[WIP] Donkey Kong conversion

jotd · 20 January 2024, 00:59

Well, that's the reason why i temporarily stopped converting Moon Patrol

- Commented disassembly already existed and was very good
- corresponding ROM was available on MAME with same addresses and all
- Mark (tcdev) provided the graphics. He decided to let me lead the project after he started the disassembly himself
- The sprites are pretty simple to figure out and convert
- There are dynamic palettes for tiles, but seem to affect only rows, which is a breeze for the copper and leaves enough colors for the rest, for a total of 32 colors (22 used total).

There are a lot of bugs, you'll notice that collision is off because of that (barrels are pretty much buggy for now), but 3 screens can be viewed in the below video. Last screen crashes (on purpose for now). Not playable but you'll see the potential immediately I hope.

[ Show youtube player ]

Estrayk · 20 January 2024, 01:05

WOAH! one of my favs !! thanks jotd!!!!!

VincentGR · 20 January 2024, 01:13

Another fantastic port is coming.

desiv · 20 January 2024, 04:46

We've already got Monkey Business, so no real need for this...

...

;-)

Sorry,

SWEET! For the longest time, this was my favorite arcade game!
(Partially because it was at the market just down the road from my High School...)

Awesome work, as usual sir!

DanyPPC · 20 January 2024, 07:08

Well, well, so it is for OCS systems

TCD · 20 January 2024, 07:47

Nice one

Zack · 20 January 2024, 08:00

Looks great already! Really looking forward to this one

AmyMor · 20 January 2024, 09:20

Who needs MAME on AMIGA if there is JOTD?

Toni Galvez · 20 January 2024, 09:27

I am amazed!!! one of the greatest arcade games of all times. Good work!!!

JoeJoe · 20 January 2024, 10:21

That's another nice port

It looks really good, master of protation.

Howardphilips · 20 January 2024, 16:31

Ah! So this was the reason why you stopped!
I can definitely understand now!

jotd · 20 January 2024, 17:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Howardphilips

Ah! So this was the reason why you stopped!
I can definitely understand now!

Yes. Technically the game should have been done before, but Mark was sidetracked by a ton of other stuff and finally gave in, then I found this superb 100% disassembly. My kids also have a TI83 calculator port which suspiciously looks like a transcode too. They probably used that too.

Moon Patrol will happen too. Only it will take a lot longer to make it right.

Quote:

Originally Posted by AmyMor

Who needs MAME on AMIGA if there is JOTD?

Yeah, four more useful letters. No need for a powerpc to play games now

MAME is invaluable / super useful, but on PC to debug the game & inspect values. I suppose that if I only had an amiga I could use it for that too (not sure the old versions had a debugger though).

Torti-the-Smurf · 20 January 2024, 17:21

You do a DONKEY KONG conversion ????

GOD, BLESS THIS CAT !!!!!!

malko · 20 January 2024, 19:29

Another classic is coming nicely to the Amiga due to jotd

Frenchies rules

By the way, if not complicated, it could be nice if this one could be included as an extra (easter egg or hidden game if you score more than <put a number here>) :

drHirudo · 20 January 2024, 19:58

Billy Mitchell will love this.
Regarding the Game&Watch game above, I already recreated it for Amiga using C language and AHX music:
[ Show youtube player ]

Handheld gameplay by me:
[ Show youtube player ]

Also, you gotta be careful with these Nintendo franchise remakes, or DMCA notice will come your way, from Nintendo guys themselves.

P.S. Remake of the Game & Watch game, running on AmigaOS 4:

[ Show youtube player ]

jotd · 20 January 2024, 20:27

I don't believe in such threats (the cardboard thing seems to be a hoax btw, aaaand yes it is: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/f...en/4310183001/). I have checked the web for other remakes and there are plenty. Ransom of success.

https://donkey-kong-remake.fr.uptodown.com/windows

then this on SNES

[ Show youtube player ]

then a whole lot of remakes

[ Show youtube player ]

(the Atari 2600 remake is impressive, given the crap hardware, sound is so great)

saimon69 · 20 January 2024, 22:34

You can still go the Crazy Kong route if you feel the heat, since you are porting a bootleg that would be less infringing i think

Torti-the-Smurf · 20 January 2024, 23:05

Crazy Kong is not a bootleg. Besides, there is no Source Code available for it.

saimon69 · 20 January 2024, 23:32

Crazy Kong is a semi bootleg, in fact Falcon was making DK boards for Nintendo due to high demand and decided to churn out its own version with variation, so i guess Jotd can do some variations too
[ Show youtube player ]

Torti-the-Smurf · 20 January 2024, 23:42

Yes, Crazy Kong was officially licensed by Nintendo. It uses also different Hardware than DK.

No souce code and different hardware; so, no Crazy kong for you

But speaking of DK Clones .... Did you know. .. the first known commercially released Amiga Game was apparently this ...

[ Show youtube player ]

and you sure didnt forgot this ...

[ Show youtube player ]
(ahhhhh, that sound "bliss" at 5:40 ...good lord...

... THATS REALLY CRAZYYYY !!!)

So, there you go... No more Bootlegs plz

JOTD will rock this !!!

