Original arcade Donkey Kong comes to Nintendo Switch in first-ever re-release

The street version of Donkey Kong is very important in the retro game world, as seen in the classic documentary film "King of Gold". But to date, according to the complex legal issues reported by the code author's identity, if you do not track the real street cabinet, legitimately acquiring or selling the full version of the arcade game It is impossible. Now these problems seem to be solved: Nintendo started donkey Kong through its arcade archive series for just $ 7.99

This version of Donkey Kong actually contains three versions of the game. Japanese version, more general update version of Japanese version, bug fix, and international version. You can rotate the 90 degree switch to use the vertical screen layout to mirror the street cabinet

Of course, the NES version of Donkey Kong has been released for various platforms, Rare rebuilt the arcade version from the new code, so it can be included in Donkey Kong 64 without legal problems. But you really did not play the original version of King Kong - a game that brought Mario to the world - now you can

Nintendo also announced that it will release the long-awaited version of Sky Skipper Arcade Archives next month. Sky Skipper never saw an official arcade version in the 1981 scattered place test, and Nintendo needed to extract ROM from the only known original street cabinet that still exists.

The original arcade Donkey Kong game was created when Nintendo was designated to convert radar scope into a more attractive game for Americans. As a result, there was great progress in Nintendo and the video game industry. The machine was active in sales, the game became a best-selling arcade in the early 1980's. The game itself has been greatly improved compared to other games at the time, and as more and more games are sold, it can gain huge circulation. In the game, "Jumpman" (later became Mario) has to board the construction site, avoiding obstacles such as barrels and fireballs to save his girlfriend Pauline from Donkey Kong. Miyamoto has created a very simplified version of the Game & Watch multiscreen. Donkey Kong and its sequel, Donkey Kong Jr. is listed in the 1988 NES editor Donkey Kong Classics

In the seventh generation video game, Japan released two arcade big king Kong games. The first is Donkey Kong Jungle Fever which is a 2005 medal game, the second is Donkey Kong Banana Kingdom of the sequel (released on November 16, 2006). Both games were developed by Capcom and released to the Triforce Arcade System Board by Nintendo. Both titles are not published outside Japan. After the release of the first King Kong, Universal Pictures appealed Nintendo and claimed that the video game was an infringement of trademark rights against King Kong. In this case, Universal City Studios v. Nintendo, the US District Court judged that the universal case is malicious and does not have the right to King Kong name or character and story. The court further considers it impossible for consumers to confuse Nintendo games and characters with King Kong's movies and their roles.