The game starts out with the antagonist turned hero Donkey Kong wearing his trademark red tie as he finds his hoard of bananas has been hoodwinked. You go out into the world with your heterosexual life-partner, Diddy, a pint size monkey sporting a red cap. Soon your crossing paths with walking crocodiles, beavers, vultures and bees all seemingly intent on preventing you from retrieving your stash. All of these creatures move on a pretty straight forward path, simple timing will get you through all of the challenges of the game. The thing I probably had the most fun doing in this game was the fast barrel cannon challenges. Eventually you make your way around the entire island to come up against an unmemorable final boss and are reunited with your over sized bananas.
For those of you that have played the, as of writing, newly released Mario Kart Wii, the unlockable characters Funky Kong and Diddy Kong originates from this game. Funky Kong was the lovable surfer dude that ran the barrel planes service that allowed instant travel around the map.
Donkey Kong started out as a villain in his very famous arcade game called Donkey Kong. You had to use Jumpman (now known as Mario) to be able to get to Donkey Kong at the top in all four stages. Well, this game was and ... Read Full Review
Released in 1994 by Nintendo (developed by Rare) this game was, is and will be forever just incredible. Everybody should remember Donkey Kong, the arcade game. It was a simple single-screen platform with Mario (he was ca... Read Full Review
