The missing platforms in certain levels leads forces you to actually move (instead of just moving up and down) but also leads to frustration when you feel like you should have landed on the platform. Stanley’s shots don’t always seem to line up how you’d like them to and it feels like you should be hitting the bugs more often as they whip by you (and kill you). I find the controls of this game a little irritating as well. Unlike both Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr., there isn’t much level variety other than some differences in platforms. Once you get the pesticide super can, it becomes a mad dash to shoot him as fast as possible (leading you to jump levels at a time). The game gets pretty repetitive quickly since unlike Galaga, simply getting Donkey Kong to the top of the poles as fast as possible is the goal. ![]() You pretty much have to keep shooting as things fall and eventually start getting different falling patterns. The gameplay feels a lot like Galaga (it actually appropriated aspects of Nintendo’s Galaga clone Space Firebird from 1980 with the patterns of some of the bugs). ![]() I commend the makers of the game for trying something new with Donkey Kong, but it just isn’t in the same level of fun as Donkey Kong or Donkey Kong Jr. None of the arcades I went to had it, and I never got to play it until the NES release in 1986 (or probably even later since I didn’t know anyone who got it). The game is often available as part of video game streaming services like the online Switch arcade.ĭonkey Kong 3 was a real enigma. The game was met with mixed to average reviews in comparison to the positive reviews of the two previous games. The arcade game was released in Japanese arcades in October in 1983 with a U.S. Stanley must stop the bugs and get Donkey Kong out of the greenhouse at all costs!ĭonkey Kong 3 is an action-shooter that was produced by Nintendo and followed Donkey Kong Jr. The gameplay departs from previous Donkey Kong games, being primarily a shooter game, and starring an exterminator named Stanley instead of Mario. ![]() When Donkey Kong takes up residence in the greenhouse, Stanley finds not only does he have to deal with the bugs, but he also now has an angry ape refusing to leave. Choose between our standard or complete marquee. It is the third installment in the Donkey Kong series and it was. Stanley’s usual job of killing bugs has gotten a whole lot harder. Donkey Kong 3 Dedicated Arcade Marquee Size - 5.75 x 22.313 High-resolution digital print on 3M film. Donkey Kong 3 is a platform shooter video game developed and published by Nintendo.
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