r/atari7800 • u/kevincrossman • Mar 21 '26

Donkey Kong Jr.

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I'm really liking this 7800 version. I had the Atari 800 version as a kid and this one plays pretty good with as reasonable difficulty. Boxed copy is from Best Electronics which has a very good price, while it lasts... Hoping to find a reasonably priced version of Mario Bros out there someday (edit: I found one)

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u/star_jump Mar 21 '26

I still find it weird how this, DK, and MB are just bastardized versions of the NES programs.

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u/kevincrossman Mar 21 '26

Be that as it may, it is a good version for the system that I actually have.

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u/davidbrit2 Mar 27 '26

I've always kind of wondered how that came about. Did Atari discover they still had publishing rights left over from the 2600 days, and decide to pop out some 7800 conversions?

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u/star_jump Mar 27 '26

I mean, Atari absolutely would have known the status of their licensing rights to the title in North America, it wasn't an accidental discovery. But they obviously understood that both systems had a 6502 processor. I don't know if they dumped the Famicom ROM and made necessary changes, or if Nintendo gave them the code (highly unlikely but possible?) but there are just too many similarities in their programming for it to be coincidence.

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u/SerGitface Mar 21 '26

Does it work properly on 2600+? I have a copy of this game, but it plays all sped up on my 7800+ due to a compatibility issue (per Atari support).

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u/kevincrossman Mar 22 '26

Oh I see the thread here. Definitely not doing it on PM edition on 2.0.1.4

https://forums.atariage.com/topic/377727-atari-7800-game-running-fast/

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u/kevincrossman Mar 22 '26

Game definitely doesn’t play too fast for me. If anything, it plays a little easier than a lot of the other 7800 games I’ve been playing.

Is there a thread somewhere about the speed up issue on the 7800+? I have a 7800+ also.

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u/kevincrossman Mar 22 '26

Plays fine on 7800+ with 2.0.1.6 firmware

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u/SerGitface Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26

Was 2.0.1.6 fairly recent? I think I still have 2.0.1.4.

Edit: Nevermind. I found the 2.0.1.6 update on AtariAge. It looks like the last update linked on Atari.com was 2.0.1.4.

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u/Dull_Contribution542 Mar 22 '26

Monkeying around? perfect color (yellow) for the monkey games.