DONKEY KONG JR GAME & WATCH WALKTHROUGH (2024) - ZX Spectrum Next game! Gameplay! - DVDfeverGames
3DONKEY KONG JR GAME & WATCH WALKTHROUGH (2024) - ZX Spectrum Next game! Gameplay! - DVDfeverGames
Donkey Kong Jr Game & Watch comes from Menyiques.
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Description: On this occasion I present you something very special, because it is the result of 4 months of fun exploring the capabilities of the ZX Next resulting in my first game for this wonderful machine.
On the one hand I have to say that it has been easier to program for the Next than for the Spectrum because used to the restrictions of Mhz, colors and memory, the Next offers infinite supply of all that. I didn't have to optimize anything (which is a shame for a programmer, but the machine supports everything).
On the other hand, I was starting from scratch. I knew nothing about Next and it has been a journey as fantastic as it has been arduous. Documentation is scarce but sufficient and the universal method of trial and error has been my faithful companion during this development.
It has taken me longer to have a stable programming environment that included 256 color graphics, stereo music and sound effects than to create the game itself.
The game was developed in ZX Basic with the NextBuild library and compiled with Boriel compiler.
Why Donkey Kong Jr?
Because it is one of the mythical models of my childhood. I remember perfectly myself playing it on my cousin's machine under a pine tree in summer.
Because when I haven't finished a game and watch I'm already thinking about the next one.
Because this one deserved the 256 colors and that was compatible with my intention to learn Next development.
Execution instructions in Next / N-Go/Emulators:
- Put the .nex file into your SD and run from the browser.
- If you don't have the physical machine you can play by installing the NEXT CSpect emulator. Just throw the nex file over the emulator exe.
How to play:
Here I can refer you to the original pdf manual that is on the internet.
For the lazy ones, we will say that you are Donkey Kong Jr. and you have to save your father Donkey Kong who has been trapped by Mario and chained with 4 chains and their respective padlocks.
You will have to collect the key and reach the lock, avoiding the killer birds among branches, umbrellas and balloons.
You can throw the coconut to kill the birds you catch in the fall.
The coconut only comes out when you pick up the key.
Points:
- 1 point each time you jump from the umbrella to the balloon or vice versa.
- 10 points each time Jr. opens a lock.
- 10 extra points when you open all 4 locks.
- 2 extra points when the bogeyman kills a bird.
- If he kills 2 birds it is 2+4 points.
- If he kills 3 birds 2+4+6 points
- If it kills 4 birds 2+4+6+8 points
- If you kill 5 birds 2+4+6+6+8+10 (A total of 30 points)
The maximum number of points is 999.
As is classic in Game and Watch, when you reach 300 points you have a CHANCE TIME.
If you have all your lives intact: all your scores will be doubled until you lose a life, you will know you are in CHANCE TIME because the score marker is blinking.
If you already have misses: they will all be erased and you will go back to the initial 3 lives.
MISSES:
- When you hit a bird
- When you fail to catch a balloon or umbrella.
- If you let the umbrella take you to the water.
- If you are hanging from the balloon and let it explode above.
Dropping the key is not considered a failure, but you will have to go back to the beginning to pick up the key again.
Download here: https://menyiques.itch.io/dkjr-next
Also check out these great ZX Spectrum websites:
Planeta Sinclair: https://planetasinclair.blogspot.com
Spectrum Computing: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/
World Of Spectrum: https://worldofspectrum.org/
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