Tag: DONKEYKONG

Billy Mitchell, the coin-slot villain from 'The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters,' has opened a 'KoK' themed arcade inside the Orlando International Airport. (Finally, there's something to do while waiting on a flight besides drinking at the Applebee's bar!) But, for all its appeal, the airport arcade doesn't even have a 'Donkey Kong' cabinet. Maybe that's because the bratty Mitchell was ...

Nintendo's anticipated 'Donkey Kong Country Returns' finally lands on November, 21st, but the company is commemorating the launch early with an incredibly atypical publicity maneuver. Despite Nintendo's beloved reputation as an unconventional and fan-friendly entity, it reportedly intends to trademark and protect a quirky piece of pop culture. According to CNN, Nintendo hopes to trademark the ...

Billy Mitchell, the ostensible villain of 'King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters' and recently usurped 'Donkey Kong' champion, doesn't like to lose. Despite the fact that he did lose the latter title to Steve Wiebe in 2006, he eventually regained the world championship, and retained it for three years. Then, in March of this year, a dude named Hank Chien muscled out Mitchell with 1,061,700 points, ...

Nintendo's new glasses-free 3-D handheld, the 3DS, was hardly the surprise of yesterday's Nintendo keynote. Instead, big N looked to the company's stock of franchises past and showed off some old friends in a series of new games. From Link to Diddy and Kirby to Kid Icarus, we examine Nintendo's lineup for the next year. ...

Share In case you missed Patrick Jean's brilliant short film 'Pixels,' let us remind you. Last month, Jean released the two-minute video, which whimsically imagines that characters from 8-bit video games like 'Tetris' and 'Donkey Kong' invade New York and eventually destroy the earth. The seamless graphics and Eighties nostalgia were a huge hit online, as 'Pixels' received over a million views ...

Aside from ushering the term "kill screen" into the popular vernacular, 2007's 'The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters' also introduced the non-gaming world to the intensity and drama of highly competitive battles for video game supremacy. In the film, everyman protagonist Steve Wiebe breaks gaming icon Billy Mitchell's stranglehold on the 'Donkey Kong' high score, only to lose it a few months ...

What is it about 8-bit nostalgia that makes everything better? We didn't think it was possible to improve upon the classic hair-puller Jenga. But then again, we never thought to paint the blocks with pink girders and work in plastic Marios and a Donkey Kong. While you can play Donkey Kong Jenga just like the original, the real fun comes when you play the 'Donkey Kong' variation, which has you ...

Dan Kressin recently built a LEGO recreation of Nintendo's classic 8-bit title 'Donkey Kong' using a LEGO Mindstorms system (a collection of programmable LEGO bricks, motors and sensors). While you can't actually play the game (maybe a feature in the next version?), you can sit back and relive some of your childhood memories of sitting in front of the tube, tapping away at your Nintendo ...

Last night in Los Angeles, a line extended down the street outside of Gallery 1988 as enthusiasts of art, classic video games and free booze waited to check out the opening of this year's I Am 8-Bit art opening. The diverse lineup of artwork (over 200 pieces by more than 100 artists) was fueled by gamer nostalgia, with all of the work inspired by old-school video games. Mario and Luigi drinking ...