#Donkey kong 3 1983 series#

In December 2017, a copy of the Sharp X1 version was bought at a Yahoo! Auctions online auction. Stanley can only move from left to right and is no longer able to jump.įor decades, Donkey Kong 3: The Great Counterattack was inaccessible outside of Japan.

While the object to shoot Donkey Kong up in the air remains, it has 20 outdoor backgrounds such as a bridge, Planet Saturn, a desert, a pyramid, and a highway. This game is significantly different from the original.

A version for the FM-7 was also planned, but was never released. In 1984, Hudson Soft developed a semi-sequel for the Japanese-only NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-6601, and Sharp X1 personal computers titled Donkey Kong 3: The Great Counterattack. The current world record is held by George Riley (USA) at 3,538,000 points (2011). The NES version of Donkey Kong 3 was released on the Wii Virtual Console, 3DS Virtual Console and Wii U Virtual Console, whilst the arcade version was released on the Nintendo Switch eShop as part of Hamster's Arcade Archives series. A version of this game was included in Game & Watch Gallery 4 for the Game Boy Advance, but featuring Mario in place of Stanley and a Boo and a Fireball in place of the bees. On one player mode, the higher player one as Stanley scores, the faster the spraying liquid on the side of computer player as Donkey Kong drops. Players can only hold up to three amounts of spraying liquid in their spray cans. In this version, player one controls Stanley the Bugman and computer player (or player two) controls Donkey Kong in a duel against each other using exterminating spray cans to move the bees to the other side of them to make the bees sting their opponents.

#Donkey kong 3 1983 series#

series Game & Watch version of the arcade game has different gameplay. IGN gave the Virtual Console version a 6.0 out of 10, describing it as a 'radical departure' from the previous Donkey Kong games, calling it 'repetitive'. Retrospectively, reception has been divisive, with criticism aimed at its departure of its predecessors and the lack of Mario. Computer and Video Games said that the game's 'fast action and superior sound effects' made Donkey Kong 3 a 'sure hit' in arcades. Gene Lewin of Play Meter magazine rated it 8 out of 10. Reviews for the arcade game were generally positive. Despite this, it was a commercial failure in North America, particularly due to the wake of the video game crash of 1983. The game was moderately successful in Japan, where Game Machine listed Donkey Kong 3 on their December 1, 1983, issue as being the fourth most-successful new table arcade unit of the month. An extra life is given at 50,000 points, and then the game goes to 'survival of the fittest' mode thereafter. There are three levels which repeat in a fixed sequence. Lost flowers decrease the bonus at the end of the round. Some of the flying insects attempt to pick up the flowers at the bottom of the screen and carry them away. The insects consist of Buzzbees, queen Beespies (which shatter into deadly pieces when destroyed), Creepy inchworms, Attacker bees, Kabutomushi beetles, and Butterflies. It only spawns at the start of each life. The Super Sprayer only lasts for a limited amount of time, but it pushes Donkey Kong upward at a much faster rate, making it easier to complete the level. A Super Sprayer can on the vines falls down when Donkey Kong is sprayed past it. A level is completed by continually using his sprayer on Donkey Kong, forcing him to the top of the screen, or by killing all of the bugs. Stanley can fire bug spray at both Donkey Kong and insects flying around the levels. Donkey Kong hangs from vines at the center of the screen, and the player-controlled Stanley the exterminator runs and jumps on platforms beneath him.