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Donkey Kong 3[lower-alpha 1] is a platform shooter video game developed and published by Nintendo. It is the third installment in the Donkey Kong series and it was released for arcades worldwide in 1983 and the Family Computer in 1984, then later released in North America for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1986. The gameplay departs from previous Donkey Kong games, being primarily a shooter game, and starring an exterminator named Stanley instead of Mario.[4]

Donkey Kong 3
European arcade flyer
Developer(s)	Nintendo R&D1 Intelligent Systems Nintendo R&D2 (Famicom/NES version) Hudson Soft (The Great Counterattack)
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Director(s)	Shigeru Miyamoto
Producer(s)	Gunpei Yokoi
Designer(s)	Shigeru Miyamoto
Composer(s)	Hirokazu Tanaka
Series	Donkey Kong
Platform(s)	Arcade Famicom/NES Game & Watch NEC PC-8801 NEC PC-6601 Sharp X1
Release	September 28, 1983 Arcade JP: September 28, 1983[1] NA: October 1983[2] EU: Late 1983[3] Famicom/NES JP: July 4, 1984 NA: June 1986 EU: September 15, 1987 Game & Watch JP/NA: August 20, 1984 The Great Counterattack Sharp X1/NEC PC-8801/6601 JP: 1984 e-Reader NA: September 16, 2002
Genre(s)	Shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

It was re-released on the Wii Virtual Console in North America on July 14, 2008, and in Europe on January 9, 2009. It was re-released on Nintendo Switch through Nintendo Switch Online.

Gameplay

Donkey Kong hangs from vines at the center of the screen, and the player-controlled Stanley the exterminator runs and jumps on platforms beneath him. Stanley can fire bug spray at both Donkey Kong and insects flying around the levels. A level is completed by continually using his sprayer on Donkey Kong, forcing him to the top of the screen, or by killing all of the bugs. A Super Sprayer can on the vines falls down when Donkey Kong is sprayed past it. The Super Sprayer only lasts for a limited amount of time, but it pushes Donkey Kong upward at a much faster rate, making it easier to complete the level. It only spawns at the start of each life.

The insects consist of Buzzbees, queen Beespies (which shatter into deadly pieces when destroyed), Creepy inchworms, Attacker bees, Kabutomushi beetles, and Butterflies. Some of the flying insects attempt to pick up the flowers at the bottom of the screen and carry them away. Lost flowers decrease the bonus at the end of the round.

There are three levels which repeat in a fixed sequence. An extra life is given at 50,000 points, and then the game goes to "survival of the fittest" mode thereafter.

Reception

The game was moderately successful in Japan, where Game Machine listed Donkey Kong 3 on their December 1, 1983, issue as being the fourth most-successful new table arcade unit of the month.[5] Despite this, it was a commercial failure in North America, particularly due to the wake of the video game crash of 1983.

Reviews for the arcade game were generally positive. Gene Lewin of Play Meter magazine rated it 8 out of 10.[6] Computer and Video Games said that the game's "fast action and superior sound effects" made Donkey Kong 3 a "sure hit" in arcades.[7]

Retrospectively, reception has been divisive, with criticism aimed at its departure of its predecessors and the lack of Mario. IGN gave the Virtual Console version a 6.0 out of 10, describing it as a "radical departure" from the previous Donkey Kong games, calling it "repetitive".[8]

Legacy

A VS. series Game & Watch version of the arcade game has different gameplay. In this version, player one controls Stanley the Bugman and computer player (or player two) controls Donkey Kong in a duel against each other using exterminating spray cans to move the bees to the other side of them to make the bees sting their opponents. Players can only hold up to three amounts of spraying liquid in their spray cans. On one player mode, the higher player one as Stanley scores, the faster the spraying liquid on the side of computer player as Donkey Kong drops. A version of this game was included in Game & Watch Gallery 4 for the Game Boy Advance, but featuring Mario in place of Stanley and a Boo and a Fireball in place of the bees.

The NES version of Donkey Kong 3 was released on the Wii Virtual Console, 3DS Virtual Console and Wii U Virtual Console,[9] whilst the arcade version was released on the Nintendo Switch eShop as part of Hamster's Arcade Archives series.

The current world record is held by George Riley (USA) at 3,538,000 points (2011).[10][11]

Semi-sequel

In 1984, Hudson Soft developed a semi-sequel for the Japanese-only NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-6601, and Sharp X1 personal computers titled Donkey Kong 3: The Great Counterattack.[lower-alpha 2][12] A version for the FM-7 was also planned, but was never released.[13] This game is significantly different from the original. While the object to shoot Donkey Kong up in the air remains, it has 20 outdoor backgrounds such as a bridge, Planet Saturn, a desert, a pyramid, and a highway. Stanley can only move from left to right and is no longer able to jump.

For decades, Donkey Kong 3: The Great Counterattack was inaccessible outside of Japan. In December 2017, a copy of the Sharp X1 version was bought at a Yahoo! Auctions online auction.[12] Two months later, it was made available via emulation.[12] The PC-8801 version was subsequently uncovered in January 2019.[14]

Notes

References

External links

• Donkey Kong 3 at the Killer List of Videogames

На других языках

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[de] Donkey Kong 3

Donkey Kong 3 (jap.: ドンキーコング3, Hepburn: Donkī Kongu Surī) ist ein Shoot-’em-up-Arcade-Spiel, das im Jahr 1983 von Nintendos Entwicklerstudio Nintendo Research & Development 1 entwickelt wurde.[1] Es ist der Nachfolger von Donkey Kong Jr. und wurde später für das Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) bzw. den Family Computer (Famicom) portiert. Es ist der letzte Ableger einer dreiteiligen Serie von Donkey-Kong-Arcade-Spielen und unterscheidet sich nach übereinstimmender Meinung einiger Tester stark von seinen Vorgängern.[1][2] Das Spiel konnte vom Erfolg her nicht an den ersten Teil der Reihe, Donkey Kong, anknüpfen.

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- [en] Donkey Kong 3

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[es] Donkey Kong 3

Donkey Kong 3 es una secuela de los videojuegos Donkey Kong y Donkey Kong Jr., creada por Shigeru Miyamoto para Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).

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[ru] Donkey Kong 3

Donkey Kong 3 — третья видеоигра в оригинальной серии Donkey Kong от Nintendo. Она была выпущена на аркадных автоматах в 1983 году, на Famicom — в 1984 году, а затем выпущена в Северной Америке для NES в 1986 году. Игровой процесс отличается от предыдущих игр про Донки Конга: это в основном шутер, а в главной роли вместо Марио выступает дезинсектор по имени Стэнли[1].

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