The story behind this one is...interesting, to say the least. In Japan, these machines were officially licensed (to help meet demand, since it was an unexpected hit), but all mention of Nintendo was removed by Falcon. Then, it saw an unlicensed US release, which resulted in legal action by Nintendo. EDIT: I also wouldn't be surprised if this was based off a prototype of Donkey Kong, since both Crazy Climber and Donkey Kong used Z80 processors, with Falcon rewriting the sound and graphics handling to work on Crazy Climber hardware. That could explain the somewhat different barrel physics, the somewhat janky nature, and the lower difficulty.
Well i tout that this game was ment for the european market and neither japan or the us,but once this game was also released in both the us and japan without nintendo’s permission,nintendo took action against falcon to no longer allow to distribute any units anymore,not even in europe, by the way,how could nintendo had licensed such weird version because the colors and sounds are different with little resablence to that of the original game.
@@recursiveidentity just picked one up. The game play is identical. I prefer this version. The jump sound is stupid funny. I’m having a blast 💥 with this.
I remember they had this at one of the stores in the city I lived in. You could just smack the door to where you deposit the quarters and it would give you a credit.
You're not talking about Germany, are you? ;-) I played the same way with a Pinball machine. The only difference was that you had to lift it 5cm/2inch. And a visite to England was a must. A 5 pence coin fittet the 1Mark slot. Almost anywere.A Box of Cigarettes for 3 times 5 Pence. Those were the days my friend
I remember seeing this in the arcades during the 80s. I enjoyed this version better because it was easier than the normal donkey Kong. The arcade owner must have had the settings on low.
I think Matt Makin is correct, this seems to be built off of the Crazy Climber hardware. The jump sound that Jumpman makes is the same sound that the King Kong character in Crazy Climber makes. I also hear the climbing sound (when climbing the ladders) and the falling sign sound (when Crazy Kong beats his chest) from Crazy Climber. It was the first thing that jumped out at me in this so so knock off.
Yes, it was originally made to run on Crazy Climber hardware, hence the name "Crazy Kong". They later made their own single-PCB version which still used off-the-shelf TTL chips.
Something that hasn’t been talked about is that Mario(or Jumpman)‘s sprite is actually similar to the Mario sprite from the original Super Mario Bros from 1985, along with its sequel, Super Mario Bros 2 (The Lost Levels in the West) from 1986.
I just picked up a crazy Kong arcade for free. I also have the original donkey Kong cabinet 🗄. I can tell you this, same game play. Different color pallets and sound. Both awesome 😎
I first discovered Crazy Kong as a kid when I was on a trip to Canada with my family back in 1983. I played it in a hotel in Toronto, and found it to be quite a bit easier than the original Donkey Kong.
Evidently this Kong is part owl. Also, this sounds like it's running on Crazy Climber hardware, which would explain the strange digitized sound effects.
Jess Ragan You're right. Crazy Kong is based on a Crazy Climber board. I have this game in my arcade. The coloring isn't as far off as on this demo though. The green only comes out on the fourth level of the "How High Can You Try" part...
The first version of Donkey Kong I ever played. I know some of the colours are messed up, but I still prefer the sound in this version to the proper one.
OMG! I've played this clone! And not on an emulator, I've actually played this in an arcade! What's even funnier is that the had the real Donkey Kong there two, so why they had this one out I don't know.
From what I heard, Nintendo couldn't keep up with the demand of Donkey Kong in Japan so Falcon created their own version called Crazy Kong and helped Nintendo out.
I first saw this as Congorilla. Never heard of Donkey Kong. When we finally did see and hear of it, we all agreed we would rather play Congorilla because the stick was for righties. Donkey Kong was for lefties.
Exactly! I grew up w/ Congorilla. When I ran into a DK machine, I would have to play cross handed because the set up was different, and better in congorilla
This game was most likely release in kit form and put inside an existing cabinet of a game that wasnt doing much business anymore. On wikipedia it says it ran on crazy climber hardware. I think I've played this version before here in the states. There was a small arcade that had a number of bootlegs that I use to go to in the '90s.