20 January 2024, 00:59	#1
jotd This cat is no more Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: FRANCE Age: 52 Posts: 8,197	[WIP] Donkey Kong conversion Well, that's the reason why i temporarily stopped converting Moon Patrol - Commented disassembly already existed and was very good - corresponding ROM was available on MAME with same addresses and all - Mark (tcdev) provided the graphics. He decided to let me lead the project after he started the disassembly himself - The sprites are pretty simple to figure out and convert - There are dynamic palettes for tiles, but seem to affect only rows, which is a breeze for the copper and leaves enough colors for the rest, for a total of 32 colors (22 used total). There are a lot of bugs, you'll notice that collision is off because of that (barrels are pretty much buggy for now), but 3 screens can be viewed in the below video. Last screen crashes (on purpose for now). Not playable but you'll see the potential immediately I hope. [ Show youtube player ]

20 January 2024, 23:42	#20
Torti-the-Smurf Registered User Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: Earth Posts: 1,064	Yes, Crazy Kong was officially licensed by Nintendo. It uses also different Hardware than DK. No souce code and different hardware; so, no Crazy kong for you But speaking of DK Clones .... Did you know. .. the first known commercially released Amiga Game was apparently this ... [ Show youtube player ] and you sure didnt forgot this ... [ Show youtube player ] (ahhhhh, that sound "bliss" at 5:40 ...good lord... ... THATS REALLY CRAZYYYY !!!) So, there you go... No more Bootlegs plz JOTD will rock this !!! Last edited by Torti-the-Smurf; 21 January 2024 at 00:29. Reason: adding Link

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20 January 2024, 01:13	#3
VincentGR Registered User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Greece Posts: 290	Another fantastic port is coming.

20 January 2024, 04:46	#4
desiv Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Salem, OR Posts: 1,770	We've already got Monkey Business, so no real need for this... ... ;-) Sorry, SWEET! For the longest time, this was my favorite arcade game! (Partially because it was at the market just down the road from my High School...) Awesome work, as usual sir!

20 January 2024, 07:08	#5
DanyPPC Registered User Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Italy Posts: 732	Well, well, so it is for OCS systems

20 January 2024, 07:47	#6
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,606	Nice one

20 January 2024, 08:00	#7
Zack Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Valby, Denmark Age: 48 Posts: 90	Looks great already! Really looking forward to this one

20 January 2024, 09:20	#8
AmyMor Registered User Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: Calvi Risorta Posts: 168	Who needs MAME on AMIGA if there is JOTD?

20 January 2024, 09:27	#9
Toni Galvez Registered User Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: London/UK Posts: 227	I am amazed!!! one of the greatest arcade games of all times. Good work!!!

20 January 2024, 10:21	#10
JoeJoe Registered User Join Date: Feb 2020 Location: Germany Posts: 178	That's another nice port It looks really good, master of protation.

20 January 2024, 16:31	#11
Howardphilips Registered User Join Date: Dec 2022 Location: France Posts: 83	Ah! So this was the reason why you stopped! I can definitely understand now!

20 January 2024, 17:21	#13
Torti-the-Smurf Registered User Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: Earth Posts: 1,064	You do a DONKEY KONG conversion ???? GOD, BLESS THIS CAT !!!!!!

20 January 2024, 19:29	#14
malko Ex nihilo nihil Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: CH Posts: 4,884	Another classic is coming nicely to the Amiga due to jotd Frenchies rules By the way, if not complicated, it could be nice if this one could be included as an extra (easter egg or hidden game if you score more than <put a number here>) :

20 January 2024, 19:58	#15
drHirudo Amiga user Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Sofia / Bulgaria Posts: 459	Billy Mitchell will love this. Regarding the Game&Watch game above, I already recreated it for Amiga using C language and AHX music: [ Show youtube player ] Handheld gameplay by me: [ Show youtube player ] Also, you gotta be careful with these Nintendo franchise remakes, or DMCA notice will come your way, from Nintendo guys themselves. P.S. Remake of the Game & Watch game, running on AmigaOS 4: [ Show youtube player ]

20 January 2024, 20:27	#16
jotd This cat is no more Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: FRANCE Age: 52 Posts: 8,197	I don't believe in such threats (the cardboard thing seems to be a hoax btw, aaaand yes it is: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/f...en/4310183001/). I have checked the web for other remakes and there are plenty. Ransom of success. https://donkey-kong-remake.fr.uptodown.com/windows then this on SNES [ Show youtube player ] then a whole lot of remakes [ Show youtube player ] (the Atari 2600 remake is impressive, given the crap hardware, sound is so great)

20 January 2024, 22:34	#17
saimon69 J.M.D - Bedroom Musician Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: los angeles,ca Posts: 3,529	You can still go the Crazy Kong route if you feel the heat, since you are porting a bootleg that would be less infringing i think

20 January 2024, 23:05	#18
Torti-the-Smurf Registered User Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: Earth Posts: 1,064	Crazy Kong is not a bootleg. Besides, there is no Source Code available for it.

20 January 2024, 23:32	#19
saimon69 J.M.D - Bedroom Musician Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: los angeles,ca Posts: 3,529	Crazy Kong is a semi bootleg, in fact Falcon was making DK boards for Nintendo due to high demand and decided to churn out its own version with variation, so i guess Jotd can do some variations too [ Show youtube player ]

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