Super Donkey Kong

Super Donkey Kong
Publisher	Hosenkan Electronics
Developer	Ei-How Yang
Console	Famicom
Retail price	550 [TWD]
Engine	Ei-How Yang
Sound engine	Ei-How Yang (Sachen based)

Super Donkey Kong (called 叢林金剛 on the box, approximately "Jungle King Kong")is a pirated port of Donkey Kong Land (called Super Donkey Kong GB in Japan) developed by Ei-How Yang and published by Hosenkan Electronics at an unknown date.

Overview

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Super Donkey Kong's gameplay

This port of Donkey Kong Land for the Game Boy has only 5 levels from that game, repeated twice each, making many think the game loops forever after completing the fifth. The player starts off with 3 lives and there are no continues. Like in the original game, the player can play as Donkey or Diddy Kong, but only one can be on the screen at any given time. The game itself is slower paced than the official games.

Screenshot of Level 2

Screenshot of Level 3

Screenshot of Level 4

Screenshot of Level 5

The graphics are mostly taken from Donkey Kong Land, although a couple of background details seem to have been drawn from scratch. The logo is based off Super Donkey Kong GB's, with the GB removed. The music is from that game as well, and a couple of music tracks were reused in The Panda Prince. The ending is the title screen with Jungle level music and "The End" written on it.

Trivia

• Despite being a pirated game not credited to anyone in the game itself (apart from hidden messages), there is a copyright disclaimer at the start.
• There is a level select which can be accessed by pressing A, B and Select on the title screen. However, the clones of the 5 levels can't be selected.
• In a similar manner to Toy Story, there is a hidden test menu which can be accessed by entering XIXALEXG and GTXEPAGV into a Game Genie. After the title screen it brings up a test menu which allows you to play the levels seperately like the level select, play the music and sound effects from the game as well as look at the demos and level designs (however, trying to look at the level designs crashes the game). In the music test, there is an unused music track which would later be slightly remixed and used in Super Donkey Kong 2.
• Panda Prince's theme music appears on the ice level. There are also some unused sound effects from Contra Spirits.
• There is a hidden Ei-How Yang message under the flashing copyright screen just before the menu.
• After you beat level 5, the game takes you back to level 1 as level 6.

Gallery

Complete box and cartridge

Back view

Box front close-up

Box back close-up