Hey John I know you must be busy but even a few extra short little videos would go a long way to making us feel like your not almost retired from Youtubing. It kind of feels like the end of days for John's Arcade :(
Donkey Kong's Sound is all analog produced by Transitors and Resistors. Nintendo's composer Hirokazu Hip Tanaka setup the sound on the game. He said it was a lot of cut and dry soldiering. Crazy Kong's are produced by a Digital Sound Chip. I'm guessing an AY or a Zilog. Don't know who worked on the Sound Chip.
I absolutely love Crazy Kong. The Pizza place in the small mall on Long Island had one in one of those generic woodgrain bootleg cabinets that had a stencil type marquee. The arcade in that same mall had the real-deal but I always gravitated to CC instead. The awful sounds, the f'd up levels, and glitchy graphics were way too fun! I gotta say...I am jealous of that cab and would have traded a Pac Caberet in a second for one too! Nice find. I also remember a version where the levels were green instead of orange.
You have inspired me to not only go out and start collecting the games I love but to also start posting my projects on youtube. Hope you are doing well. Always exciting to see what you are working on and your collection.
Ah this one was here in Indonesia! They were everywhere! I remember mimicking its die song whenever I was pretending to fell down from the chair! I was eight FYI.
I finnised the video you read about the trick. Thank you for all the information. Amazing video. hope youer well. I saw the video where you mentioned passing out. God Bless.
Don't expect much from this channel anymore, John is to busy doing other things these days. There might be a video here and there, but don't hold your breath !
You're so close to TNT Amusements in north Philly kinda dumbfounded you never went on a field trip. His knowledge base of games is off the charts as is his crew.
This channel is awesome. I can't stop watching it. I think I'm at the point where I would like to get a cabinet. Are there any good video on getting started in buying (what to look for) and restoring a cabinet? What's the cheapest most common cabinet out there?
I grew up with this game for years. Every summer, this was one of 2-4 games at the beach club my best friend owned. I wish I was old enough to buy it when they sold it. ARGH
Nice find! My first arcade Donkey Kong experience was this version when I lived in Germany. A German restaurant near my school had an actual Nintendo version, but I was already used to playing this one.
Omg John This was the version in my childhood arcade and in all the local arcades I new of in and around my home town in New Zealand. I found it weird when I seen donkey Kong on NES and believed it was inferior to crazy kong it's so good to see it again . Thank you for the video.
Tiny correction Falcon (Idk about Orca's or Zaccaria's licensed versions) actually started selling the Crazy Kong cabinets in the US, therefore they violated their licensing collaboration with Nintendo and it was quote on quote "turned" into a bootleg, I actually have a Crazy Kong at my grandparents (no cabinet art, but the marquee is black with red letters and white insides, Mario's jumping noise is also coincidentally from Crazy Climber! Elevators from the 75m area also go very slow and at times there aren't any elevators compared to the official game
Hey John, great find. I am very surprised that someone actually owned one previously as it was a European game. And wasn't made for the US. I happen to also own a 'Crazy Kong' machine at home myself. I am currently 14 years old and since then, I have dedicated my life on Crazy Kong and all arcade games. I love it. I also started a little arcade machine collection of my own. Ever since my dad introduced me to Crazy Kong when I was 3, I was hooked. I would use all my spare change. After a week or so, the machine would be full. Ever since playing Crazy Kong, I have learned a lot of things. In Crazy Kong, Mario can wait underneath a ladder and a barrel won't hit him. Unlike Donkey Kong. On the forth level (Second level on Donkey Kong), Mario can walk through Donkey Kong. Those are just a few tricks/tips I know. I know many more, but that's for you guys to figure out. John, I hope you enjoy. It is a great game. Please look after it and keep it. You won't find that many. Quick question, do you happen to know a game called Pengo?? That's one of the games I own in my collection. I believe it was licensed by Sega. I you find one, can you add it to your collection?? Also, do you know anyone who has a Mole Hunter machine?? It is a extremely rare Data East game released in 1980. Very few machines were made. My dad played a Mole hunter machine in the local shop when he was young?? If you know anyone who has it, can you tell them to dump the rom so I can play it on Mame. Thank you, and once again, enjoy.