@dejon71 This is actually an officially liscensed Donkey Kong machine. Nintendo had the liscense to the name and characters, but the game itself, the code belonged to an external team that nintendo had develop the game, and had in fact breached contract with, resulting in these "knock-offs".
Not a rip off but a legitimately licensed version that the developers Falcon created for non-U.S. (and non-Japanese) markets. Doesn't play or look or sound as good as the Nintendo original, runs off different hardware.
Yeah, I guess masochists would prefer this version, as it is harder. However when Nintendo was relocating in America, a ton of Crazy kong cabinets got smuggled in
The only British human cartoon character that I know of; doesn't have a cartoon series, cartoon movie, live action movie, live action TV series, VGs (video games) action figures in fact any paraphernalia you name is called the dandy (desperate Dan).
Actually this version is a ripoff that got temporarily licensed for japan only because they couldn't meet demand both at home and in the USA. So if found in Japan only, and with the licensing sticker on the board, it IS legal. anywhere else it's a bootleg.
i got to admit. when Mario jumps, it sounds like he's yelling TRAMP! it makes me laugh everytime-(it's only redeeming factor) still love the original 1981 one,though.
You're actually wrong. Crazy Kong was a version intended for non-US markets. There was no breach of contract. Nintendo marketed their version in the US and another company marketed this one outside the US.
Looks like I am not the only one who noticed the Crazy Climber sound fx. My local bowling alley had this in back in the day, game was awful as it looks.
Does any else remember the hack on this game where if you stood on the edge of the first beam you climb, turn around and with heels at the very edge, jump backwards, and sometimes it would take you to the next level.
I would have called this a complete DK Fail, except it has the pie factory or cement factory depending on where you grew up at. The Nintendo version nor Coleco Vision has this level. Wow!!
the sounds are better on crazy kong as the dk version is alien to me, so i must have been playing the bootleg version in the arcades all those years back
This bootleg looks like a more primitive version of Donkey Kong. The color palette, the sounds, even the visual appearance And why when Donkey leaves has Pauline stuck in his body?
+Russell Summerton imitation is the best form of flattery. and i think this version is way better. aside from dk's animation being crap, da sound affects rock. mario has a voice in this game. when he jumps, he says> Heeya!. and da music before and after u play or beat a level is very cute. i play this alot on my tablet. da best part is on da last level. there is a glitch on da level where u walk over da ribbits and they dissapear, well, if u get most but not all of them, u can walk behind/through DK from da right side and beat da level. lols. least dat worked 4 me. i was running at dk 2 get away from a fire guy, and i ran through DK without dieing and beat da level. and i dint even get all da ribbits out. it was crazy. i guess dats why da games called crazy kong. so many glitches. :P
@@mothergoose3585 I can agree. I have both arcade cabinet 🗄. I like this version better. It seems easier game play and the HiYah jump sound is stupid funny 😆
+kiwi stops motion then u suck. jus kidding. well, this game is pretty hard. but there are so many glitches in da game u can beat it by cheating. on da level where u walk or jump over da ribbits 2 make them dissapear. if u get a few, but not all of da ribbits, then go up 2 where DK is from da right. u can walk behind DK from da right and get 2 da other side of him 2 da left. once u do dat u automatically beat da level, without even getting all da ribbits. i did it by accident once. i was running away from a fire guy, and i ran straght at DK without thinking. and walked behind him 2 da left side of him and i beat da level.
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The story behind this one is...interesting, to say the least. In Japan, these machines were officially licensed (to help meet demand, since it was an unexpected hit), but all mention of Nintendo was removed by Falcon. Then, it saw an unlicensed US release, which resulted in legal action by Nintendo.
