Double Donkey Kong

Description

Select and play one of two classic platform games in the series. The game uses only a single board set.

Double Donkey Kong was produced by Braze Technologies in 1999.

Braze Technologies released only 1 machine in our database under this trade name. Braze Technologies was based in United States.

Specs

Name	Double Donkey Kong
Developer	Braze Technologies (United States)
Year	1999
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7618
Class	Hack/ROM Swap
Genre	Platform
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	Nintendo Classic
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right) Buttons: 1 - Jump
Sound	Unamplified Mono (requires one-channel amp)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

This game uses a modified Donkey Kong Junior boardset that plays both Donkey Kong Junior and Donkey Kong on a single PCB set. No special wiring is required and no special switches are needed! Toggle between the games by simply pressing both the player-one and player-two start buttons at the same time. Instantly the game will reset and switch to the other game.

Double Donkey Kong KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 2.79 (3 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.50

Overall Like	3.50
Fun (Social)	3.00
Fun (Solo)	3.50
Collector Desire	4.00

Technical Rating: 2.92

Gameplay	3.50
Graphics	4.00
Originality	2.67
Sound/Music	4.50

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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Trivia

The IDonkey KongI walking and jumping sounds have a slightly higher pitch than the original game and the pounding sound during the introduction of the game is slightly distorted. It is not easily noticible unless you have an original board set nearby to compare too.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Double Donkey Kong Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Common - There are 37 known instances of this machine owned by Double Donkey Kong collectors who are active members. Of these, 23 of them are original dedicated machines. 8 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 6 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 12 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Technical

The PCB can easily be configured to powerup in either IDonkey KongI mode or IDonkey Kong JuniorI mode by moving a single jumper.

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