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Title: Nintendo 64 Version of the Original Donkey Kong Game
Post by: Mario500 on August 18, 2013, 08:23:28 am
In this topic, you may post the highest scores achieved by players of the Nintendo 64 version of the original Donkey Kong game included with Donkey Kong 64.

My best score is currently 354,800 points (it was achieved on level 10-3; my highest level so far).
Title: Re: Nintendo 64 Version of the Original Donkey Kong Game
Post by: Mario500 on August 18, 2013, 09:53:00 am
The World Wide Web site Cyberscore has a list (http://www.cyberscore.me.uk/chart/14020) of the highest scores achieved by other players (my score is part of the list).
Title: Re: Nintendo 64 Version of the Original Donkey Kong Game
Post by: corey.chambers on August 18, 2013, 09:58:50 am
The highest that I have seen on this, not my personal score, is over 1.2 million points. That is the score to beat, if any one is interested. My highest is around 400K, not really trying though. I have too many projects going on at this time to be putting up scores on this platform.
Title: Re: Nintendo 64 Version of the Original Donkey Kong Game
Post by: Mario500 on August 18, 2013, 10:06:32 am
The highest that I have seen on this, not my personal score, is over 1.2 million points.

Here is the video of the game in which the score you referenced was achieved:

(note: the player who achieved the score could not remember the level in which the score was achieved, since the level counter stopped at 9)

donkey kong 1,222,900 millions, DK64 version, dk arcade, nintendo 64 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lekPEle8F8w#)
Title: Re: Nintendo 64 Version of the Original Donkey Kong Game
Post by: corey.chambers on August 18, 2013, 09:56:30 pm
Have you worked out a plan for the barrel stage? That is the level that frightens me the most due to the wild barrels. I may play it a little in the future to get further in it, maybe beat the 1.2M. Not sure though, lots of projects. Let me know when you get into the 400K range. Once you do, I will try and beat it, give you a little competition maybe. Though I would recommend that we stream our games so that we can see that we are actually accomplishing the scores. :D After all, I manage the high score list, so I would recommend that we follow the list submission rules. Showing the Donkey Kong 64 start up as well so we know what we are looking at. Let me know if you are interested.

In case anyone is interested in competing on the N64 version. You need to get the Donkey Kong 64 game. You will need to play it until you can get to the Donkey Kong Arcade machine in the Factory level. Kong must have the ability to pull the large lever. You must play the game to level 2 to get the golden banana, and then you must play it again further to get the N64 coin. Then you will need to photo-graph at least 8 fairies and then you should be able to access the game to play through it on the mystery menu when you start up Donkey Kong 64.
Title: Re: Nintendo 64 Version of the Original Donkey Kong Game
Post by: Mario500 on August 20, 2013, 08:06:22 am
Have you worked out a plan for the barrel stage? That is the level that frightens me the most due to the wild barrels. I may play it a little in the future to get further in it, maybe beat the 1.2M. Not sure though, lots of projects. Let me know when you get into the 400K range. Once you do, I will try and beat it, give you a little competition maybe. Though I would recommend that we stream our games so that we can see that we are actually accomplishing the scores. :D After all, I manage the high score list, so I would recommend that we follow the list submission rules. Showing the Donkey Kong 64 start up as well so we know what we are looking at. Let me know if you are interested.

I rarely loss in the barrels stage due to my plan for avoiding the barrels thrown or dropped by Donkey Kong. I often lost in the elevators stage, though, due to my timing of the jacks and my positioning just before climbing the last ladder (I lost my last life on level 10-3 after achieving 354,800 point and after achieving 350,100 points, which was my highest score previously). I believe I need to practice more on my timing and positioning in that stage for levels above four and remind myself to stay calm and patient before climbing the last ladder in that stage.
Title: Re: Nintendo 64 Version of the Original Donkey Kong Game
Post by: Mario500 on August 20, 2013, 01:24:07 pm
I have just scored 366,500 points after losing my last life to a blue barrel on level 11-1. The reason for my loss was because I took a chance guessing the blue barrel Donkey Kong dropped would stay to the left of the screen as I moved Mario up the ladder directly below him. I wish had I just gone with my instinct of moving Mario back immediately after seeing that blue barrel coming down instead of taking a chance on its moves. I still enjoyed the game, though, and understand that it's very unpredictable.
Title: Re: Nintendo 64 Version of the Original Donkey Kong Game
Post by: Mario500 on December 07, 2013, 02:44:41 pm
I have just achieved my latest high score of 431,700 points on level 12-3 (this was my first time on level 12-3). I would have finished with a higher score on a higher level without any extra lives if I had not misjudged a jack before getting the chance to climb the last ladder on stage 3.
Title: Re: Nintendo 64 Version of the Original Donkey Kong Game
Post by: f_symbols on December 07, 2013, 03:25:59 pm
Congratulations on the new PB sir, job well done.  Keep at it, the sky is the limit.
Title: Re: Nintendo 64 Version of the Original Donkey Kong Game
Post by: ebinsugewa on December 07, 2013, 08:57:34 pm
Can someone upload a savestate or something to play this without having to do all the extra stuff to unlock the mode?
Title: Re: Nintendo 64 Version of the Original Donkey Kong Game
Post by: Despatche on March 05, 2014, 11:44:03 pm
Hi. You can get a 101% save for the US rom here (http://forums.daedalusx64.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=3178). It's the actual save format for that game in emulators, so just toss it in your /Save folder (PJ64).

