Subj : Donkey Kong: A Record of Struggle
To   : All
From : AKAcastor
Date : Tue Jun 18 2024 10:55:04

From Jason Scott @textfiles@digipres.club via Mastodon:

https://digipres.club/@textfiles/112638630757043934

So, everybody knows Nintendo didn't program Donkey Kong, right? They just didn't have the chops - they secretly contracted a company called Ikegami Tsushinki. It only came out when they made Donkey Kong Jr. off the same code and Ikegami sued them.

In 1996-1997, a japanese magazine published a column by a Ikegami developer about arcade work, including Donkey Kong. Kate Willaert crowdfunded a translation of it. Here it is: 

https://shmuplations.com/donkeykong/

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An interesting read and interesting to get a translation almost 30 years later!


Chris/akacastor


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