Gameboy Donkey Kong Kwestion

[FlightSuit]

Quite some time ago, I found the ROM and started playing Donkey Kong in one of the many Gameboy emulators. Now it occurs to me to ask an unanswered question I've had ever since:

 

Once you progress past the normal screens inspired by the original Donkey Kong arcade game, what are you supposed to do? I have no idea how to progress, or what my goal is, once I'm at the first of the new levels that were designed specifically for the GB version.

 

Thanks for your guidance!

[godslabrat]

Quite some time ago, I found the ROM and started playing Donkey Kong in one of the many Gameboy emulators. Now it occurs to me to ask an unanswered question I've had ever since:

 

Once you progress past the normal screens inspired by the original Donkey Kong arcade game, what are you supposed to do? I have no idea how to progress, or what my goal is, once I'm at the first of the new levels that were designed specifically for the GB version.

 

Thanks for your guidance!

 

If you're playing Donkey Kong '94, rather than Donkey Kong Land or Mario vs. DK, then your goal is to beat all the remaining levels (there are a LOT of them!). to get through most of the regular levels, Mario has to find the key and take it to the door to finish the level. You can pick up Pauline's dropped items for extra points and lives. Every few stages, you'll have to take on DK himself. This usually involves finding ways to send his own barrels back to him.

 

Freaking awesome game. I'd call it one of my best GB purchases, ever.

[brojamfootball]

Quite some time ago, I found the ROM and started playing Donkey Kong in one of the many Gameboy emulators. Now it occurs to me to ask an unanswered question I've had ever since:

 

Once you progress past the normal screens inspired by the original Donkey Kong arcade game, what are you supposed to do? I have no idea how to progress, or what my goal is, once I'm at the first of the new levels that were designed specifically for the GB version.

 

Thanks for your guidance!

I agree with Godslabrat--pretty much the best original Gameboy game!

 

Flightsuit, if you watch the cutscene it'll show you how to play. That little animation that shows Mario grabbing a key and carrying it to the locked door? That's it. As the game progresses, more and more tricks and solutions are revealed via these cutscenes, so pay attention as you go.

[FlightSuit]

Thanks! Next question: Where do I find the ROM? I know I had it, but now it seems I don't, and I'm getting really sick of these ROM sites that list the damned thing 'cause they want to come up in your Google searches, but don't bother to mention until the last possible moment that "this game is protected by the ESA."

 

Fuckers!

[Tempest]

Thanks! Next question: Where do I find the ROM? I

Danger Will Robinson! Danger Will Robinson!

 

 

Tempest

[FlightSuit]

Uh...

 

What?

 

Surely you're not telling me it's against the rules to axe that question here?

 

'Cause I couldn't get any game ROMs to work worth a damn in an Atari 800 emulator until I downloaded them from this very site.

 

So, given Atari Age's hosting of game ROMs, I figured it'd be OK to make such inquiries.

 

Parenthetically, regarding your avatar image:

 

I've seen clinics with those gimmicks in Tangiers...

[Tempest]

Surely you're not telling me it's against the rules to axe that question here?

 

'Cause I couldn't get any game ROMs to work worth a damn in an Atari 800 emulator until I downloaded them from this very site.

 

So, given Atari Age's hosting of game ROMs, I figured it'd be OK to make such inquiries.

Nintendo is still very much in business, so asking about Gameboy roms (or NES, GBA, Wii, etc.) is a no-no. Classic gaming systems made by long dead companies are fair game though..

 

 

I've seen clinics with those gimmicks in Tangiers...

Its been a great day, thanks a heap.

 

 

Tempest

[FlightSuit]

Shock Treatment is my religion.

 

Seriously.

 

Rocky Horror? It's OK, but nothing to base your life on.

 

Cosmo? Nation? Bert Schnick? Janet's dad?

 

These the deities in my pantheon.

 

Shoot, I even have Phantom of the Paradise on laserdisc and The Return of Captain Invincible on DVD.

[Lord Helmet]

Where do I find the ROM?

 

Google

[Tempest]

Rocky Horror? It's OK, but nothing to base your life on.

Might I suggest that if Shock Treatment has any resmeblance to your life that you're in real trouble.

 

Tempest

[FlightSuit]

Where do I find the ROM?

 

Google

 

 

We've already covered that. Google brings up a bunch of damned deceptive sites such as Rom Hustler, who do not have the roms, but still list them, because they want to come up in your Google searches. It's so annoying. And then you get to their damned site, and they still don't tell you they don't have the ROM. It's not until you click the "download" link that you get a page containing the words, "downloading now..." and then, elsewhere on the page, "this ROM is not available for download, because it is protected by the ESA."

