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Found a decent thread detailing Donkey Kong on master system from a ColecoVision Port a while ago but not sure if this ever actually materialized. Can anybody point me in the direction to get more details please?

Thanks
Oli

If you want do do such a port yourself, you may want to look at those disassemblies:
* https://github.com/furrykef/dkdasm
* https://github.com/CelestialAmber/DKGBDisasm

The Game Boy port might be a bit of a weird starting place, as it's not really a version of the conventional Donkey Kong game. It's actually a puzzle-platform game all about picking up items, collecting keys and navigating to stage exits. The first few levels are an approximation of the arcade game, but then there's like 100 more levels which are almost completely unrelated. If the goal is just to have Donkey Kong on the SMS, porting the Game Boy version seems like a lot of extra work.

Thank you, is there a port to your knowledge of the ColecoVision? That version of the game looks great.

Well, there exists a port from the Coleco 24K version to the MSX, not sure if someone tried to port that one to the SMS
https://msxresources.org/2012/02/01/donkey-kong-do-colecovision-no-msx/

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8BitBoy Joined: 15 Aug 2019 Posts: 260 Location: Lancashire UK	Donkey Kong on SMS Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 2:22 pm
	Found a decent thread detailing Donkey Kong on master system from a ColecoVision Port a while ago but not sure if this ever actually materialized. Can anybody point me in the direction to get more details please? Thanks Oli

haroldoop Joined: 25 Feb 2006 Posts: 874 Location: Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil	Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 5:58 pm
	If you want do do such a port yourself, you may want to look at those disassemblies: * https://github.com/furrykef/dkdasm * https://github.com/CelestialAmber/DKGBDisasm

Vague Rant Joined: 27 Oct 2009 Posts: 19 Location: Melbourne, Australia	Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2021 2:59 pm
	The Game Boy port might be a bit of a weird starting place, as it's not really a version of the conventional Donkey Kong game. It's actually a puzzle-platform game all about picking up items, collecting keys and navigating to stage exits. The first few levels are an approximation of the arcade game, but then there's like 100 more levels which are almost completely unrelated. If the goal is just to have Donkey Kong on the SMS, porting the Game Boy version seems like a lot of extra work.

8BitBoy Joined: 15 Aug 2019 Posts: 260 Location: Lancashire UK	Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2021 2:13 pm
	Thank you, is there a port to your knowledge of the ColecoVision? That version of the game looks great.

haroldoop Joined: 25 Feb 2006 Posts: 874 Location: Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil	Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2021 10:47 pm
	Well, there exists a port from the Coleco 24K version to the MSX, not sure if someone tried to port that one to the SMS https://msxresources.org/2012/02/01/donkey-kong-do-colecovision-no-msx/

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