EDIT: I also wouldn't be surprised if this was based off a prototype of Donkey Kong, since both Crazy Climber and Donkey Kong used Z80 processors, with Falcon rewriting the sound and graphics handling to work on Crazy Climber hardware. That could explain the somewhat different barrel physics, the somewhat janky nature, and the lower difficulty.
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Well i tout that this game was ment for the european market and neither japan or the us,but once this game was also released in both the us and japan without nintendo’s permission,nintendo took action against falcon to no longer allow to distribute any units anymore,not even in europe, by the way,how could nintendo had licensed such weird version because the colors and sounds are different with little resablence to that of the original game.
I remember playing this game at the local arcade, for two and a half hours on a single quarter when I was a kid.. Seriously brings back memories.
Somewhere in the western US, I remember seeing a Crazy Kong arcade cabinet, but I don't remember where exactly.
I played one near Chattanooga TN
@@recursiveidentity just picked one up. The game play is identical. I prefer this version. The jump sound is stupid funny. I’m having a blast 💥 with this.
I played one in a Sheetz store on Fairground Avenue in Hagerstown, Maryland. 1984.
There was one at the Kroger in Bourbonnais, IL!
In 1982, there was one at an El Rancho store in east Flagstaff, AZ.
I remember they had this at one of the stores in the city I lived in. You could just smack the door to where you deposit the quarters and it would give you a credit.
You're not talking about Germany, are you? ;-) I played the same way with a Pinball machine. The only difference was that you had to lift it 5cm/2inch. And a visite to England was a must. A 5 pence coin fittet the 1Mark slot. Almost anywere.A Box of Cigarettes for 3 times 5 Pence. Those were the days my friend
I remember seeing this in the arcades during the 80s. I enjoyed this version better because it was easier than the normal donkey Kong. The arcade owner must have had the settings on low.
I love how when DK climbs to the ladder to escape, he has her under his arm, before he even gets near her lol
Please name that Mario? (aka jump man)
1:16
This version of Donkey Kong would make an effective horror game antagonist
What about killer kong
No
For some reason, i found this terrifying than scray.
I think Matt Makin is correct, this seems to be built off of the Crazy Climber hardware. The jump sound that Jumpman makes is the same sound that the King Kong character in Crazy Climber makes. I also hear the climbing sound (when climbing the ladders) and the falling sign sound (when Crazy Kong beats his chest) from Crazy Climber. It was the first thing that jumped out at me in this so so knock off.
Yes, it was originally made to run on Crazy Climber hardware, hence the name "Crazy Kong". They later made their own single-PCB version which still used off-the-shelf TTL chips.
It sounds like he sneezes when he jumps.
To me it sounds like he tries to scream, but has a sore throat.
To me its sounds like he is saying hiya everytime he jumps
Nah, more like Mario's doing karate since it sounds like "HI YAH!"
Can I have Donkey Kong?
We have Donkey Kong at home.
Donkey Kong at home:
Something that hasn’t been talked about is that Mario(or Jumpman)‘s sprite is actually similar to the Mario sprite from the original Super Mario Bros from 1985, along with its sequel, Super Mario Bros 2 (The Lost Levels in the West) from 1986.
Your right (ignore the fact that jump man's skin is white)
I remember this game being in the Bowling Alley’s of a lot of Army and Air Force bases in Europe back in the 80’s
I actually played this back in the day on a dedicated crazy Kong cabinet at some random restaurant. My first experience with hacked/ripoff games.
I just picked up a crazy Kong arcade for free. I also have the original donkey Kong cabinet 🗄. I can tell you this, same game play. Different color pallets and sound. Both awesome 😎
I love the fact that Pauline is grabbed even before Donkey, sorry, Crazy, grabs her while climbing up.
I first discovered Crazy Kong as a kid when I was on a trip to Canada with my family back in 1983. I played it in a hotel in Toronto, and found it to be quite a bit easier than the original Donkey Kong.
I can confirm. I have crazy Kong collecting dust in my garage Cade.