 

When I become the Emperor, there will be legislation requiring everything on the Internet to be truthful, and anything even remotely deceptive will result in the Web site's owner being dragged from their home in the middle of the night and placed under the care of Doctors Cosmo and Nation McKinley.

[godslabrat]

We've already covered that. Google brings up a bunch of damned deceptive sites such as Rom Hustler, who do not have the roms, but still list them, because they want to come up in your Google searches. It's so annoying. And then you get to their damned site, and they still don't tell you they don't have the ROM. It's not until you click the "download" link that you get a page containing the words, "downloading now..." and then, elsewhere on the page, "this ROM is not available for download, because it is protected by the ESA."

 

When I become the Emperor, there will be legislation requiring everything on the Internet to be truthful, and anything even remotely deceptive will result in the Web site's owner being dragged from their home in the middle of the night and placed under the care of Doctors Cosmo and Nation McKinley.

 

I know there's about a thousand million reasons to justify emulating a game that ceased production 10 years ago, but I gotta say, this is one game I would totally reccomend just buying the actual cart. You WILL get your money's worth out of it, despite the generally higher-than-average cost of used GB games. If you have a SNES and SGB, use that, because this game has extended color pallettes (something Nintendo should have supported more consistently...)

 

Tetris, Zelda: LA, DK94, Crystal Quest--- my desert island GB games!

[Lord Helmet]

Where do I find the ROM?

 

Google

 

 

We've already covered that. Google brings up a bunch of damned deceptive sites such as Rom Hustler, who do not have the roms, but still list them, because they want to come up in your Google searches. It's so annoying. And then you get to their damned site, and they still don't tell you they don't have the ROM. It's not until you click the "download" link that you get a page containing the words, "downloading now..." and then, elsewhere on the page, "this ROM is not available for download, because it is protected by the ESA."

 

 

Try Delicious.com and search for NES roms.

Edited June 18, 2009 by Lord Helmet

[BDW]

Where do I find the ROM?

 

Google

 

 

When I become the Emperor, there will be legislation requiring everything on the Internet to be truthful, and anything even remotely deceptive will result in the Web site's owner being dragged from their home in the middle of the night and placed under the care of Doctors Cosmo and Nation McKinley.

 

Foolish mortal, it is not part of your pointless destiny to become the Emperor. Your internet based ramblings mean nothing to anyone, and you will die a lonely cold death for thinking you can achieve my hard earned title of Emperor of The World.

[BDW]

Oh, and Dope Roms works quite well for my purposes. No ESA protection there.

[FlightSuit]

I appreciate the suggestion, but Dope Roms doesn't have that game. To their credit, they do have other titles which are presumably ESA-protected, and one or two of those almost seem like they might have some hope of working.

 

Anyway, I did find what I was looking for. I won't say where, 'cause I don't want to be remanded to the custody of Dentonvale.

 

But, despite all y'all's help, I'm still stuck!

 

Once I get past the familiar arcade levels and into the big city, I can't seem to figure out how to grab that key that I need to unlock that door! I've tried using the hammer to kill all the enemies, and I've collected all the hats and cakes and what-nots, and I've tried jumping up and down on the key, hitting it from below, standing on my head and jumping on it...

 

All to no avail.

 

Hints, please!

 

Thankew...

[brojamfootball]

I appreciate the suggestion, but Dope Roms doesn't have that game. To their credit, they do have other titles which are presumably ESA-protected, and one or two of those almost seem like they might have some hope of working.

 

Anyway, I did find what I was looking for. I won't say where, 'cause I don't want to be remanded to the custody of Dentonvale.

 

But, despite all y'all's help, I'm still stuck!

 

Once I get past the familiar arcade levels and into the big city, I can't seem to figure out how to grab that key that I need to unlock that door! I've tried using the hammer to kill all the enemies, and I've collected all the hats and cakes and what-nots, and I've tried jumping up and down on the key, hitting it from below, standing on my head and jumping on it...

 

All to no avail.

 

Hints, please!

 

Thankew...

You jump on top of the key and press one of the buttons to grab it, I think the B button. You can throw it straight up to get it up to higher platforms. You can even throw it at some enemies to kill them, but don't drop it for long or it returns to its original spot.

You should go to gamefaqs.com and read a faq. It'll answer all questions.

[dendawg]

Quite some time ago, I found the ROM and started playing Donkey Kong in one of the many Gameboy emulators. Now it occurs to me to ask an unanswered question I've had ever since:

 

Once you progress past the normal screens inspired by the original Donkey Kong arcade game, what are you supposed to do? I have no idea how to progress, or what my goal is, once I'm at the first of the new levels that were designed specifically for the GB version.

 

Thanks for your guidance!