Although commonly believed to be a bootleg version, the game was officially licensed for operation in Japan when Nintendo couldn't keep up with demand at home (even though Donkey Kong was still released in Japan), and is based on different hardware. The game retains all of the game play elements of Donkey Kong, but has all of the graphics redrawn and re-colorized. Crazy Kong is also known as Congorilla, Crazy Kong Part II, Donkey King, and Monkey Donkey. There are two versions of the original: Crazy Kong and Crazy Kong Part II. The differences between them are in minor cinematic artifacts and bugs, color palette choices and minor game play differences. Crazy Kong Part I shows no copyright or company name on the title screen. Crazy Kong (parts I and II) runs on modified Crazy Climber hardware. In addition there are other versions of the game that run on Scramble, Jeutel, Orca, and Alca hardware. The official versions of game came in two different stand up cabinets that featured a large and angry, rather than comic, ape embedded in the artwork. The cabinets were created by Zaccaria. Nintendo allowed these versions to be created because they could NO LONGER KEEP UP DEMAND with their hardware etc. Crazy Kong (クレイジーコング) is a clone of Nintendo's Donkey Kong published by Falcon in 1981. Despite the fact it's a clone and its notorious presentation, it is actually an official licensed clone intended for Japan only. However, it has been distributed elsewhere in other parts of the world without a license from Nintendo.
Hi John, I’m missing my Johns arcade fix! Just an idea but why don’t you run the channel with your arcade friends...take the strain of you doing everything?
I've noticed the change in cars once again; compared to the first-gen Explorer you first had, the new Explorer is kind of a pain to load tall items (like arcade cabinets, for example) in the back of because the rear hatch area swoops way down, so you grabbed a last-gen Grand Cherokee. Good choice, they use their interior space well.
I live in New Zealand. Growing up in the 80's I never saw Donkey Kong, only Crazy Kong! I think NZ had a lot of bootleg games. Thanks for the great review!
My OCD is totally flipping out because of the broken plastic popcorn dispenser! Lots of people wondering where youre at dude. Hope you are well. Love the vids and the awesome basement! the Dragons Lair/Space Ace stuff made me pine for the 80s!
It's weird. Sounds like jumpman (or this "evil version" of jumpman) is doing karate on the barrels when he jumps and is wearing suction cup sandals on the metal beams.
I always wondered when John was going to get burnt out. Seems like it happened. I hope he’s well and spending quality time with friends and family. Everyone needs a break.
In the meantime you could just rewatch the 2017 year end review. It’s over four and a half hours long in 2 parts! And he definitely had more machines in the basement then than he has now ...
I remember playing this a few times at a grocery store back in the day. The one I played was a Falcon...”Crazy Kong Part II”. I liked it because I could get farther than I could on Donkey Kong. Oh, and I love the sound of the springs and the sound of his jump... :)
I miss you John! A funny thing happened today. I heard the song "Sophomore Makeout" by Silent Partner on a random video. I personally associate that song with you and your channel so much. To me it screams John's Arcade and up to this day, I've always thought it was a song made by The Kill Screens. Now I'll get a short circuit in my brain every time I think of this. I took it too literally when you once said that all music in your videos is made by you. Hope you'll be back soon bud!
A second-hand store about half an hour from my house had a Congorilla dedicated cabinet a few years ago. I was looking for a cabinet to gut and make a MAME cabinet out of, and I just couldn't bring myself to do it because the thing looked pristine, and they only wanted $200 for it.
I'm digging this video because I picked up a Congorilla cabinet with a Crazy Kong board recently. Love your videos pal, they've helped me a ton! Edit: Also Crazy Kong was THE Donkey Kong for Europe. Nintendo hired Falcon to make Crazy Kong since they couldn't meet the demand for Donkey Kong in the EU. The EU arcades had Crazy Kongs and they thought Donkey Kong was the knockoff!