Those sound effects are fucking awesome.
+Johneymute supergd they are. i exspecially like when mario says> Heeya!, when he jumps. lols.
3:28 when Kong is falling, he lets out a cry that sounds like a horror movie. A soft ghost cry
Evidently this Kong is part owl. Also, this sounds like it's running on Crazy Climber hardware, which would explain the strange digitized sound effects.
Jess Ragan You're right. Crazy Kong is based on a Crazy Climber board. I have this game in my arcade. The coloring isn't as far off as on this demo though. The green only comes out on the fourth level of the "How High Can You Try" part...
***** I have no idea what you're talking about. Are you trying to make a joke?
honestly i really like how soothing the spring sound is 1:49
love the jump sound XD
+Smokie Heeya!
+Cotton-Candy Lamb booooob
(Bad Quality) *Hyyyia!*
My Jump Sound?
Smokie p
There's something oddly terrifying about that blood orange pale faced DK...
Thats not blood it's his skin
My uncle had this arcade game in his basement.... a wood grain cabinet with no markings!!! Wow!!! Awesome version!!!
Thats cool as shit. My uncle just drank alot 😂
Did Mario take a karate class before being in this Donkey Kong bootleg? It sounds like he's saying "HI-YAH!" when he jumps.
Me: Mom can I play Donkey Kong?
Mom: No, we have Donkey Kong at home.
Donkey Kong at home: *this video*
1:50 Im in love with this spring song
Donkey kong + crazy climber hardware
means crazy kong
Isela Silva is right
Back in the day a friend said that he saw this game in a bar. I never believed him until I saw it on MAMA 20 years later.
The first version of Donkey Kong I ever played. I know some of the colours are messed up, but I still prefer the sound in this version to the proper one.
+Eric Ferrier me 2. i play this one on my tablet alot. and i have both this version and da original on M.A.M.E, along with DK Jr and DK3.
OMG! I've played this clone! And not on an emulator, I've actually played this in an arcade! What's even funnier is that the had the real Donkey Kong there two, so why they had this one out I don't know.
They didn't even try to hide what this was.
hide what??? Crazy Kong was officially licensed to Falcon by nintendo
From what I heard, Nintendo couldn't keep up with the demand of Donkey Kong in Japan so Falcon created their own version called Crazy Kong and helped Nintendo out.
@@JsRetroVideoGames Actually, Nintendo Licensed Crazy Kong in order to avoid the King Kong Lawsuit they were having at the time
@@ChillstoneBlakeBlast Nintendo surely wouldn't do THAT anymore.
*Mario running at Crazy with the Hammer*
I-A KNOW WHAT YOU-A ARE!!!
(Chainsaw Man reference)
2:39 Mario: i gota the rivet...oh crap.
that´s not mario. that´s jumpman
i'm a not jump man i'm mario
The music sounds like a tiny toy piano I once bought from a 99-cent store.
I first saw this as Congorilla. Never heard of Donkey Kong. When we finally did see and hear of it, we all agreed we would rather play Congorilla because the stick was for righties. Donkey Kong was for lefties.
Exactly! I grew up w/ Congorilla. When I ran into a DK machine, I would have to play cross handed because the set up was different, and better in congorilla
I guess you're not used to controllers, eh?
@@dogg-paws - I am more used to seeing replies on comments I made years prior and have forgotten! Seriously, this happens to me more than you think.
The sounds of the spring-things in the third level is considerably less annoying than in the original Donkey Kong.
Yah. it sounds like it's part of the soundtrack.
This game was most likely release in kit form and put inside an existing cabinet of a game that wasnt doing much business anymore. On wikipedia it says it ran on crazy climber hardware.
I think I've played this version before here in the states. There was a small arcade that had a number of bootlegs that I use to go to in the '90s.
yea i use to play this at a hole-n-the-wall soda pop shop bac in very early 80's
***** yup same here but it was a pizza restaurant.
The fact that this this technically an official Donkey Kong/Mario game is crazy 😭
konkey dong
When Mario gets to the top, it's funny how the girl gets carried up the ladder before Crazy Kong even picks her up.
