Donkey Kong Circus

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Not to be confused withCircus Kong.
Donkey Kong Circus
A screenshot of the product Donkey Kong Circus from the Game & Watch series
DeveloperNintendo Research & Development 1
PublisherNintendo
Platform(s)Game & Watch
Release dateSeptember 6, 1984[1]
GenrePlatformer
Rating(s)N/A
Mode(s)Single player
Format
Game & Watch:
Built-in
Input
Game & Watch:
Serial code(s)MK-96

Donkey Kong Circus is aGame & Watch title released as part of the Panorama Screen series on September 6, 1984.[1] It is a remake of the secondMickey Mouse Game & Watch game, which was released worldwide seven months earlier. The two games' codes even seem to have gotten mixed up, withMickey Mouse being model "DC-95" andDonkey Kong Circus being "MK-96."[1] Neither the Panorama ScreenMickey Mouse norDonkey Kong Circus was released in Japan.

Gameplay[edit]

Donkey Kong Circus
Gameplay ofDonkey Kong Circus

In this game,Donkey Kong balances on abarrel while jugglingpineapples and avoiding thefireballs falling from thedrums.Mario watches his performance. Donkey Kong receives apoint every time he catches a pineapple. If Donkey Kong loses a pineapple, Mario will laugh at him, resulting in a miss. If Donkey Kong manages to grasp a fireball, he will flail, which also counts as a miss. If Donkey Kong reaches 300 points without any misses, the points will be worth double until he does get a miss. If he has any misses at said score, every miss will be cleared instead. When he gets three misses, the player gets aGame Over.

Gallery[edit]

  • Box art for Donkey Kong Circus

    Box art forDonkey Kong Circus

  • Donkey Kong artwork

    Donkey Kong artwork

  • Display when the game is reset

    Display when the game is reset

  • The alarm bell

    The alarm bell

Names in other languages[edit]

LanguageNameMeaningNotes
Japaneseドンキーコング サーカス[2]
Donkī Kongu Sākasu		Donkey Kong Circus

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^abcDonkey Kong Circus.In The Attic (British English). Archived October 27, 2021, 23:07:55 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  2. ^HISTORY｜ゲーム&ウオッチ スーパーマリオブラザーズ｜任天堂.Nintendo (Japanese). Retrieved June 1, 2024.
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