Donkey Kong and Sky Skipper arcade versions get their first ever home release!

[A Black Falcon]

Well, the DK64 version isn't actually the arcade ROM. It's pretty much identical, but is actually a port apparently and not the actual untouched arcade game. It's redone to fit in a horizontal screen and such, too.

The Japanese version (also the earliest release in the US before they made the International ROM) is the better version to me. I don't get much joy out of "unlocking" the later levels by just looping the earlier ones over & over, so I would rather get that variety all up front, then looped.

I agree, playing all four stages in each loop makes a whole lot more sense to me than the weird level order of the US version. If I'd grown up playing that in the arcades then I well might think differently, but I didn't, so the Japanese version's definitely the one I'd rather play.


What I've never thought made much sense about Donkey Kong, though, is why you only need to go to the same level as DK in the factory stage, instead of actually needing to get up onto the platform with Pauline like you have to do in the other two stages like that... it's really weird and makes that stage far too easy.


As for the other game, for comparison purposes, here's the 2600 version of Sky Skipper, made by Parker Bros.:



... The arcade version looks a lot nicer graphically, though the core gameplay is mostly similar, though it definitely looks more fun in the arcade going by the video. The 2600 version is slow...