I know someone who owned the original arcade cabinet of this game. It's pretty interesting, to say the least
It sounds like they used a General Instrument AY-3-8912 right out of a Vectrex!
donkey kong:(craps out barrels) mario:(jump over crappy barrels)me:dafuc?
Dude, just look at Donkey Kong in this game! I think I’m gonna have nightmares tonight.
Falcon was just like hummer team but its different. But i like the death sound at 0:32
懐かしいですね～😃
50手前のオヤジですが、小学校低学年のある日突然、近所の駄菓子屋に設置されて一番初めにハマッたアーケードゲームです。
こっちが本家だと最近まで思ってました✨
塾をサボってやっていたら母に見つかってその場で叩かれ、夜父からも怒られた記憶あります😁
もうどちらもいませんが😢
塾サボってゲームやってるって悪ガキですよね😏
I only ever saw this in one arcade. It was in a bowling alley.
MUSIC
0:00 Game Start
0:12 Radar
0:33 Miss
1:15 Level Clear
3:25 Level Four Clear
3:31 Ending
I like this game better then donkey Kong
Hey, Crazy Kong is pooping barrels! LOL
+Wally The Robot By the way, when I used to play this as a kid, I didn't even know that was a hack.
that's not crazy kong that's donkey Kong and he's throwing barrels
Kong jus' poopin' out barrels.
Crazy Kong is Nintendo's Great Value brand of Donkey Kong.
Is this a ripped off of dokey kong because it was a good game when I was 8 is so funny 😆 I like it 👌 and it was very funny
Game : "how high can you try?"
Me: " i duuno man , i'm pretty high let me take another binger of the bong and i'll let you know"
@dejon71 This is actually an officially liscensed Donkey Kong machine. Nintendo had the liscense to the name and characters, but the game itself, the code belonged to an external team that nintendo had develop the game, and had in fact breached contract with, resulting in these "knock-offs".
"H O W H I G H C A N Y O U T R Y"
thanks for uploading,,,haha,,,good memories
your childhood sucked lol
I dropped some Marks in Crazy Kong. Way back in the last millenium.
you are great at crazy kong.
Are you kidding me!?
It's EXACTLY the same!!
but *HEIYH*
Not a rip off but a legitimately licensed version that the developers Falcon created for non-U.S. (and non-Japanese) markets. Doesn't play or look or sound as good as the Nintendo original, runs off different hardware.
Yeah, I guess masochists would prefer this version, as it is harder. However when Nintendo was relocating in America, a ton of Crazy kong cabinets got smuggled in
The only British human cartoon character that I know of; doesn't have a cartoon series, cartoon movie, live action movie, live action TV series, VGs (video games) action figures in fact any paraphernalia you name is called the dandy (desperate Dan).
Actually this version is a ripoff that got temporarily licensed for japan only because they couldn't meet demand both at home and in the USA. So if found in Japan only, and with the licensing sticker on the board, it IS legal. anywhere else it's a bootleg.
es el mejor bideo
i got to admit. when Mario jumps, it sounds like he's yelling TRAMP! it makes me laugh everytime-(it's only redeeming factor)
still love the original 1981 one,though.
THIS CRAZY KONG HAS AN INFLATABLE COCONUT GUN!
You're actually wrong. Crazy Kong was a version intended for non-US markets. There was no breach of contract. Nintendo marketed their version in the US and another company marketed this one outside the US.
3:31 DID CK JUST SNAP HIS NECK
How is DK dropping all those barrels while hardly moving?
Looks like I am not the only one who noticed the Crazy Climber sound fx. My local bowling alley had this in back in the day, game was awful as it looks.
i believe this is actually donkey king. which is a clone of crazy kong in mame
except the colors are identical to the original game but the sound is the same hear
This is basically the Game but with Diferent Color pallet and diferent sounds
I can confirm. Fax 📠. Picked up a crazy Kong cab 🚕 a couple weeks ago.
