I'm trying to put together a definitive and up-to-date list of all Donkey Kong clones and bootlegs with the intent of highlighting the differences in game play, graphics, etc. I've run into a problem with determining an easy way of comparing jump-steering in the different versions. I've heard that it doesn't work in some versions, but I don't know which ones. Things like the floor trick, ladder trick, and Kong leeching are easy to test, but I feel that I would need to use the MAME debugger to really be 100% sure that jump-steering does or doesn't work in a particular version.
The problem is that I don't know what I'm looking for. I poked around in the "colored barrel" hack but couldn't see anything that indicated whether a barrel was steered or not...but obviously the hack is programmed to recognize steering due to the colored barrels.
So any help you guys could give me in figuring this out would be much appreciated. Below is a list of the clones, bootlegs, and hacks I know of and the techniques and qualities that I'm comparing between versions. Please mention any others that I've missed.
Ladder Trick
Floor Trick
Hammer Drop
3-Pie Glitch
Leeching Kong
Walking Behind Kong on Rivets
Jump-Steer
Adjustable Ladder Glitch
Broken Ladder Glitch
Killscreen, # of playable boards, and board/timer/difficulty progression
First MAME version availability
Donkey Kong (US set 1) dkong
Donkey Kong (US set 2) dkongo
Donkey Kong (Japan set 1) dkongj
Donkey Kong (Japan set 2) dkongjo
Donkey Kong (Japan set 3) dkongjo1
Donkey Kong - Pauline Hack
Donkey Kong - Wild Barrel Hack
Donkey Kong - No Kill Screen Hack
Donkey Kong - Colored Barrel Hack
Donkey Kong Foundry dkongf
Donkey Kong II (V1.1) - D2K dkongx11
Donkey Kong II (V1.2) - D2K dkongx
Donkey Kong II (V1.1) - DK dkongx11
Donkey Kong II (V1.2) - DK dkongx
Crazy Kong Part II (set 1) ckongpt2
Crazy Kong Part II (set 2) ckongpt2a
Crazy Kong Part II (alternative levels) ckongpt2b
Crazy Kong Part II (Japan) ckongpt2j
Crazy Kong Part II (Jeutel) ckongpt2jeu
Crazy Kong ("Part I") ckong
Crazy Kong (Alca) ckongalc
Crazy Kong (Galaxian) ckongg
Crazy Kong (Galaxian, encrypted set 1) ckonggx
Crazy Kong (Galaxian, encrypted set 2) ckongcv
Crazy Kong (Galaxian, encrypted set 3) ckongis
Crazy Kong (Moon Cresta) ckongmc
Crazy Kong (Orca) ckongo
Crazy Kong (Scramble) ckongs
Big Kong bigkong
Donkey King dking
Monkey Donkey monkeyd
Kong (Brazil) kong