The DK option is in the game's Mystery menu, under "DK BONUS". Jetpac is there too.
Title: Re: Nintendo 64 Version of the Original Donkey Kong Game
Post by: Donkey Kong Genius on March 06, 2014, 12:20:07 am
Mario500, sorry, I am just noticing that you got into the 400k range. Great work. I will see if I can beat this some day.
Title: Re: Nintendo 64 Version of the Original Donkey Kong Game
Post by: Mario500 on June 27, 2014, 10:22:16 am
I was able to achieve a total of 467,100 points in the game today until I lost my last life to a jack while near the top of the last ladder on level 13-3. 

Title: Re: Nintendo 64 Version of the Original Donkey Kong Game
Post by: f_symbols on June 27, 2014, 05:54:37 pm
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Title: Re: Nintendo 64 Version of the Original Donkey Kong Game
Post by: Mario500 on June 30, 2017, 12:45:17 pm
I had achieved my highest score of 500,800 points on level 14-3 before losing my last life in this level earlier this Friday (the quickness of the fireball between the elevators of this level made me nervous and lose concentration while attempting to jump onto one of the elevators going down).
Title: Re: Nintendo 64 Version of the Original Donkey Kong Game
Post by: Mario500 on September 08, 2017, 02:25:44 am
As I was about to attempt to surpass the score I had posted about in my previous message for this topic, I had some trouble trying to access the game itself before realizing all of the savable data in my Donkey Kong 64 cartridge appeared to had been erased before managing to restore it by switching my Nintendo 64 system to off, adjusting the cartridge inside the system, and restarting the system (I had thought this story would be very helpful for folks who might have similar experiences).

Even though I was unable to surpass the score, I still had fun attempting to do so.
Title: Re: Nintendo 64 Version of the Original Donkey Kong Game
Post by: Mario500 on September 08, 2017, 06:00:25 pm
I had re-edited my previous message for clarity.
Title: Re: Nintendo 64 Version of the Original Donkey Kong Game
Post by: Mario500 on September 30, 2017, 02:07:57 pm
I was very close to passing 500,800 points and level 14-3 today (I had lost my last chance on level 14-1 with a score of 488,600).
Title: Re: Nintendo 64 Version of the Original Donkey Kong Game
Post by: Mario500 on December 24, 2017, 01:22:42 pm
I had just achieved a score (531,000 points) and level (15-1) higher than the ones I had before today (I could had achieved a higher score and level if not Donkey Kong dropping another barrel below him soon after the one I was able to avoid below him).
Title: Re: Nintendo 64 Version of the Original Donkey Kong Game
Post by: aarontruitt on December 24, 2017, 06:23:52 pm
Very good mate
Title: Re: Nintendo 64 Version of the Original Donkey Kong Game
Post by: Mario500 on December 25, 2017, 04:57:51 am
Very good mate

Thank you.  :)
Title: Re: Nintendo 64 Version of the Original Donkey Kong Game
Post by: Mario500 on February 03, 2018, 02:07:16 pm
I had just achieved a score and level higher than the ones I had mentioned here last December by the end of my recent playing of the game today (score: 555,500; level: 15-3). I could had achieved a higher score and level if I had not been so close to where a certain jack had landed on my last level (near the ladder under the platform with Pauline).
Title: Re: Nintendo 64 Version of the Original Donkey Kong Game
Post by: Mario500 on March 10, 2018, 05:23:26 pm
I had just discovered this video in which a score 1,300,400 points was achieved in this version of the game (it appeared to had been related to a certain video of the same version in which a score of 1,222,900 points was achieved):   

Title: Re: Nintendo 64 Version of the Original Donkey Kong Game
Post by: Mario500 on June 07, 2020, 04:57:09 am
I had achieved a score of 616,300 points* on level 17-1** in the game on the Saturday of the sixth day of the month of June for this calendar year (2020).   

(*my highest score in the game at the time this message was posted)
(**my highest level in the game at the time this message was posted)
Title: Re: Nintendo 64 Version of the Original Donkey Kong Game
Post by: Mario500 on June 07, 2020, 05:19:02 am
I had hoped to have had some new achievements in scores and levels for the game (like the ones in the message I had posted above this one) on the anniversary of the day* I had believed to had been the day in which any version of this game was made available in the United States in a public way earlier this month (the second day of the month of June for this calendar year (2020)).

(*the second day of the month of June for the calendar year 1981)
Title: Re: Nintendo 64 Version of the Original Donkey Kong Game
Post by: MH432 on August 10, 2020, 01:49:00 am
 8)


I was shooting for 100k today for my goal though i didnt know i could get more pts in stage 4 jumping next to DK

haven't really played Donkey Kong seriously before today but I was having a load of fun with it.
Title: Re: Nintendo 64 Version of the Original Donkey Kong Game
Post by: Mario500 on June 01, 2022, 05:35:51 pm
Another new achievement in this game (specifically one made the Wednesday of the first day of the month of June of the year 2022 of a certain Gregorian calendar): 699,300 (for level 19-1).
Title: Re: Nintendo 64 Version of the Original Donkey Kong Game
Post by: Mario500 on November 10, 2022, 07:18:41 pm
(note: highest score and level achieved in this game (this Thursday) since the ones mentioned in previous message of this topic)

Score: 565,900
Level: 16-1