This is the one you can jump off the right side of the first level, disappear out of the bottom of the screen and move to the next level. This version of DK was MUCH more popular in Australia, probably because it was cheaper to produce and distribute.
I find it really interesting that the side art of this bootleg game features a brunette Pauline, very similar to her official modern Nintendo design, where as the original Nintendo Donkey Kong cabinets feature her with blonde hair.
Hey John if you end up not needing that single stack board I might be interested. The falcon version I believe lines up with my Rockola Eyes pinout or is quite close.
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It's almost March.... RIP John's Arcade 😥😥😥
I'm alive
John please, pretty please,do a brief 5-10 minute update video this weekend so everyone can relax 👑🎈🌭💥 🍲🍥🥢🍤
@@Johnsarcade woohoo!
John!! We ALL Miss You!!!
John...LIFE is .......BUSY!!! but please remember us!! and hoping that everything and everyone in your life is all good!!!!
It's all good. Thanks. :)
Hey John I know you must be busy but even a few extra short little videos would go a long way to making us feel like your not almost retired from Youtubing. It kind of feels like the end of days for John's Arcade :(
Donkey Kong's Sound is all analog produced by Transitors and Resistors. Nintendo's composer Hirokazu Hip Tanaka setup the sound on the game. He said it was a lot of cut and dry soldiering. Crazy Kong's are produced by a Digital Sound Chip. I'm guessing an AY or a Zilog. Don't know who worked on the Sound Chip.
When did "Digital Sound Chip," etc. become brands?
I guess John's Arcade is over.... RIP.
RIP
@@Johnsarcade He lives! But the channel doesn't apparently :(
Man i had a crazy kong in a all black cabinet and i sold it for 150 bucks a couple years ago...now i wish i would have held onto it..
I LOVE IT
Miss ya John
Missing John's arcade videos
It’s great to see you excited about an arcade machine again. I was beginning to think MKII had performed a fatality on the channel.
On the next John's Arcade - John picks up a replacement Pac-Man.
I absolutely love Crazy Kong. The Pizza place in the small mall on Long Island had one in one of those generic woodgrain bootleg cabinets that had a stencil type marquee. The arcade in that same mall had the real-deal but I always gravitated to CC instead. The awful sounds, the f'd up levels, and glitchy graphics were way too fun! I gotta say...I am jealous of that cab and would have traded a Pac Caberet in a second for one too! Nice find. I also remember a version where the levels were green instead of orange.
You have inspired me to not only go out and start collecting the games I love but to also start posting my projects on youtube. Hope you are doing well. Always exciting to see what you are working on and your collection.
Wow, those sound effects brought me back! I remember playing Congorilla at the local pizza joint. Cool back round story on this game.
I've got one too! It's definitely a conversation piece and the family loves it.
Rip John arcade
Wrong. He’s just taking a break.
the hi-yah sound is in crazy climer when you get to the monkey he trys to hit you and says the same hi-yah sound form crazy kong
Ah this one was here in Indonesia! They were everywhere! I remember mimicking its die song whenever I was pretending to fell down from the chair! I was eight FYI.
I finnised the video you read about the trick. Thank you for all the information. Amazing video. hope youer well. I saw the video where you mentioned passing out. God Bless.
So...4 months since last video. Are you okay? Have you left arcadedom? Hope your okay. Just discovered your channel but its tumbleweed at the moment.
Don't expect much from this channel anymore, John is to busy doing other things these days.
There might be a video here and there, but don't hold your breath !
Awesome surprise. Congrats! Laundry mat next to our grocery store had one.
Crazy Kong is a great game! Play it a lot up at FunSpot... great find John...👍👍👍
Yay!! I needed my John's Arcade fix today.
