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Donkey Kong 3


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Name: Donkey Kong 3 Developer: Nintendo Year: 1983 Type: Videogame Class: Wide Release
Game Specific: Donkey Kong 3 Pinout Settings: Donkey Kong 3 Dipswitch Settings Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Sound: Unamplified Mono (requires one-channel amp)
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Donkey Kong 3 DescriptionStanley 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 107 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1970. Other machines made by Nintendo during the time period Donkey Kong 3 was produced include Mario Bros. (PlayChoice), Mario Bros., Tennis, Balloon Fight, Duck Hunt, Sky Skipper, Popeye, Donkey Kong Junior, Donkey Kong, and Vs. UniSystem. Donkey Kong 3 - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 2.33 (7 votes)
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. Log in to rate this game! Cabinet InformationCabinet design similar to Nintendo games of the same era.Cabinet Style Weights and Measures
ConversionEasily 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 CensusThere are 12,133 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,623 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 163,035 machines (6,848 unique titles).Very Common - There are approximately 273 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 114 of these machines are owned by our active Donkey Kong 3 collectors. And of these, 56 are original dedicated machines, 17 are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 41 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Donkey Kong 3 machine for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Donkey Kong 3 circuit board for sale. Wanted - There are 6 active VAPS members currently looking for Donkey Kong 3. There are 2 active VAPS members looking for Donkey Kong 3 board 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 wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
TriviaThis is the only time Stanley the main character appears in any Nintendo games.Legacy
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