+Random Terrain Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Have you seen this VIC-20 Donkey Kong video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auAtyiiMJwQ&rel=0&fmt=18&showinfo=0 Looks pretty good for being on a VIC-20. I never got to play that. I only played Donkey Kong on the Commodore 64. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/155718-donkey-kong-on-the-vic-20/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvga Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Wow, that does look good! I have a ton of Vic 20 carts I want to play in 2010. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/155718-donkey-kong-on-the-vic-20/#findComment-1909526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 It's an excellent game. I've played it on both the actual system and through emulation, and it's so close to the arcade game it's uncanny (although not up to the level of the sublime Atari 400/800 version). Atarisoft games on the VIC-20 were hit and miss... Pac-Man in particular was a real clunker, far inferior to HAL Laboratory's Jelly Monsters. However, when they were hits, they were big hits. Moon Patrol was another game by the company that holds up well on the limited VIC-20 hardware. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/155718-donkey-kong-on-the-vic-20/#findComment-1909537 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+swlovinist Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Nice to see others give some praise to an often overlooked port of Donkey Kong, as well as a great classic computer. The Vic 20 had many great gems that hold up today. Artillery Duel for the system was different than other ports, and is one of my favorites. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/155718-donkey-kong-on-the-vic-20/#findComment-1909545 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kripto Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Mario has truly exceptional posture in the Vic 20 version. I wanted one just for Omega Race... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpAwCZ6g290 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/155718-donkey-kong-on-the-vic-20/#findComment-1909555 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 The first screen on the VIC-20 Donkey Kong looks a little messed up with how the ladders are placed near the top. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/155718-donkey-kong-on-the-vic-20/#findComment-1909587 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Yep, it's quite impressive - especially when you know the VIC 20 had no sprites or even a hi-res mode, everything is character based! Omega Race was one of my favorites too, played it a couple days ago to show my visiting nephews what my first computer was like. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/155718-donkey-kong-on-the-vic-20/#findComment-1909668 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brojamfootball Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 I love the way that guy talks! "Dawnky Kawng by Atarisawft" Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/155718-donkey-kong-on-the-vic-20/#findComment-1909669 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremysart Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Have you seen this VIC-20 Donkey Kong video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auAtyiiMJwQ&rel=0&fmt=18&showinfo=0 Looks pretty good for being on a VIC-20. I never got to play that. I only played Donkey Kong on the Commodore 64. WHAT!!!? I knew I shouldn't have sold my VIC.. Is this game rare and hard to come by? Hell, I might just buy another Vic and get that multi cart. The game may look crude, but for one, on the VIC-20 that is EXTREMELY impressive, and definitely one of the most accurate ports I have ever seen. Ill the levels, the fireballs look like fireballs, and unlike the colecovision port the factory level has that bouncy thing you have to dodge. Wow. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/155718-donkey-kong-on-the-vic-20/#findComment-1910138 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Hurst Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 If you like Omega Race, try my sequel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bX1uz-rQEk Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/155718-donkey-kong-on-the-vic-20/#findComment-1910262 Share on other sites More sharing options...
