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Double Donkey Kong Double Donkey Kong - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

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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.

Other machines made by Braze Technologies during the time period Double Donkey Kong was produced include:

Double Donkey Kong - Cabinet - Machine
Cabinet

Specs

Name Double Donkey Kong
Developer Braze Technologies
Year 1999
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 7618
Class Hack/ROM Swap
Genre Platform
Monitor
Conversion Class Nintendo Classic
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Gameplay 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 14,717 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,455 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,291 machines (6,886 unique titles).

Common - There are 37 known instances of this machine owned by Double Donkey Kong collectors who are active members. Of these, 22 of them are original dedicated machines. 9 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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