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easter eggs
Donkey Kong Easter Egg Discovered 26 Years Later
Last year, the coder who wrote the Atari 400 port of Donkey Kong revealed it had an Easter Egg but it's "totally not worth it." Someone has gone to the trouble of finding it. More » -
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Father Knows Best: The Best and Worst Fathers in Video Games
Fathers are easy to find in video games. When they're not antagonizing their offspring or killed off in the first level, they often serve as our main characters' major motivation. More »
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Comment by Mucudadada: Ending of HL2 :Ep 2 was so :( Speaking of which, "Hey Valve! You know what I would like better... 18 Responses | Other threads
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rumor smash
Billy Mitchell Denies and Denounces Taunting Tweets
Some unsportsmanlike tweets attributed to Billy Mitchell are 100 percent fake, says the Donkey Kong world record holder. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by Pombar: Poor guy. Demonised by a sub-culture he doesn't really care about. Still, bad press is bad either way. 25 Responses | Other threads
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pro gaming
One World Record, 500 Pounds of Quarters
Steve Wiebe, famed King of Kong underdog, just got 500 more pounds of incentive. More »
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Comment by Rembrandt: Man everyone hates on that other guy, and I guess it's justified since he seems like a crude sort of... 19 Responses | Other threads
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nintendo
Donkey Kong Monster Truck Has A New Play Control Scheme
And it's called "driving on 2.5 wheels after crashing", after the Donkey Kong monster truck - and its bow-tied driver - did a few too many big jumps at the Monster Jam World Finals. More »
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Comment by cfive3: In other real-life-game-related-failure news, the Scout was arrested the other day. + Watch video 4 Responses | Other threads
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cozy kong
Donkey Kong Wins Quilting Bee
I'd like to think of a sewing circle of eight platinum-haired, bifocaled grannies, each working on a corner of this awesome quilt and gossiping about getting to the Donkey Kong kill screen without the hammer. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by UsernameOfTheDead: The princess looks like a zombie so I give it extra points! 9 Responses | Other threads
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donkey kong
Donkey Kong Country 2 Inspires Bearded Man Rap
Don't remember it being that hard myself, but then, if this was about how easy it was to beat Donkey Kong Country 2 it wouldn't have the same ring to it.
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Comment by naturcrafte: For perhaps the first time ever, my wife was watching me surf Kotaku. Turns out...she went to high school with... 3 Responses | Other threads
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toys
Donkey Kong + Jenga = Awesome?
In what we hope turns out to be better than the Jenga video game for the Wii and Nintendo DS, board gamer USAopoly is merging the tower climbing fun of Donkey Kong with the tower disassembling kicks of Jenga with Donkey Kong Jenga. The manufacturer guarantees "edge-of-your-seat excitement" — so did Atari's games — with two ways to play, the traditional Jenga style or by climbing the girders with your "Mario mover" to save Pauline from the beast. More » -
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donkey kong
A Moving Donkey Kong Diorama Made Of Lego
Headline captures the spirit of the piece. Mr. Dan Kressin, Lego builder, built himself this large, largely impressive Donkey Kong piece. Which has throwing barrels, a jumping Mario and even the damn intro music. Some may criticise the loud, loud mechanics involved, but really, they're not grasping the fact this is a moving Donkey Kong diorama made entirely of Lego. More » -
nintendo
Make Your Nerdy House A Nerdy Home With Mario, Donkey Kong Decals
Maker of high quality wall decals Blik has partnered with Nintendo to bring adhesive fun into the lives of kids, adult adolescents and good ol' regular adolescents everywhere with a new trio of officially licensed decorative stickers. Want to make your home office have a Donkey Kong inspired backdrop? You can! Blik is also offering premium decal sets based on Super Mario Bros. and New Super Mario Bros., transforming your den or bedroom into a magical Mushroom Kingdom wonderland—while pissing off your wife! More » -
world records
