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    MAME ROW #68 - Donkey Kong 3

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    • UDb23U
      UDb23 @mediamogul
      last edited by

      @mediamogul Interesting story, thanks!
      You convinced me: dk3 gets my vote.

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      • mediamogulM
        mediamogul Global Moderator @UDb23
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        @udb23

        Glad I could help put a thumb down on the scales for this sometimes overlooked classic. I should also point out that it's purely out of nostalgia. To stay on top of things lately, I've had to temporarily cut out nearly all gaming. I did manage to find time to beat the twelfth level of 'Famicom Wars' the other day, leaving me with only five more to go. Talk about getting your money's worth out of a game, I would not have regretting buying it as a kid. I might have even beaten it by my teenage years.

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        • UDb23U
          UDb23
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          FYI: @simbz23 made an overlay for DK3 some time ago.

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          • obsidianspiderO
            obsidianspider
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            This week's winner is Donkey Kong 3

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            • AndersHPA
              AndersHP
              last edited by AndersHP

              This game is so great! Throwing in my first hiscore of 43.300

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              • meleuM
                meleu @AndersHP
                last edited by meleu

                @andershp picture or it didn't happen.
                (err... my job's proxy was blocking your screenshot, I saw it when get home 😅)

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                • obsidianspiderO
                  obsidianspider
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                  45,600 for now. Also, I'm pretty sure "registrated" is not a word.

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                  • meleuM
                    meleu
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                    You're lucky I'm away from my arcade build, and wil be for more 2 weeks. :-)

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                    • pjftP
                      pjft
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                      Well, I never played this so I'll try to give it a go :) I had seen in come up on the random game screensaver every now and then, so it's as good a time as any to give it a shot (no pun intended) :)

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                      • AndersHPA
                        AndersHP
                        last edited by

                        Do your version save hiscores? My score from above is not remembered in the game..
                        I'm running the FBA .42 version...

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                        • cyperghostC
                          cyperghost
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                          My entry for this nice game 56400 Pts
                          You get a better insecticide (made by Monsanto??) per live if you hunt Donkey Kong up the rope!

                          @pjft Try this! It's a nice game for casual players and one coin lasts not for long....

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                          • mediamogulM
                            mediamogul Global Moderator
                            last edited by mediamogul

                            I reset my high score and played a little bit today. After a few stages, I have more luck focusing on killing all the insects rather than trying to push DK all the way to the top. It's still important to give him a healthy boost at the very beginning, otherwise he'll fall on top of you before you have a chance to kill everything.

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                              Domogram Rovers
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                              My best so far is a paltry 26000-ish.
                              I work in a warehouse and a guy I worked with thought boxes of Monsanto stuff was an Italian wine!

                              The King in King & Balloon is a dead ringer for Donald Trump!

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                              • obsidianspiderO
                                obsidianspider
                                last edited by

                                MAME ROW #69 is live!

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                                  VictimRLSH @obsidianspider
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                                  @obsidianspider dkong3-181217-063048.png

                                  This is essentially a vertical shooter. Don't focus on spraying DK all the way to the top unless you have the super sprayer, just kill all the bugs and the level will end. This is especially key on the level with the missing platform in the center.

                                  On the level where he is throwing coconuts at you, he alternates between throwing one directly at you, and throwing one at a hive to release bugs. Keep track of which one he is on, and be ready to dodge the one coming for you. You need to move quick, don't be in the middle of a level change or jumping in the air to shoot him. On these levels you do have to spray him to the top, but it is quite easy to do as he doesn't release very many bugs at once. Remember that shooting the caterpillars just stuns them and keeps them in your way, so when you are trying to spray DK to the top on this round, don't hit the caterpillars, let them crawl past your line of fire.

                                  Don't "run and gun" the bumblebees, as they split into parts that will kill you, always be directly under them and stay there until the shrapnel is past.

                                  The blue wasps will fix on your vertical position from the sides and then VERY quickly move in for the kill. Get under them by dropping down one level and shooting them from underneath after they fix on you but BEFORE they move in. If you see blue wasps coming out of the hives, do NOT be on the very bottom , as you won't be able to kill them after you dodge their attack until you move under them again.

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