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Donkey Kong 3

ドンキー・コング3
Donkey Kong 3 - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

Stanley must shoot insect repellent at Kong to drive him to the top of the screen while avoiding/shooting insects. He must protecting five plants at the bottom of the screen from being carried off by the various insects.

Donkey Kong 3 was produced by Nintendo in 1983.

Nintendo released 106 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1970. Nintendo was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Nintendo during the time period Donkey Kong 3 was produced include: Sky Skipper, Popeye, Donkey Kong Junior, Donkey Kong, Heli Fire, Mario Bros. (PlayChoice), Mario Bros., Tennis, Balloon Fight, and Duck Hunt

Specs

Name Donkey Kong 3
Developer Nintendo (Japan)
Year 1983
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 7611
Class Wide Release
Genre Platform
Monitor
Conversion Class Nintendo Classic
Game Specific Donkey Kong 3 Pinout
Dipswitch Settings

Donkey Kong 3 Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)

# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Game Play Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right)
  • Buttons: 1 - Fire
Sound Unamplified Mono (requires one-channel amp)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard
PCB Donkey Kong 3 PCB Image

Donkey Kong 3 KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 2.33 (7 votes)

Fun Factor: 2.01

Overall Like 2.00
Fun (Social) 1.00
Fun (Solo) 2.29
Collector Desire 2.67

Technical Rating: 2.67

Gameplay 2.57
Graphics 3.00
Originality 2.17
Sound/Music 2.57

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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Images

Trivia

This is the only time Stanley the main character appears in any Nintendo games.

Cabinet Information

Cabinet design similar to Nintendo games of the same era.

Conversion

Easily swappable with Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Junior boardset is similar in design to the aforementioned titles, but the sound hardware is different. I believe it uses the same sound chip as used in the NES home console system.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Donkey Kong 3 Census

There are 15,339 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,699 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 167,290 machines (7,016 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 282 known instances of this machine owned by Donkey Kong 3 collectors who are active members. Of these, 146 of them are original dedicated machines. 41 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 93 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 5 active VAPS members with a Donkey Kong 3 machines for sale. There are 3 active VAPS members with a Donkey Kong 3 circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There are 10 active VAPS members currently looking for Donkey Kong 3. There are 2 active VAPS members looking for Donkey Kong 3 boards sets.

This game ranks a 53 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 20 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

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Flyers

Legacy

  1. Donkey Kong
  2. Donkey Kong Junior
  3. Donkey Kong 3

Manuals

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

  1. 3D Model (External): Upright (6d5cf18867240badd06e6be4f8954ac)

Arcade Map - Play This Game

Our members have reported that Donkey Kong 3 is playable at 1 locations:

Name Location State Country Details Check-ins
Bartari 101 Adams Ave, Scranton Pennsylvania United States Bar 0

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