The Crazy Kong sounds sound metallic on the first screen during the Donkey Kong 'stomp'
Where is John? Why aren't we in the basement?
I played this version of Kong in an arcade as a kid, and hated it. Thanks for a trip down memory lane. :D
Feel the same way about arcade 1up cabs.made too cheaply,much too short.great video,crazy kong is fun.keep the videos coming!
12:12 oo those poor solder joints.. shouldn't bend pcbs without structural support like that :/
Dam!! You took me back to my childhood. I remember going to the grocery store where they had this game. Thank you.
You're so close to TNT Amusements in north Philly kinda dumbfounded you never went on a field trip. His knowledge base of games is off the charts as is his crew.
dat connector been funky for a while now
love the sound Mario makes when he jumps
This channel is awesome. I can't stop watching it. I think I'm at the point where I would like to get a cabinet. Are there any good video on getting started in buying (what to look for) and restoring a cabinet? What's the cheapest most common cabinet out there?
I love how I watch the final pac man cabiret video and now he’s getting rid of it, I’m heartbroken
RIP John...No more brofest or hanger(which it been over 1 year)sense the last update....Sad
YES!!!! I played this all of the time, back in the day! Man, what a find, congrats John!
I grew up with this game for years. Every summer, this was one of 2-4 games at the beach club my best friend owned. I wish I was old enough to buy it when they sold it. ARGH
Nice find! My first arcade Donkey Kong experience was this version when I lived in Germany. A German restaurant near my school had an actual Nintendo version, but I was already used to playing this one.
Played this all the time at Busy Kitchen after school in NJ
Omg John
This was the version in my childhood arcade and in all the local arcades I new of in and around my home town in New Zealand. I found it weird when I seen donkey Kong on NES and believed it was inferior to crazy kong it's so good to see it again . Thank you for the video.
The wood grain on the crazy kong marquee holder is original. Don't paint over it please!
Tiny correction
Falcon (Idk about Orca's or Zaccaria's licensed versions) actually started selling the Crazy Kong cabinets in the US, therefore they violated their licensing collaboration with Nintendo and it was quote on quote "turned" into a bootleg, I actually have a Crazy Kong at my grandparents (no cabinet art, but the marquee is black with red letters and white insides, Mario's jumping noise is also coincidentally from Crazy Climber! Elevators from the 75m area also go very slow and at times there aren't any elevators compared to the official game
Yeah, I guessed pretty quickly what the game was. When you said you've been looking for one forever, I knew. Great find John!!
RIP John's Arcade
Please make another video.
I wonder if they used "How High Can You Try" vs. "How High Can You Get?" to get away from a drug reference.
Nice one John! Gonna play Crazy Kong next time I go to Arcade Club in Bury UK. 😎👍👍👍👍
I love the regular uploads, keep it up John.
Joy! A monday John's Arcade video. And it's in the garage again.
I've missed these.
How cool.thanks for the history lesson john! Fan from Australia
Hope you are keeping well John. Miss you videos but look forward to your comeback when your ready. Good luck from Dublin.
John is stuck in the grid, we need to save him... John Lives!
Love the "patina" of the sideart.
Hey John, great find. I am very surprised that someone actually owned one previously as it was a European game. And wasn't made for the US. I happen to also own a 'Crazy Kong' machine at home myself. I am currently 14 years old and since then, I have dedicated my life on Crazy Kong and all arcade games. I love it. I also started a little arcade machine collection of my own. Ever since my dad introduced me to Crazy Kong when I was 3, I was hooked. I would use all my spare change. After a week or so, the machine would be full. Ever since playing Crazy Kong, I have learned a lot of things. In Crazy Kong, Mario can wait underneath a ladder and a barrel won't hit him. Unlike Donkey Kong. On the forth level (Second level on Donkey Kong), Mario can walk through Donkey Kong. Those are just a few tricks/tips I know. I know many more, but that's for you guys to figure out. John, I hope you enjoy. It is a great game. Please look after it and keep it. You won't find that many. Quick question, do you happen to know a game called Pengo?? That's one of the games I own in my collection. I believe it was licensed by Sega. I you find one, can you add it to your collection?? Also, do you know anyone who has a Mole Hunter machine?? It is a extremely rare Data East game released in 1980. Very few machines were made. My dad played a Mole hunter machine in the local shop when he was young?? If you know anyone who has it, can you tell them to dump the rom so I can play it on Mame. Thank you, and once again, enjoy.
