Full Size Arcade Game Crazy Kong - Donkey Kong

[tta583]

Arcade game in a full size upright cabinet with a freshly rebuilt Wells Gardner monitor.

 

The game is Crazy Kong. It is not a bootleg of Donkey Kong. Crazy Kong is the licensed version of Donkey Kong for non-us markets produced by Falcon. Falcon logos are on the game board and ROMs. The game plays just like Donkey Kong save that it has some slightly different sounds in a few places and is (supposedly) a bit harder. I can not comment on the differences in difficulty as I was never much of a Donkey Kong player until I got this game so I have no firm basis for comparison. More general information can be found in the KLOV entry:

 

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=7430

 

As to this specific game. Please take a minute to view the linked pictures.

 

Front

http://www.goattraks.com/tta583/forsale/crazykong/front.jpg

 

Right Side

http://www.goattraks.com/tta583/forsale/cr...ong/rt-side.jpg

 

Left Side

http://www.goattraks.com/tta583/forsale/cr...ong/lt-side.jpg

 

Back

http://www.goattraks.com/tta583/forsale/crazykong/back1.jpg

 

The game is in a clean upright cabinet with wood grain veneer. Other than some minor wear there is a VERY small chip just above the kick panel on the front of the game. There is also a few inch long but narrow chip at the very bottom of the right side. Both are visible in the pictures below. I have installed quality 2" rubber casters (back 2 fixed, front 2 swivel with a lock) to make moving the game easier.

 

As you can see in the pictures the game is very solid and clean inside and out.

 

The game has a nicely made arcade quality silk screened control panel overlay and marquee. Both are in excellent shape. These are not home or hastily made pieces.

 

All of the controls work with no problems. The game had a jump button installed to the left and right of the joystick to make it easy for either a right or left handed person to play.

 

The game uses a vertical Wells Gardner 19K4600 monitor. I rebuilt this monitor this last summer with a Bob Roberts cap kit. The 4600 monitors also tend to have cold/bad solder joints at the headers where the 3 vertical cards plug into the main monitor chassis. During the rebuild I unsoldered, cleaned, and resoldered all of these joints. The monitor is clean and bright and should run for years to come before needing any other maintenance. The game is running in the linked pictures so that you can see the monitor. I can send you hi-res versions of these pictures should you want a better look.

 

The coin door does have a "free play" button installed between the coin slots. The hole is very small. If you do not want a free play button I can give you a spare pan head carriage bolt to put in the hole as a cover. I can tie up the button inside the cabinet or remove it all together if you like. Please note that the game does not have coin mechanisms installed (coin mechs) so it will not run on quarters or tokens. The free play button is used to add a credit. All of the necessary hardware, mounts, wiring, and coin switches are there, just no mechs. The coin door and mech hardware are all "standard" arcade pieces so standard mechs can be had from any arcade supplier should you want to operate the game on quarters or tokens. If you want I can sell you a spare set from one of my other games for a nominal fee (I run free play in my collection so I don't necessarily need them.)

 

The game is 100% working and ready to go. It has been moved from my basement arcade to the first floor so that it can go right out the front door. The only thing it might need (if you just want then, its not necessary) would be a set (2) of locks. These can be had at Home Depot for about $4 a lock. I have an appliance dolly and a truck so I may be able to assist with a reasonably close delivery for a small cost to cover fuel and time (I'm cheep!!)

 

 

Asking $550 obo. I am in the Louisville, Ky area. I would prefer local pickup. I can work with a buyer to ship if interested but would like to avoid doing so as I have no control as to what happens from my door to yours.

 

If interested please e-mail me as its just the easiest way to get me. I read a lot of forums but don't necessarily log in so I miss PM's from time to time.

 

publicbrent (at) gmail.com

Edited January 17, 2007 by tta583

[Drache]

I think it's neat that the game supports both right and left handed people by having a jump button on either side of the joystick. Not many games have that nowadays!

[tta583]

I think it's neat that the game supports both right and left handed people by having a jump button on either side of the joystick. Not many games have that nowadays!

 

 

Well, I think its kind of cool...but to be honest I kind of feel like it is saying "New car!!! Wow with a steering wheel!!!" Kind of a cheesy selling point.

 

I guess I am kind of sensitive to it so I mention it. I am a righty but several in my family are not. I just made up a multi game for my parents house (mom loves pac plus all the nieces, nephews and cousins are always there). Dad is a lefty as are some of the kids. As such I had to remake the CP from scratch (as opposed to being able to use one of the several I had that fit the cab) with mirrored buttons so that everyone could play and not feel frustrated. I know how hard it was for me to try and play an original DK with the joy on the left and the single jump button on the right.

Edited January 17, 2007 by tta583