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    Thanks for sharing! Cool discovery!

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    Is this just a rip of the ROM that's preloaded on the PAL Wii anniversary edition?

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    Presumably, yes.

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    What's the level order? Is it the Japanese 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4, etc. level order, or the US: 1-4, 1-3-4, 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4 order?

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    Yes, this is not a prototype, it's the hacked rom.
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    I'm still wondering why anyone would leak it to a fansite for Lupin the 3rd instead of a website relevant to NES discussion.

    Also, the link could count as piracy, seeing as it leads to a page with a download link for a ROM that's currently at retail.

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    There is some discussion of this release at the tail end of this thread, including a video, for anyone that is interested.

    http://www.digitpress.com/forum/show...ghlight=Donkey

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    If the ROM thats being linked here is the same one that was on the VC, then it's the Japanese release. The American version has a different level order. This looks pretty much the same as the N64 port. And the sounds are slightly different too- the pitch is wrong on many of them. Anyway, just saying. If someone where to ever make a NES repro that included the American level order, I'd buy it.

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    From what I've read it's the European VC rom and it was hacked to add the extra level and animation. Why Nintendo decided to hack the original game for the European release is beyond me, but they did something similar with Mario Bros. Still, it would be neat to have, I'll have to try and add it to my Wii sometime in here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheDomesticInstitution View Post
    If someone where to ever make a NES repro that included the American level order, I'd buy it.
    Isn't that basically what this is? Or does the RetroZone cartridge not have the correct order?
    Last edited by PingvinBlueJeans; 01-05-2011 at 11:37 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PingvinBlueJeans View Post
    Isn't that bascially what this is?
    Ever since stumbling upon that page, it just irritates me. "Here's a commercially available "new" release that Nintendo is currently selling! Let's sell it too!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by InsaneDavid View Post
    Ever since stumbling upon that page, it just irritates me. "Here's a commercially available "new" release that Nintendo is currently selling! Let's sell it too!"
    Better that, than be forced to buy a European Wii when I already own two US ones. What else would I play on it? Another Code R?
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    Quote Originally Posted by theclaw View Post
    Better that, than be forced to buy a European Wii when I already own two US ones. What else would I play on it? Another Code R?
    I say be glad it's dumped and leave it at that.

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    Sure a repro is not the same as the real thing, but if there is no real thing, then I'm interested. A European Wii is out of the question.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PingvinBlueJeans View Post
    Isn't that basically what this is? Or does the RetroZone cartridge not have the correct order?
    I don't know, but I bet not. It's probably the same level order that all these other hacks or Nintendo releases have. I'd love to be proven wrong. Anyway I just emailed them to find out.

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    Got a reply today about the retrozone cart of Donkey Kong:

    Mark,


    It appears to have the Japanese layout as the second level is the Cement
    Factory, which I have yet to pass so I'm not sure what the third level is.

    Thanks.

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    "Mark,

    It appears to have the Japanese layout as the second level is the Cement
    Factory, which I have yet to pass so I'm not sure what the third level is.

    Thanks."


    Wow... I can understand on the arcade version where even getting there is good for an average player but really? It's a stupid easy dash on the NES since Donkey Kong stays put in the middle and doesn't move back and forth at the top.

    I've heard the game gets glitchy around the third or fourth loop due to the clumsy hacking Nintendo did to get the stage inserted.

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    Quote Originally Posted by InsaneDavid View Post
    Wow... I can understand on the arcade version where even getting there is good for an average player but really? It's a stupid easy dash on the NES since Donkey Kong stays put in the middle and doesn't move back and forth at the top.

    I've heard the game gets glitchy around the third or fourth loop due to the clumsy hacking Nintendo did to get the stage inserted.

    He must never play the game, because that's pretty bad. Can't be as easy as the NES version of Galaga though (compared to the arcade).

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    Quote Originally Posted by theclaw View Post
    Better that, than be forced to buy a European Wii when I already own two US ones. What else would I play on it? Another Code R?
    Homebrew Channel, FCEUGX, and the (illegal) ROM from the link above.

    Problem solved.

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