{"product_id":"donkey-kong-3","title":"Donkey Kong","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:1.25em;font-weight:700;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0.5em;\"\u003eItem Condition\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGame only: the cartridge in a protective holder, no box or manual. Look over the photos for condition, packaging and details. Every cartridge's shell, label and board are checked for authenticity when it comes into the store, and it's tested before it's listed. It ships in a collector's bag or a hard plastic case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:1.25em;font-weight:700;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0.5em;\"\u003eItem Description\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first four stages look exactly the way you remember: girders, barrels, Pauline at the top and Donkey Kong pounding his chest. Then you clear them, Donkey Kong scoops up Pauline and runs off, and the real game begins. Nintendo's 1994 Donkey Kong for the Game Boy is one of the great bait-and-switches in gaming, a “remake” of the arcade classic that turns out to be a full puzzle-platformer spanning nine worlds and nearly a hundred stages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMario is far more athletic here than he was in 1981. He can flip into a handstand to catch falling objects, launch a high jump out of it, backflip and swing on wires, and the stages are built around using those moves cleverly. Most levels are compact puzzles: find the key, carry it to the locked door, and work out how to get both Mario and the key past the traps and enemies in between. Grab Pauline's lost hat, purse and parasol in a stage and you earn a shot at a bonus game for extra lives, a neat nod to the items scattered around the 1981 arcade girders. Every few stages Donkey Kong himself turns up for a showdown, and the journey carries you from a big city through forests, jungles, a ship, icebergs and a towering finale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was also a showcase for the Super Game Boy, which launched the same year. On Nintendo's Super NES adapter the game is colorized, gains digitized speech, and plays an ending theme that takes advantage of the Super Nintendo's sound chip, a lovely extra if you own the accessory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts influence runs straight through to the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series, which picked up its key-and-door puzzle formula on the Game Boy Advance a decade later, and plenty of fans argue this original is still the purest take on the idea: tightly designed, surprisingly long and full of small “aha” moments. Pick it up expecting an arcade port and you will walk away with a Mario puzzle game that rewards every handstand and backflip you learn.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coolection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56311808262310,"sku":"PCQ-2815-LG","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/7404\/4838\/files\/IMG_5364-Photoroom.png?v=1773975391","url":"https:\/\/coolection.com\/products\/donkey-kong-3","provider":"Coolection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}