Donkey Kong Review from 1982...

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I have the spiral-bound book "How To Win At Video Games" and one of the games featured in it is Donkey Kong. I figured I would post the review of the game that comes after the factoids and strategy section. Enjoy!

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Hmmm. In my gameroom I'd say for "sex appeal" it would be more like "95% male, 5% female" at best. :D

I concur on the "cons". :D

Thanks for posting this.
 
$260 per week would mean roughly 150 quarters a day.

Thats a lot of playing -- but if that is accurate then it must have been nice to be an op for a time back then.
 
What are long introductory graphics? The attract mode? How is that frustrating?
 
Here's a snippet on the totally awesome home port that had yet to be released...

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If anyone would like the article, I have it saved to my computer. I have a really nice version, but the file is too big to email so I have a much smaller file also(everything is a bit grainier). Just PM me your email.
 
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