One of my favorite video games when I was in high school!
"HIEYA!"
小学生の頃、「何か音が違うドンキーコング」って認識だった。
パチもんだって気がしてたけど、ゲームのタイトルも違ったってことを40年くらい経った今知ったわｗ
Does any else remember the hack on this game where if you stood on the edge of the first beam you climb, turn around and with heels at the very edge, jump backwards, and sometimes it would take you to the next level.
Yeah, only works in the part 2 version
I would have called this a complete DK Fail, except it has the pie factory or cement factory depending on where you grew up at. The Nintendo version nor Coleco Vision has this level. Wow!!
0:10 What about Donkey Kong’s laugh?
1:19
Blue Skadoo,
You can too!
this looks like a fever dream
the sounds are better on crazy kong as the dk version is alien to me, so i must have been playing the bootleg version in the arcades all those years back
I KNEW IT, IT WASNT A CHILDHOOD DREAM
This bootleg looks like a more primitive version of Donkey Kong. The color palette, the sounds, even the visual appearance
And why when Donkey leaves has Pauline stuck in his body?
2:49 Look at that bizzare face, that scares!
I enjoy how he goes welpwelpwelpwelpwelp as he runs
Was this the fore runner of super mario NES ?
Mario got the hiccups
Fun fact: Super Mario Bros. (1985) Mario uses the same sprite as Crazy Kong Mario
Mario’s sprite reminds me of the nes super Mario bros
Donkey doesn't return to an upright position so it kinda looks like he's crapping the barrels out
The Sounds in this game sounds really cute. :)
So inspirational
It sounds like he rips his pants every time he jumps.
Or maybe he's doing karate. Actually that might explain his pose
I didn't rip my pants Mettan Atem
@@SuperMarioMinecrafter321 You took the words right outta my mouth :-P
The earliest Mario fan game.
I remember playing this on a emulator and thought it was a ripoff untill i learned the story behind it
the cheesy imitation of a classic.
+Russell Summerton imitation is the best form of flattery. and i think this version is way better. aside from dk's animation being crap, da sound affects rock. mario has a voice in this game. when he jumps, he says> Heeya!. and da music before and after u play or beat a level is very cute. i play this alot on my tablet. da best part is on da last level. there is a glitch on da level where u walk over da ribbits and they dissapear, well, if u get most but not all of them, u can walk behind/through DK from da right side and beat da level. lols. least dat worked 4 me. i was running at dk 2 get away from a fire guy, and i ran through DK without dieing and beat da level. and i dint even get all da ribbits out. it was crazy. i guess dats why da games called crazy kong. so many glitches. :P
@@mothergoose3585 I can agree. I have both arcade cabinet 🗄. I like this version better. It seems easier game play and the HiYah jump sound is stupid funny 😆
Crazy gorilla!
i have never passed the first level xD
+kiwi stops motion then u suck. jus kidding. well, this game is pretty hard. but there are so many glitches in da game u can beat it by cheating. on da level where u walk or jump over da ribbits 2 make them dissapear. if u get a few, but not all of da ribbits, then go up 2 where DK is from da right. u can walk behind DK from da right and get 2 da other side of him 2 da left. once u do dat u automatically beat da level, without even getting all da ribbits. i did it by accident once. i was running away from a fire guy, and i ran straght at DK without thinking. and walked behind him 2 da left side of him and i beat da level.
I watch that video back in early 2011
CRAZY KONG ? more like Krapping Kong LOL
that was probably one of the hacks that came out back in 1988
1:38 damn, that literally scared me
0:25 Why is Donkey Kong pooping out barrels? XD
KaminaMario1-1 0:25
This was the first known recording of a Mario bootleg
this is official by nintendo 💀
This is cool as hell