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[Mister VCS]

NOTE: THIS WEEKS GAME HAS ENDED!

DONKEY
KONG
by Nintendo / Coleco

Game Info

Donkey Kong, the ape, has stolen Mario's girlfriend and has taken her to the top of a steel fortress.
Mario must get to the top to save her! Use the joystick control to manoeuvre Mario across the girders
and up the ladders. But-as he runs, the ape throws barrels at him to prevent his progress. Use the fire
button to get Mario to jump over the barrels. Will Mario make it to the top and rescue his girl in time?


Settings

Skill level 2 - 1 Player


Contest ends on

Wednesday, 02-18-09 at 1:00 AM eastern


Link to HSC2 Leaderboard

Please read the Rules & Regulations thread for a thoural description of the HSC rules.

TwinGalaxies High Score (Skill 2)

1,896,500 (Tom Duncan)


Current High Scores

1. chuckwalla 81,700 [+11]

2. Ikrananka 79,500 [+10]

3. 1982VideoGames 60,100 [+9]

4. darthkur 50,800 [+8]

5. Mister VCS 43,900 [+7]

6. JEFF31 42,500 [+6]

7. ed1475 33,100 [+5]

8. futuramaooy 26,900 [+4]

Edited by Mister VCS, Sat Oct 17, 2009 12:34 PM.

[darthkur]

Can I safely assume that one should not purposely utilize the quick ladder climb technique by moving the stick up and down rapidly? That would be exploiting a bug. Just want to be certain on this since it makes the game vastly easier.

[Mister VCS]

darthkur, on Wed Feb 4, 2009 8:14 PM, said:

Can I safely assume that one should not purposely utilize the quick ladder climb technique by moving the stick up and down rapidly? That would be exploiting a bug. Just want to be certain on this since it makes the game vastly easier.

Yes, I think we have adults here - please do not cheat! (Rules & Regulations thread)

[Ikrananka]

Okay, I'll get the fireballs rolling this week with a paltry score of 79,500.

[futuramaooy]

Starting off my first contribution in the Colecovision HSC with a Score of 26900 I got hit by a fireball I was trying to jump over, but instead decided to go up the ladder! Probably going to give this another go later.

Edited by futuramaooy, Sun Feb 8, 2009 2:37 AM.

[darthkur]

50,800

It's been quite a while since I played this version of DK.

[Mister VCS]

futuramaooy, on Sun Feb 8, 2009 9:36 AM, said:

Starting off my first contribution in the Colecovision HSC with a Score of 26900 I got hit by a fireball I was trying to jump over, but instead decided to go up the ladder! Probably going to give this another go later.

Welcome "on board" and have fun!

My "highscore" is 43,900

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Edited by Mister VCS, Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:40 AM.

[chuckwalla]

81,700 - been a while since I played this one.
Try again tonight.

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Edited by chuckwalla, Sat Feb 14, 2009 4:13 PM.

[ed1475]

high score: 33100

high score: 33100

[1982VideoGames]

My Colecovision Donkey Kong High Score of: 60,100

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[JEFF31]

42,500 - see story below if interested...





"Can I safely assume that one should not purposely utilize the quick ladder climb technique by moving the stick up and down rapidly? That would be exploiting a bug. Just want to be certain on this since it makes the game vastly easier."

speak for yourself! I'm semi decent at some of these games but none of the bugs like this help me!


Speaking of this particular bug... I think I 'discovered' it the first day I had my coleco back in the early 80's - although back then I just thought it was just 'a special feature' not mentioned in the manual. Using it has become so ingrained in my play that it was very difficult not to use it! So not using it was tough. At first I'd accidently use it and have to start over. Anyway the above score was achieved without any fast climbs and is my best score on this level. So compared to other scores using the fast climb didn't help me much at all.