Funny cuz this is the version they had at the 7-11 back in the day....great memories!
Although commonly believed to be a bootleg version, the game was officially licensed for operation in Japan when Nintendo couldn't keep up with demand at home (even though Donkey Kong was still released in Japan), and is based on different hardware. The game retains all of the game play elements of Donkey Kong, but has all of the graphics redrawn and re-colorized. Crazy Kong is also known as Congorilla, Crazy Kong Part II, Donkey King, and Monkey Donkey.
There are two versions of the original: Crazy Kong and Crazy Kong Part II. The differences between them are in minor cinematic artifacts and bugs, color palette choices and minor game play differences. Crazy Kong Part I shows no copyright or company name on the title screen. Crazy Kong (parts I and II) runs on modified Crazy Climber hardware. In addition there are other versions of the game that run on Scramble, Jeutel, Orca, and Alca hardware. The official versions of game came in two different stand up cabinets that featured a large and angry, rather than comic, ape embedded in the artwork. The cabinets were created by Zaccaria. Nintendo allowed these versions to be created because they could NO LONGER KEEP UP DEMAND with their hardware etc. Crazy Kong (クレイジーコング) is a clone of Nintendo's Donkey Kong published by Falcon in 1981. Despite the fact it's a clone and its notorious presentation, it is actually an official licensed clone intended for Japan only. However, it has been distributed elsewhere in other parts of the world without a license from Nintendo.
I think Crazy Kong made it as far as South Carolina because I seem to remember playing this at a pizza joint down in Myrtle Beach in the mid 80s
i played this in europe, thats exactly how i remember everything, you cabinet is good
Hi John, I grew up playing this in the 80's in NJ. I play it every once in a while in Mame. I like it. Thanks for sharing.
Looking forward to the year end review :) Hope you had a nice Christmas and all the best for the new year!
Soon
@@Johnsarcade yay
Hi John, I’m missing my Johns arcade fix! Just an idea but why don’t you run the channel with your arcade friends...take the strain of you doing everything?
I've noticed the change in cars once again; compared to the first-gen Explorer you first had, the new Explorer is kind of a pain to load tall items (like arcade cabinets, for example) in the back of because the rear hatch area swoops way down, so you grabbed a last-gen Grand Cherokee. Good choice, they use their interior space well.
I live in New Zealand. Growing up in the 80's I never saw Donkey Kong, only Crazy Kong! I think NZ had a lot of bootleg games. Thanks for the great review!
7:40 joystick discussion... love John's dedication to the little important details. :)
I somehow knew it was gonna be Crazy Kong. XD
Hello John, is $3,300 too much for whirlwind pinball machine?
Glad you found a Crazy Kong. Seems like you’ve been after that for awhile. Have fun with it!!! Thanks for the vid.
My OCD is totally flipping out because of the broken plastic popcorn dispenser!
Lots of people wondering where youre at dude. Hope you are well. Love the vids and the awesome basement! the Dragons Lair/Space Ace stuff made me pine for the 80s!
John where are all the videos at?
Hope all is okay John. Always look forward to your vids.
I'm fine. :) I'll be back. Just doing stuff.
4 months without a video? Cmon man
The Crazy Climber sounds crack me up
It's weird. Sounds like jumpman (or this "evil version" of jumpman) is doing karate on the barrels when he jumps and is wearing suction cup sandals on the metal beams.
It's interesting. I'd swear I played a BBC Micro clone of Donkey Kong that used those sounds.
