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Donkey Kong (Arcade)

Donkey Kong (Arcade)
DeveloperNintendo R&D1
PublisherNintendo
GenrePlatform
Released1981
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Achievements

Authors: KloggMonkey (18)
There are 18 achievements worth 255 (1214) points.
Complete Level 1 Stage 2 (3 Lives setting)
789 (443) of 1208
(65.31%) players
Complete Level 2 Stage 3 (3 Lives setting)
288 (158) of 1208
(23.84%) players
Complete Level 3 Stage 4 (3 Lives setting)
156 (66) of 1208
(12.91%) players
Complete Level 4 Stage 5 (3 Lives setting)
106 (42) of 1208
(8.77%) players
Complete Level 5 Stage 6 (3 Lives setting)
89 (33) of 1208
(7.37%) players
Jump two barrels (or a barrel and a flame) at once and collect 300 points (3 Lives setting)
1056 (529) of 1208
(87.42%) players
Jump three barrels at once and collect 800 points (3 Lives setting)
264 (161) of 1208
(21.85%) players
Jump at least four barrels at once and collect 800 points (3 Lives setting)
56 (34) of 1208
(4.64%) players
Collect both hammers in Level 1 Stage 1 without losing a life (3 Lives setting)
491 (321) of 1208
(40.65%) players
Collect both hammers in Level 1 Stage 2 without losing a life (3 Lives setting)
497 (315) of 1208
(41.14%) players
Collect both hammers in Level 3 Stage 2 without losing a life (3 Lives setting)
125 (69) of 1208
(10.35%) players
Collect all 3 of Pauline's items in Level 1 Stage 2 without losing a life (3 Lives setting)
794 (450) of 1208
(65.73%) players
Collect all 3 of Pauline's items in Level 2 Stage 2 without losing a life (3 Lives setting)
243 (153) of 1208
(20.12%) players
Collect all 3 of Pauline's items in Level 3 Stage 2 without losing a life (3 Lives setting)
157 (83) of 1208
(13.00%) players
Take the shortcut in Level 2 Stage 2 and finish with 5200 or more bonus (3 Lives setting)
114 (71) of 1208
(9.44%) players
Take the shortcut in Level 3 Stage 3 and finish with 6000 or more bonus (3 Lives setting)
76 (40) of 1208
(6.29%) players
Score 25k points (3 Lives setting)
290 (164) of 1208
(24.01%) players
Score 50k points (3 Lives setting)
159 (69) of 1208
(13.16%) players
Recent Players:
UserWhenActivity
sukh3GS2023-03-31 12:19:41Playing Level:2 at 50m Lives:4 Score:15000
johnnyzee2023-03-31 01:22:10Playing Donkey Kong
Scout2023-03-30 22:51:30Entering Initials
JBDarrkAnubis2023-03-29 15:56:34Playing Level:1 at 25m Lives:3 Score:0
Edwinonline12023-03-28 19:18:53Playing Donkey Kong
MythicSylvia2023-03-28 09:32:01Playing Donkey Kong
HTPCUser2023-03-26 21:12:04Playing Donkey Kong
MeisterSkielz2023-03-26 00:43:03Playing Level:3 at 50m Lives:1 Score:36000
Pharcy2023-03-19 21:13:51Playing Donkey Kong
Okimi2023-03-19 19:52:20Playing Donkey Kong
Comments:
KloggMonkey 7 Jul 2020 16:36
working on leaderboard
Gamechamp 22 Aug 2020 20:41
Protip: barrels are more likely to roll down a ladder if the joystick is pointed towards them, with the odds increasing on each difficulty. At Level 4, this gives a 75% chance.
RaphaGamerBr 29 Oct 2020 15:58
Guys, the sound of this game is also bugged for you guys, no sound comes out when Mario jumps on the barrels as I correct this
shroome 2 Nov 2020 12:22
You can't use any of the MAME cores in RetroArch, none of the achievements are supported. You have to use the FinalBurn Neo core, which speeds the game up faster than the arcade, FYI
soopercool101 11 Jan 2021 15:14
If you don't get certain sound effects, you need to be sure that you have the fbneo/samples/dkong.zip file in your system folder for RetroArch or RALibretro
RossWyatt 7 May 2022 13:48
Four barrels at once?!
Bushando64 26 May 2022 01:51
Mastered! I've always wanted to be good at this game; something about it was incredibly appealing especially as a relic of a bygone era. I had NO IDEA how much I would have to manipulate both the programming and the RNG to increase my chances of success despite not having a bottomless pocket of quarters at my disposal. Hoping to hit the leaderboard at MAGFest 2023 and beyond!
RetroSprites 1 Jul 2022 20:19
Completed, for some reason Retroarch won't let me get the achievements in hardcore, the emulator just tells me that i can't. Going with the game, excellent, it has always been my favorite version, it is much more difficult than the other versions too; jumping 4 barrels was very complicated.
AppleAndo 7 Feb 2023 07:02
Shroome's statement is no longer true. If you are stuck using FinalBurn Neo (like I was), the game's speed will be the same as the original Arcade version... Or at least the speed is the same as the Arcade Archives Switch port.
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Achievement Distribution

High Scores

#UserMastered
27QRS666 QRS6662023-03-30 15:34
26PaulGoesDEV PaulGoesDEV2023-03-28 21:08
25Chuckles Chuckles2023-02-15 01:46
24AppleAndo AppleAndo2023-02-13 01:48
23Clutz450 Clutz4502022-11-17 18:41
22Mamba219 Mamba2192022-11-16 19:09
21NWnike NWnike2022-10-22 16:07
20dollopuss dollopuss2022-09-28 01:40
19krehztim krehztim2022-09-24 17:27
18ElBurro ElBurro2022-09-04 07:03

Leaderboards

Go For a High Score (3 Lives setting)
fliplismc fliplismc565800
Go For a High Score (3 Lives setting)
Midcore Midcore401200