Donkey Kong

Devlog

• Progress in planned modifications
  August 05, 2025 by Artonapilos

  Since the last update I have been occupied with other things than ZX Spectrum, but from time to time I have been going through the whole program, looking for places where I could save some memory. Sin... Continue reading
• Answers to a few more questions
  July 06, 2025 by Artonapilos

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  During the past few months, several new questions have emerged from various people. Someone thought that in the first game stage, Mario has red trousers because he takes the colour from the girders he... Continue reading
• Three graphical fixes and one minor improvement
  June 23, 2025 by Artonapilos

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  I thought I might not come back to it, but it turns out that it's probably not all done yet. While trying to adapt the game for SAA sound for SAM Coupé a while ago, I noticed some new possible improv... Continue reading
• SAM Coupé version
  June 14, 2025 by Artonapilos

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  There is a modified version for the SAM Coupé computer, although it looks and sounds the same as the ZX Spectrum version. It doesn't use the SAM's graphics capabilities, because it would require rewr... Continue reading
• Silly error fixed and more graphical improvements
  June 10, 2025 by Artonapilos

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  Fixed another recent error caused by trying to save every byte of memory. When Mario jumped onto a lift and landed while the lift was at the same height as the girder he jumped from, Mario died. In th... Continue reading
• Important fix and several cosmetic improvements
  June 06, 2025 by Artonapilos

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  Again, one fixed error from the previous version of the game, which was caused by trying to save as much memory as possible. This time it was more serious. After changing the control type, the game di... Continue reading
• Two errors fixed
  June 03, 2025 by Artonapilos

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  An error that caused Mario's colours to sometimes not display correctly in the rotating animation when he died from falling from a height onto a lift, has been fixed. There are still some situations w... Continue reading
• Improved introduction and lifts
  June 02, 2025 by Artonapilos

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  The monkey jumping on the top girder in the opening animation looks a little better, it interacts better with the background, but it's not perfect yet. New colour animation in the high score table. Th... Continue reading
• Correctly coloured large text
  May 27, 2025 by Artonapilos

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  The large blue "DONKEY KONG" text in the introduction has colours closer to the original arcade version. Finally, this screen looks like I imagined it a year ago. At that time, I originally wanted to... Continue reading
• Moved opening animation
  May 22, 2025 by Artonapilos

  Finally, the entire opening monkey animation appears after each game start, not only after loading the game, on all Spectrum compatible computers (including Spectrum 48K). Therefore is was removed fro... Continue reading
• More small changes
  May 01, 2025 by Artonapilos

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  A "level" column has been added to the high score table so players can keep track of how far they have come in the game. The space for a player's name in the table has been increased to four character... Continue reading
• Other small unimportant improvements
  April 27, 2025 by Artonapilos

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  In the animation after each game start, the girders now fall gradually (on all Spectrum types), not all at once. But the monkey doesn't jump to the left and grunt yet (only after loading the game or i... Continue reading
• Slightly improved introduction animation and one fix
  April 21, 2025 by Artonapilos

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  The animation after each game start now includes falling girders (on all Spectrum types). But for now, all girders fall at once and the monkey doesn't jump to the left and grunt (it only does so after... Continue reading
• Answers to a few questions
  April 10, 2025 by Artonapilos

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  Recently, several people have asked why there are two similar versions of Donkey Kong for ZX Spectrum on itch.io. It's OK, no problem. The publisher Bubu was interested in this game, so in November 20... Continue reading
• New minor sound and colour changes
  April 06, 2025 by Artonapilos

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  The monkey voice on the AY sound chip sounds better. The high score table has the same colours as in the arcade game. The colour error in the control screen is fixed... Continue reading
• High score table and other fixes
  March 23, 2025 by Artonapilos

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  The game has a high score table including entering a player's name, if the game is running on Spectrum 128K (and compatibles) or Didaktik Gama. The monkey "dance" music at the end of the game has a be... Continue reading
• Some minor game adjustments
  March 10, 2025 by Artonapilos

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  Since February 2025, I am putting new versions of the game here, so in addition to the changes I have made since November 2024 (gameplay tweaks, AY sound, background music, extended memory, error fixe... Continue reading