The sound sample of Mario walking is the exact same sample of crazy climber climbing
I always wondered when John was going to get burnt out. Seems like it happened. I hope he’s well and spending quality time with friends and family. Everyone needs a break.
I'll be back. Just chilling
?Where's the year end video?
He’ll upload it as soon as he can.
Damn, not too fast now, slow down
@@anthonytheappguy4426 Year end 2019 probably.
In the meantime you could just rewatch the 2017 year end review. It’s over four and a half hours long in 2 parts! And he definitely had more machines in the basement then than he has now ...
No year end tour of the arcade for 2018?
I remember playing this a few times at a grocery store back in the day. The one I played was a Falcon...”Crazy Kong Part II”. I liked it because I could get farther than I could on Donkey Kong. Oh, and I love the sound of the springs and the sound of his jump... :)
I miss you John! A funny thing happened today. I heard the song "Sophomore Makeout" by Silent Partner on a random video. I personally associate that song with you and your channel so much. To me it screams John's Arcade and up to this day, I've always thought it was a song made by The Kill Screens. Now I'll get a short circuit in my brain every time I think of this. I took it too literally when you once said that all music in your videos is made by you. Hope you'll be back soon bud!
A second-hand store about half an hour from my house had a Congorilla dedicated cabinet a few years ago. I was looking for a cabinet to gut and make a MAME cabinet out of, and I just couldn't bring myself to do it because the thing looked pristine, and they only wanted $200 for it.
I know you’re busy with your podcasts etc, but I’ve really missed your videos John! Really happy to see this one in my notifications this morning 👍
I had Crazy Kong in my garage for a couple of years. Didn’t even know it was rare. Should have kept it. :(
What's up John?? No more new videos?
Hmm, it looks like a double-or-more-stack game circuit should be called "boardS," since they are, after all, more than one board.
There's a cocktail cabinet for sale up here in Canada and it's in a crazy climber cab.
Looks like Billy Mitchell's Legit Donkey Kong ;) lol
1:02:34 It occurs that a poker game would probably be a lot more tolerant of an LCD with a gonbez convertor than a normal arcade machine
The sound is actually better than the original. Much more real.
Oh yeah! I played a cab of this at Fun Spot once. As a Donkey Kong player I found it very amusing. ^_^
I'm digging this video because I picked up a Congorilla cabinet with a Crazy Kong board recently. Love your videos pal, they've helped me a ton!
Edit: Also Crazy Kong was THE Donkey Kong for Europe. Nintendo hired Falcon to make Crazy Kong since they couldn't meet the demand for Donkey Kong in the EU. The EU arcades had Crazy Kongs and they thought Donkey Kong was the knockoff!
Seeing arcade machines again makes me happy and sad at the same time. You can play them but never have that time back as a kid.
the jumping sound on Crazy Kong sounds like Mario is screaming in pain haha
When he jumps he sounds like the hero from "Kung-fu Master"
This is the one you can jump off the right side of the first level, disappear out of the bottom of the screen and move to the next level. This version of DK was MUCH more popular in Australia, probably because it was cheaper to produce and distribute.
Where'd you go John?! You should do a video of you and a couple friends just gaming in the basement!
Please come back and so another video real soon John Boy !
Tomorrow
I find it really interesting that the side art of this bootleg game features a brunette Pauline, very similar to her official modern Nintendo design, where as the original Nintendo Donkey Kong cabinets feature her with blonde hair.
Hey John if you end up not needing that single stack board I might be interested. The falcon version I believe lines up with my Rockola Eyes pinout or is quite close.
Drew, i plan on getting the Falcon PCB running in my cab. It seems to be the defacto version.
@@Johnsarcade No problem I wasn't sure which was the primary version so I thought I would ask. Best of luck!
what a CRAZY find!
No popcorn and Paperboy on the 2018 Year End Review???
Crazy Kong...its like “Donkey Kong in bizarro world” cool game!