Five World Records Up For Grabs in Brooklyn
Ah, the Guinness Book of World Records. In the 1980s game craze, I remember they started accepting video game submissions, so I rolled the score on Defender on the Atari 2600 (1 million points), snapped a photo and sent it in, either to Guinness or somewhere else. No one called, no one wrote. Glory delayed is glory denied. More »
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By ogoodComment by yashichi8bit: "You scored 50,000 points on Double Dragon!" more » | Other threads
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oddities
A Donkey Kong Jesus Fit For Christina Aguilera Spawn
This isn't just some regular old Donkey-Kong-as-Jesus painting. Oh, no. It's much more. Dubbed "The Last Supper" and painted by artist Misha, the piece was originally shown at the 2006 I Am 8-Bit show. Hang on, like I said, there's more! The painting is apparently now hanging in Christina Aguilera's baby nursery. If that wasn't enough (it's not), Kotaku's Associate Editor Flynn De Marco has a Misha original tattooed on his bodice. There, all done! More » -
nintendo
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Character Super Evolved
Sure, we've seen stuff like this before, that doesn't mean we're sick of Nintendo character evolution charts. Never! This time around we're tracking the progression that the brawlers from Super Smash Bros. Brawl have undergone. Hit the jump for a look at Samus, Kirby and non-Nintendo character but Wii-favorite Sonic. More »
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Comment by TrevWolf: @DrLight: To be fair, Halo 3 saw MC in nothing but a thong-back bikini. more » | Other threads
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retro
Nintendo Characters Big and Evolved
We've seen charts like this before. You know, ones that show how Nintendo characters evolve. That doesn't mean we'll ever get tired of them. No way! Here was have a look at Mario, Link and Donkey Kong over the years. Do yourself a favor, ignore that some of them are out of order! It'll ruin the effect. More »
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Comment by Keatto: @ M9105826: yes, omg I caught that and it just pissed me off. Same with second nes release of zelda.... more » | Other threads
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retro
Video Games Reincarnated as Board Games
Some people like video games. Some people like board games. Some people like both. For those, there's the video game board game adaptation. Some of these have been more successful than others in bringing the spirit of the game to the tabletop. Others were simply churned out for a quick buck. Blog Yehuda points out: More » -
donkey kong
Monster Truck Driver Sinks To New Low In Donkey Kong Suit
As fans of the monster truck arts are well aware, the Donkey Kong Monster Jam truck made its debut in Minnesota this past weekend. It made loud sounds and used a ton of fuel to crush some things. The Donkey Kong truck shouldn't just be commended for its ability to remind people that DK Jungle Climber and Donkey Kong Barrel Blast are available at fine retailers everywhere, it also placed fourth in its first ever competition. According to Monster Jam Online's account of the story, it achieved "some huge air and several slap wheelies." More »
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Comment by LuppyLuptonium: I support the DK Monster Truck, mainly because I so would have rather seen Sonic and Mario at Monster Jam... more » | Other threads
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marketing
Nintendo To Woo Monster Truck Fans With Donkey Kong
If you're a fan of mud-spurting, flame-spitting funny cars, the kind of a truck enthusiast whose ears don't perk up unless their of the "monster" variety, you may want to keep tabs on the Monster Jam truck schedule. Oh, if you like Donkey Kong, you might want to pay attention extra hard. Nintendo let us know today that the Donkey Kong Monster Jam truck will make its first public appearance this weekend, at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It will race against other trucks that are considered monstrous and could very well run over some things. More »
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Comment by Burning Lego Monk: @Onizuka-GTO: Watch out Onizuka, he'll come back with his incredibly clever "silicon and plastic" retort, and THEN you'll be sorry... /sarcasm more » | Other threads
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dvd
King of Kong Coming To DVD
