Mario has some extra movement options this time, so if you know how to do them, you can make a mockery out of these first 4 classic levels: The game starts off with the 4 levels from the original arcade game, but after you’ve completed them, the game keeps going for 97 more levels. This game is a spiritual sequel to the original Donkey Kong arcade game. You’d be doing yourself a great disservice otherwise. If you decide to play this game, please play it on a Super Game Boy to get the definitive experience. The added colors are absolutely gorgeous.

To the best of my knowledge, this game has the best Super Game Boy enhancements of any game that was ever released. Anyways, this game is brilliant, and you should play it. I don’t know if that’s the reason for sure, but that’s my best guess. This was released in 1994 when Nintendo was cranking out masterpiece after masterpiece, so that’s probably how this wonderful little Game Boy title quietly faded into history.

This game was pretty popular when it was first released, but I don’t hear anyone talking about it anymore. A Donkey Kong game as an Obscure Gem? Well, actually, yeah. Before I lose everyone who thinks this game is just a port of the original Donkey Kong arcade game, I want to shout from the top of the Empire State Building to you that it most certainly is not! This game has a ton of unique levels, but the new ones come AFTER you play the already familiar ones, which maybe be what confused people and made this game fall into obscurity.

Download donkey kong 94 color