youki Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Pole position on the VIC 20 is also very good. The VIC 20 is a really great computer! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/155718-donkey-kong-on-the-vic-20/#findComment-1910296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Have you seen this VIC-20 Donkey Kong video? Looks pretty good for being on a VIC-20. I never got to play that. I only played Donkey Kong on the Commodore 64. WHAT!!!? I knew I shouldn't have sold my VIC.. Is this game rare and hard to come by? Hell, I might just buy another Vic and get that multi cart. The game may look crude, but for one, on the VIC-20 that is EXTREMELY impressive, and definitely one of the most accurate ports I have ever seen. Ill the levels, the fireballs look like fireballs, and unlike the colecovision port the factory level has that bouncy thing you have to dodge. Wow. I love Marlinlee's video's. He has a vic-20 multicart so I don't think he has the original. Probably your best bet. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/155718-donkey-kong-on-the-vic-20/#findComment-1910297 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted January 1, 2010 Author Share Posted January 1, 2010 Take a look at Buck Rogers Planet Of Zoom: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny8aIG8h4Gs&rel=0&fmt=18&showinfo=0 Looks like the guy doesn't know how to play, but ignore that and look at the graphics. Hard to believe that's on a VIC-20. I missed out on all kinds of good stuff back then. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/155718-donkey-kong-on-the-vic-20/#findComment-1910401 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremysart Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Take a look at Buck Rogers Planet Of Zoom: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny8aIG8h4Gs&rel=0&fmt=18&showinfo=0 Looks like the guy doesn't know how to play, but ignore that and look at the graphics. Hard to believe that's on a VIC-20. I missed out on all kinds of good stuff back then. Wow, again, impressive. I must have missed out on all the good games for the Vic. All the ones I played were god awful, like radar rat race.. Jupiter Lander was a fun one though. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/155718-donkey-kong-on-the-vic-20/#findComment-1910614 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I might just buy another Vic and get that multi cart. The only Vic 20 cart you'll ever need. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/155718-donkey-kong-on-the-vic-20/#findComment-1910618 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted January 2, 2010 Author Share Posted January 2, 2010 Wow, again, impressive. I must have missed out on all the good games for the Vic. All the ones I played were god awful, like radar rat race.. Jupiter Lander was a fun one though. Yeah, I had Radar Rat Race and Jupiter Lander. Everything I had for the VIC-20 was fairly crappy. That's one of the reasons why I started making my own games. It was for the fun of bringing something to life that didn't exist and because most of the games I had weren't that good. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/155718-donkey-kong-on-the-vic-20/#findComment-1910621 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Vic was a nice computer, and almost everything on it was on carts My poor collection of old C64 stuff is slowly dying due to bitrot and the crappy environment I live in But the Vic will be around for a goodlong time. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/155718-donkey-kong-on-the-vic-20/#findComment-1911041 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Awww... I actually love Radar Rat Race on the Vic. It was probably my very first Vic-20 cart, or at least one of the first 3. The Vic-20 was my first computer after only having had the 2600 before that. Fantastic machine, and many of the game carts are really surprisingly good for it. Anyone who hasn't messed with it, I'd highly recommend it. It's a nice manageable game library too, so it's pretty easy to go through and try out all or most of the games for it pretty quickly. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/155718-donkey-kong-on-the-vic-20/#findComment-1911049 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted January 2, 2010 Author Share Posted January 2, 2010 Awww... I actually love Radar Rat Race on the Vic. It was probably my very first Vic-20 cart, or at least one of the first 3. The Vic-20 was my first computer after only having had the 2600 before that. Fantastic machine, and many of the game carts are really surprisingly good for it. Anyone who hasn't messed with it, I'd highly recommend it. It's a nice manageable game library too, so it's pretty easy to go through and try out all or most of the games for it pretty quickly. I didn't know that Radar Rat Race was a rip off of Rally-X back then. I thought it was a unique Commodore game. Never saw or played Rally-X until a year or two later. It was like getting a light kick to the silly sack. I liked Radar Rat Race, but I hated that irritating Three Blind Mice tune that tried to drill a hole in your brain. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/155718-donkey-kong-on-the-vic-20/#findComment-1911059 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I didn't know that Radar Rat Race was a rip off of Rally-X back then. I thought it was a unique Commodore game. Never saw or played Rally-X until a year or two later. It was like getting a light kick to the silly sack. I liked Radar Rat Race, but I hated that irritating Three Blind Mice tune that tried to drill a hole in your brain. Oh, yeah I totally agree. The last couple notes of it are so off-key it turns an irritation into an abomination. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/155718-donkey-kong-on-the-vic-20/#findComment-1911063 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wood_jl Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 I really like the Vic-20 version of Donkey Kong. It's really fun - and it has all 4 screens! It ain't arcade-perfect, but considering the age of the old Vic, it's great! It also has all 4 levels, and it has the bouncing springs on the elevator level - unlike the Colecovision version. Considering Vic specs, it's quite an accomplishment! I have the Mega-cart as well, and I'm really happy with it and glad I got it. It's not exactly cheap, but it's an incredible product. You can get a complete-in-box Vic-20 cheap on Ebay, grab an Atari 8-bit composite video cable, and the Mega-cart; throw them all in the Vic-20 box if you have too many systems to keep connected at one (I suspect that is the case of many here). Talk about a compact little package of big-time entertainment. It takes up so much less space than my other systems (with all their cartridges and crap) that it's impressive. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/155718-donkey-kong-on-the-vic-20/#findComment-1911358 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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