rockman_x_2002 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Well, it looks like after all these years, a port of Donkey Kong Junior has finally graced the Commodore 64. And a fine port indeed it is. It was released over on CSDb, and announced here in its forums. I just found the news tonight myself. Here's a youtube video of the game in action on an NTSC C64. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toptenmaterial Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Looks great and very robust audio too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christo930 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I haven't had a chance to play it (I will tomorrow), but man the person who wrote this really made good use of the C64, particularly on the 1st and 2nd screens. The colors look really, really good. Can't wait to try it out! If it plays as good as it looks, you would have to give it an A+ ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tales from the Game Room Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I gotta ask: How does one get this game? Silly question: Will it be available for play on a floppy disk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Wow! That looks nicer than the arcade version. How come DK doesn't kick Mario after Jr. catches him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Looks great - sounds good. Being a port of the 7800 version means, in part, they retained the Japan board order instead of the US based one (For better or worse). All four board graphics appear enhanced over the Arcade originals look having a more 'realistic' interpretation. Almost something I would expect from a Gameboy Advanced/DX/Special edition of the game. Impressive stuff… Honestly though, I'm on the fence as to whether I am liking more the enhancement over the Arcade look, or rather they would've tried to nail the Arcade graphics as close as possible.The score area is indeed the Arcade look; love when ports retain that aspect, gives it a certain polish, IMHO. However, it unfortunately appears pretty much cut-off/out in NTSC land under real hardware. Overall, it plays very well; gameplay is very much like the Arcade. Biggest complaint, as with the 7800 version this is derived from, is the bounding box/area on the second/vine board with the egg is just as frustrating in its over-reaching detection. Nitpickers and even more so the Snapjaws are handled beautifully. I'm finicky when it comes to the size and total area a Snapjaw occupies, and they nailed the proportions perfectly in porting this over. Really would have loved to see the full animated end of level/saving Kong scene with the kick-off (I.E. Arcade, Coleco Adam DDP), instead of retaining just Junior holds Kong high only (I.E. NES, Atari 7800)Nonetheless, really excellent work! Kudos all around...No doubt, will be hailed as one of the best home ports available and truly long overdue...It's great to finally have a port on the C64; especially one handled so exceptionally well. Leaves me somewhat salivating at the thought of how their version of Donkey Kong would be presented on the C64. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I see there was a free download of this made available last Saturday. Missed it obviously... anyone able to forward? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I gotta ask: How does one get this game? I see there was a free download of this made available last Saturday. Missed it obviously... anyone able to forward? 'Soft' copy here. Trained/Cheats for those who may need help with the game are available too. Same site, just search the game name. One such 'cheat'/trained version is here. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 It's a conversion from the 7800. Since release there's also been trainer hacks and a single file version. CSDB has a decent search facility so they're easily found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwalla Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I just played it on VICE and it's EXCELLENT. It's an enhanced Atari 7800 port with slightly upgraded graphics and sound. Great job team! WOW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Excellent! Always super happy to see new ports of classic arcade games. Thanks for the info. Also, a big thank you to Trebor for the dl link. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adolescent Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Wow. Looks like a really great port! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Super awesome. Nice graphics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 (edited) Very nice indeed. Shouldn't this be in 'Classic Computing'? Edited November 15, 2014 by high voltage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegamezmaster Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 (edited) Looks awesome! Wish I had a zoomfloppy or uied/sd I could get for cheap! Or what's the cheapest and easiest way to get a copy to play on a C64? Help please! Edited November 15, 2014 by thegamezmaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 There's a tape version so you could create an audio file for transfer to cassette using existing utilities. Cheapest disk interface is X1541 types, can be selfbuilt for under 10 bucks or 20-30 for ready made ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegamezmaster Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 (edited) Don't have anything like that or the know how. Limited skills at best. Plus don't have a PC with a parallel port. Anyone got a Zoom Floopy or a uied/sd they want to sell cheap PM me please. Edited November 15, 2014 by thegamezmaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christo930 Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Looks awesome! Wish I had a zoomfloppy or uied/sd I could get for cheap! Or what's the cheapest and easiest way to get a copy to play on a C64? Help please! If you have a 1581 drive, you can probably just create a d81 image and write it to a 3.5" floppy, either that or an XA cable. I have both, but I'm not the XA cable would work with my PC with XP (no direct access to the hardware). I finally got a chance to play with it and I couldn't get it to work on CCS64 and after some fiddling around, I got it to work on VICE, so I saved it as a save file so I know it will work next time on the emulator. Haven't tried it on real hardware yet though. Overall, I think it is a pretty good port Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Tried this today. Very nice port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Pac Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Excellent port!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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