GoNintendo is reporting that King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is heading for DVD. So, if you missed it in the theaters, now is your chance to see grown men acting like bratty children over who has the highest game score in the comfort of your own living room. The DVD, put out by New Line Cinema, will sell for $19.98 and will have an anamorphic widescreen transfer and commentary from director Seth Gordon and producer Ed Cunningham and a the obligatory extra features. Provided all goes as planned, the disc should be hitting shelves January 29, 2008. More »
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By fdemarcoComment by Donner, party of 4... er...3?: It's worth it for the "Wiiipe my buuuuuuuuutt!" part alone. more » | Other threads
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contest
Show Nintendo Your Donkey Kong
Nintendo wants you to put monkeys in strange places. Don't look at me, they said it. In conjunction with photo sharing site SmugMug (no porn, I looked), Nintendo has issued the "DK Climb to the Top Challenge" to commemorate the release of DK Jungle Climber on the Nintendo DS. You have from now until October 1st to submit a picture to the contest page at www.DKcontest.SmugMug.com, showing Donkey Kong climbing in strange and exotic places, with the five best submissions receiving a DS Lite and a copy of the game. Entries can be hand-drawn, digitally manipulated, or actual snapshots, though if you can get a picture of an ape at least twice the size of a man climbing something you've either got other things to worry about, or you're Jane Goodall, in which case you're disqualified. Take that, Goodall! More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by kantpredict: What a great prize... if you're an American. Us British people never get a chance to enter this sort of... more » | Other threads
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go see it
King of Kong in Theaters Today
We know that not everybody lives in NY, LA, Seattle or Austin, but if you do, we highly encourage attending opening day of the documentary King of Kong. We've talked about the documentary quite a bit already, and personally, I think it's quite important to support movies about video games that aren't directed by Uwe Boll or starring Milla Jovovich. More » -
i can wup yer ass
King of Kong Trash Talk
I knew he wasn't going to take this lying down. And he knows I won't let him get the record and just go away quietly. So I'm going to start firing up the game again... So like I said, the saga continues. I know I can get a higher score than what he posted, and I plan on putting it to a level where he can't break it.
Take THAT!! Wiebe even offered Mitchell a chance to go head-to-head on the machines. We wait with bated breath.
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Comment by Nick Kostalas: @No_Shame_To_My_Game: @Johnny Pathetic: wtfux are you guys talking about? this wiebe guy wasn't whining at all; he actually seemed like a pretty... more » | Other threads
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king
Mitchell Reclaims Donkey Kong Record
The game? Donkey Kong. The location? The Florida Association of Mortgage Brokers in Orlando, Florida. Arcade champ Billy Mitchell has reclaimed the top DK score with a record breaking 1,050,200 points. This comes weeks before documentary The King of Kong gets released. The doc follows Steve Wiebe who claims the Kong high score. More »
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Comment by Hagglegaggle: Wiebe seems like he should have more pressing issues in his life than being a DK champion... like getting a... 1 Responses | Other threads
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the mansion
Hef's Gaming Pen
Playboy opened its doors to a herd of game journos during the recent pro gaming draft. Siliconera snapped a few pics of Hugh Hefner's gaming den, which includes retro cabinets like Pac-Man and Donkey Kong as well as newer ones like Hydro Thunder and Police 911 2. On the walls, there are scoreboards listing high scores. Hef is apparently quite good at Pac-Man. Besides video games, there are pin ball machines and two bedrooms off to the side with mirrors on the ceiling. Gotta love the Playboy mansion. Does not disappoint. More » -
how to make a fun game boring
Clip: How To Beat Donkey Kong
Game walkthroughs have been around since time immemorial. This clip comes from a 1982 video entitled How To Beat Home Video Games - Vol. 3 Arcade Quality for The Home by Vestron. Donkey Kong isn't a game I would think about needing a walkthrough for, but I suppose some people were really uncoordinated in the eighties. The description of the ColecoVision is hilarious, but the announcer manages to suck all the fun out of DK by his montone droning of instructions. And be sure to look for the invaluable tip at the end, I'm sure it's something you never thought of...
