memory locations and brief descriptions of how they are used, and printouts of the character and background graphics ROMs (with notes).

 

Also, as the author of DK Arcade and D2K for the Intellivision, I would be happy to sign any of the pages or whatever you like to authenticate that I am the "author" of this commented disassembly. I also hereby testify that this is a clean house disassembly and therefore entirely legal.

 

On a side note, I took this stack of papers with me to Kyoto, Japan, right up to Nintendo of Japan's gate with the intent of showing my work to Shigeru Miyamoto. I didn't get in to see him, unfortunately. However, they did give me a full-color catalog of their products in Japanese including a couple of pages detailing Nintendo's history. I'm including this in the auction as well. :-)

[tep392]

Very cool! Just a bit rich for me though.

[+Defender_2600]

Very cool! Just a bit rich for me though.

 

 

I'd be happy to help you with a donation of $100. Only one way to thank you again for your Donkey Kong XM.

 

And perhaps, among 7800 users, other people can contribute.

[tep392]

I'd be happy to help you with a donation of $100. Only one way to thank you again for your Donkey Kong XM.

 

And perhaps, among 7800 users, other people can contribute.

 

Your kind words are all the thanks I need. Just use that money for the other homebrews that being worked on.

[Carl Mueller Jr]

Very cool! Just a bit rich for me though.

 

Thanks. Where can I see a demo of what you're working on? It certainly sounds interesting.

[tep392]

You can take a look at it here.

 

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/204250-donkey-kong-xm-pre-order-and-demo/

[+Defender_2600]

Just use that money for the other homebrews that being worked on.

 

very wise

[+Defender_2600]

Thanks. Where can I see a demo of what you're working on? It certainly sounds interesting.

 

 

and a video:

 

 

 

 

Mr. Mueller, congratulations for your DK Arcade and D2K. I do not have an Intellivision but I decided to fill this gap.