 

http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/gameboy/game/197137.html

[Video]

DK 94 from the sound of it, great game. I'd say get the actual cart, not an emu and rom and if possible, a real SNES and SGB to play this game on, that's the only real way to get the full experiance, changing color palate, more sound effects, full color screens, and DK cab.

 

Anyhow, more to your question, the first four levels play like the arcade (except you do have all Mario's new moves, back flip, etc) but once you beat the first four, you have to get the key, and take it to the locked door, some levels are pretty straight forward, while others will require you to push timers and seperate yourself from the key in some areas in order to progress. Some of those can be plain agrevating, as to much seperation fro the key, causes it to reset and you have to start again, did I mentione it's timed?

 

It really is one of the absolute BEST Gameboy games.

 

As for legality, well, honestly I won't feel to sorry for Nintendo if someone downloads a rom they nolonger produce, or make money off of (unless it's available on their Wii online store thingy, then it is in fact nolonger sold) however, if you get an actual cart, then legaly you could have a rom copy. I could have sworn I had a copy, but I can't find it on my computer, maybe I'll get my ripper later and rip it so I can play it on my netbook.

 

Something that gets me, Who the FUCK is ESA? and who gives them the right to tell me I can't download something? Thanks to them, I went out and bought my own rom ripper, no more trudging through the zillionx of sites to download copys of games I already own, I just do it the easy way. (of course, that wouldn't help for games I don't own, but I do want to at least try to do it the legal way, you know?)

[NE146]

DK 94 from the sound of it, great game. I'd say get the actual cart, not an emu and rom and if possible, a real SNES and SGB to play this game on, that's the only real way to get the full experiance, changing color palate, more sound effects, full color screens, and DK cab.

 

I actually preferred just playing it on a regular Gameboy rather than on the SGB.. the colors were just too generic and looked a lot more confusing, at least to me.

 

Anyway.. to the 1st poster, your problem is you're looking for things on the Web. Like someone complaining to the world that they can't find filet mignon in their local dumpsters. You can pretty much forget about it.

 

Before, it used to be pretty common to find complete Gameboy floods on Usenet and just snag all of them. However, those floods are getting a lot less frequent these days since the days of Gameboy are long gone, and pretty much everyone who cared over the past 15+ years has all of them by now. At this point your best bet would probably be torrents. Check www.underground-gamer.com and I am sure you will find your DK gameboy rom.

[figgler]

I could never play DK94 without using a real SGB. the original Gameboy system just sucked and the SGB features for DK94 are very well done.

[FlightSuit]

Like someone complaining to the world that they can't find filet mignon in their local dumpsters.

 

 

Hah, hah! You have just summed up the World Wide Web perfectly.

 

To everybody who's still telling me where to find this ROM, I do very much appreciate your input, but you all seem to have not noticed the part in my previous reply, where I said, "Anyway, I did find what I was looking for."

 

Got it from Emuparadise. They call it "Donkey Kong (World)," but it sure seems like you're talking about the same thing when you mention Donkey Kong '94. On my Macintosh, the Visual Boy Advance emulator plays it just fine, complete with Donkey Kong cabinet art framing the action. I don't know how the colors compare, 'cause I've only ever played this game in emulation.

 

Another nice thing about Visual Boy Advance is that it's the first and only emulator I've used that actually works nicely with my Logitech dual-analog controller. Sure, MAME OS X can technically use that controller, but for most games, Donkey Kong included, there's just enough vagueness to make it impossible to play the game with any precision.

 

I do own a SNES, but haven't used it in years. I bought the thing 'cause I'm a Godzilla fanatic, and had lucked into a discounted Godzilla cart for the SNES. Never did anything else with the console, and that Godzilla game really sucked.

 

Anyway...

[Mark Wolfe]

I have to chime in here and just say how f'ing great Donkey Kong '94 is. Go buy it on ebay or CTCW for chump change, like $3 or less depending.

 

Jumping on top of the key is the way to go but the funny thing is, I am confused by your confusion because before each scene/level, there is a short little movie of how the gameplay is done and what moves you need to know to finish the level. The game shows you this hint repeatedly until you click through it. So, pay attention to the little scene before each major level to see what to expect and what special moves you need to make

 

After you have your fill with that game, go try the Mario VS Donkey Kong games for GBA and DS. They're awesome too with a very similar kind of gameplay and hours of fun.

[Vic George 2K3]

The better question for this game is: why was it ever created in the first place?

[Mark Wolfe]

The better question for this game is: why was it ever created in the first place?

 

aside from the fact that it is widely considered to be one of the best gameboy games of all time and the best port of donkey kong outside of the arcade, the question really has no answer. That's like asking: "why did Miyamoto create Zelda?"