Am I the only person on the internet who didn’t know this existed? Jeff Kulczycki, proprietor of Jeff’s Romhack, made a full on sequel to Donkey Kong entitled Donkey Kong II: Jumpman Returns. The game has a little something for everybody. For the folks out there who just love the original Donkey Kong and don’t love Donkey Kong ’94, Jeff’s made four brand new levels for you to play. For the people who still consider Donkey Kong Jr’s vilification of Mario to be a grave injustice, here’s your chance to engage in soothing revisionist history. If you want to get try out Donkey Kong II, you can head over to the infamous Funspot Arcade in New Hampshire to try and earn a killscreen of your very own. If you actually happen to own a Donkey Kong cabinet, you can actually purchase a ROM upgrade and soup that baby up. If you’re merely curious, here’s a full playthrough.
Kulczycki’s original levels are well made, blending with the original four while providing pleasant upgrades. The orange-yellow color scheme is especially nice. Falling pies don’t strike me as the sort of thing you’d find a giant ape hurling off a construction site, but hey, fireballs aren’t typically sentient.
Hit up Jeff’s Romhack here.
(Link: NeoGAF)
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