Donkey Kong Jr. retrospective: Another vine mess | NES Works #020

i love the original Donkey Kong to death but Junior is infinitely more interesting to play

"We've never seen Donkey Kong Jr's arcade version repurposed in any capacity" is actually false now! In the series of arcade ports that the Switch has been given, Jr just became one of them. Which makes me wonder even more where that settlement lied.

6:25 I love that Donket Kong Country 2 brought back that climbing mechanic.

nearly spit out my water after that first line

I got to know Donkey Kong Jr. in Super Mario Kart. Then years later some movements of the characters in the Donkey Kong Country series, made more sense after I played Donkey Kong Jr.

What a lovely surprise to hear some Yes in this video.

While DK Jr. might be easily overshadowed by its predecessor as both an arcade and NES game, I'd say it had its time to shine in the Game & Watch series. It got 3 different versions! (Or 4 if you count the Tabletop and Panorama releases as separate versions).

I might be in the minority here, but I actually prefer Donkey Kong Jr. over Donkey Kong.

Jr looks so sad when climbing... I really like this game and if Donkey Kong didn't have that iconic first stage, I would say this one is better. Random funfact: Jr appeared alone in the 3DS ambassador program. The original DK didn't appear on the eShop until over a year later!

Donkey Kong Jr was the first video game I ever played. At some long gone Chuck E. Cheese's with my big brother and our favorite baby sitter. ... Who knew it would be such a gateway drug?

Listening to people talk about Donkey Kong, Jr. over the years, I've come to realize that I am very much a different kind of gamer. I don't just prefer Jr. as a game; this was THE arcade game of my childhood. THIS was the reason I wanted to go back to arcades time and time again. I had the 2600 version (which just thinking about makes me never want to touch the system itself ever again), but a friend at the time had the ColecoVision version (on one of those rear-projection TVs that had the RGB lights), and I was constantly trying to get him to let me play the game. That level with the springboard alone kept bringing me back. Also...was that a clip of Saturday Supercade? Fun, fun fun...

I have to notice the treetops in DK JR here, look alot like the tree/mushroom tops in Super Mario Bros.

I feel that Jr. is a great game, now DK 3...that is a different story.

I listen to "we will rock you" without listening to "we are the champions"

As a kid, Donkey Kong (on Colecovision) was impressive but difficult, whereas DKJr was more fun and engaging

Hindsight, Jr offers more welcoming contemporary platform strategies. Also, I suck at DK so there's that too.

Was always more of a fan of DK Jr. than the original. Was one of the first home ports I ever played on ColecoVision.

Atari 400/800 had the best home port...had all 4 boards in proper order (USA ROM)...you also could choose what level you begin on (1, 2, 3, 4 and 0 for practice)

One day I'd love to find out the story behind the 7800 ports of DK and DK jr. They play identically to the NES versions, albeit with the 7800's screechy music and slightly different pixel sizes, which makes me wonder what the heck kind of license they had to do something so close to the NES versions.

As a young kid in the 80s, video games were the most interesting thing in the world to me, but I didnt get much opportunity to play them, especially not arcade games. The first time I remember getting to play an arcade game, one of my dad's friends owned a Donkey Kong unit, and gave me unlimited plays. I remember walking away after about 5 deaths. It never was that interesting to me, I guess I just dont understand the adoration. I found Jr. more fun when I got to play it at my Uncle's.