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By fdemarcoComment by ablemancain: Hammers, prizes, and fireballs? I'm sold! more » | Other threads
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back to the future
King of Kong Speaks
The King of Kong documentary has been making the rounds this year in various film festivals around the US and now there is a controversy over how one of the movie's "characters" was portrayed. In the movie, two men (Billy Mitchell and Steve Weibe) are trying to be crowned the King of Donkey Kong. Mitchell has held the title of the highest score in Donkey Kong up until recently, when Weibe and a documentary crew set out to challenge it. More » -
game cards
Donkey Kong and Dragon's Lair Rub-Off Game Cards
As I was making my weekly perusal of The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA) I ran across these amazing rub-off game cards posted on the front page. TAFA owner, Dan's new girlfriend apparently has quite the little retro game collection herself including these awesome cards. The games came in trading card packs with one of those horrible pieces of rock hard gum and worked along the same principle as rub-off lottery tickets. You would rub off the silver covering on the dots as you made your way across the playing field and hoped you would make it all the way through without "dying." Of course, if you were like me, you just ended up rubbing off all the circles anyway just so you could see what they all were. More »
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By fdemarcoComment by mariospants: For those of you who find these things really, really desireable: there is a chain of candy stores here in... more » | Other threads
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donkey kong
The DIY Donkey Kong Clock
Will D'angelo of the Wiicast website has created this amazing Donkey Kong clock. All the materials were purchased at a local art supply store for a mere fifteen dollars. He doesn't say where he acquired the images from, but it's not terribly difficult to come up with screenshots from one of Nintendo's most famous games (no, they are not hand painted). After putting the whole framework together, he created new 80's style retro hands for the clockworks to finish it off and... voila, instant retro gaming clock awesomeness! More »
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By fdemarcoComment by IceCracker: The clock isn't really that impressive, IMO... I remember when I first started reading kotaku, there wasn't (or maybe there was... more » | Other threads
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clips
Cadence Weapon Vid-Checks Classic Games
From the always awesome link log at Mike Nowak's The In-between comes this great old-school, game-referencing video from Canada's hip hop act Cadence Shark. Watch for Donkey Kong, Mega Man, Street Fighter, Frogger, Rampage, and Super Mario World shout outs plus the occasional naughty word.
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Comment by snarkoleptic: pretty sure that's edmonton not vancity (as that's where he's from and i don't recognize it). met cadence weapon and... more » | Other threads
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donkey kong
Gambling Fun With Donkey Kong
That's not a video game. It's a medal game. Donkey Kong Banana Kingdom has players stuff coins down chutes in hopes of winning more coins. It's like gambling, but not! And it comes courtesy of Capcom and Nintendo. More »
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Comment by h8GWB: What terrible force in the world was compelled to introduce this monstosity? more » | Other threads
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wii
VC Update: Monkeys and Ninja
It's President's Day here in the United States of America, and while a quarter to a half of the country takes a day to exchange presents, dress up like their favorite head of state, and generally celebrate until the kids go to bed and the fake Abe Lincoln beard and fishnets come out (just me?), Nintendo is busy bending space and time to bring you the latest in old stuff for you to play on your Wii. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by reecord2: First everyone was pretending they didn't think Didy Kong Racing was the absolute SH*T when it came out, which everyone... more » | Other threads
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donkey kong
Donkey Kong Jr. Spotted In South Africa
Kotakuite, Johan, spotted this gold on black Donkey Kong Jr. stencil job in the bathroom of his local hang out bar, Fiction in South Africa. Also featured in the bar are Pac-man mosaic and a Mario mushroom mosaic. You can check them out on Fiction's website. More » -
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Comment by killerkevin1995: Actually, contrary to what some people believe, legos come in more than just the colors you're used to...there is white,... more » | Other threads
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By kotaku.comComment by retro: It's pathetic that people lay cries of "pedophile" to Mr. Rogers, saying "oh, he creeped me out when um... I... more » | Other threads
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By kotaku.comComment by bonez: i don't normally comment on these types of sites; i came upon this using google search for a picture of... more » | Other threads
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nintendo
Happy 25th Donkey Kong
There's nothing quite like a twenty-five year anniversary to make you feel old. I still remember the first time I even heard about Donkey Kong. It was in the back of a Pac-Man strategy/pattern guide that listed other arcade games in the same vein. More »
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Comment by Walter Crespo: Happy birthday,DK. This was my first comment, I'm not a vir... ah... well let's just say this was my first comment... more » | Other threads
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Comment by DragoNSpeaR: Movie had some good parts (monkey part, computer controlling the space craft part) but other parts were SO SLOW... At... more » | Other threads
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