Pirate Game of the Week 004: Super Donkey Kong 2 (FC)

When it comes to pirate originals you can't help to wonder how much effort these developers must have put into these games. In some cases, a lot, in others probably not much and in certain ones, a very lazy attempt to resell Mario, (Mario hacks) Nothing! You do have to give the creators of this game a lot of credit. They may not have done a great job but the attempt is there, it just seems that it was too much but it would have been a lot better if they weren't rushed. I'm sure that's what they are thinking right now, yeah that's what they are thinking as they are sitting in their desks at Nintendo of Japan headquarters....well maybe, but this game delivers with the little material it brings. This game delivers a very painful gaming experience but you can't help wonder the possibilities this game could have had. You do have to put aside the fact that this is a pirate original, I mean just think about it. How many people were appointed to create this game, it might have been four or maybe just one. You have to think of the budget and deadline! That's one of the reasons I appreciate this game.

The game looks really good for the perished 8-bit console and the gameplay is on the so-so factor. The controls are sluggish but with enough practice and precision (And no whining) You can get through the game with ease. The music mimics the SNES counter part but too much of it can hurt your ears and make you go deaf especially with those annoying rat sounds that sound more like beeps than a rat at all. The game consists of three levels in total which is quite short and the third one ends up being very difficult so beware you whiners.

You play as Diddy Kong in the ship level but at the third and final level you'll be the snake mutation of Diddy Kong. This one really creeps me out but being serious and all, it's just the jumping snake you turn into in the game(Not sure what happened to riding the damn animals). The game does show signs of being incomplete especially since you can collect coins for the shop which you will never reach as the game only has three levels. You can also collect the 1-up balloons as well as the bananas. If you get hit once, you are a dead monkey so make sure you know the controls real well.

There is not much left to tell about such a short game. This game is available as a single pirate cart and even comes in multi-carts (I should know as I have it in my clone). For those of you not wanting to spend the average price of 15 dollars for the game, well guess what? Like in other entries you will have the rom to download here. I hope you enjoyed this and keep having a great holiday season! Take care and until next week!

Super Donkey Kong 2 Rom
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