How Donkey Kong Toppled Atari

(dfarq.homeip.net)

29 points | by giuliomagnifico 5 hours ago

2 comments

  • rk06 1 hour ago
    wow, it is kinda unexpected that both Mario and Donkey Kong started in the same game. and that in first Donkey Kong game, the main mario was the main character.
    • technothrasher 33 minutes ago
      Hard to be unexpected for the many of us who lived it. It wasn't that long ago. I remember first seeing a ColecoVison, which shipped with Donkey Kong, and being amazed that, unlike on the Atari 2600, the home version of Donkey Kong actually looked very close to the arcade version.
    • pipes 16 minutes ago
      Was he called jump man at that point or am I misremembering this?
      • ido 8 minutes ago
        He did, as is stated in the article.
    • rjsw 18 minutes ago
      You could run the original game in Mame.
    • rusk 54 minutes ago
      It’s not a big secret. I’m pretty sure it was mentioned in Chris Pratt’s recent adaptation…
  • ButlerianJihad 2 hours ago
    I thought that HN didn’t permit “How…” article titles?