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NES Donkey Kong (JPN/USA) in 01:10.08 by Ryan Foley (aka. hero of the day).
Download AVI file via BitTorrent (size: 1 MB, length: 01:23)
Download FCEU movie (.fcm) (date: 2007-04-29)
Read author's comments in submission #1535
Discuss this movie
Obsoletes movie #359 (01:17.78)
Rating: 7.5 (37 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Abuses programming errors in the game
- Manipulates luck
- Plays at hardest level
- Genre: Platform
Donkey Kong is a classic game that has been challenged plenty of times at this site, by many players.

The previous movie was considered perfect. But as we demonstrate time and time again, perceived perfection can be trumped by persistence.

The author improved the movie by 8 seconds due to an unexpected glitch in the first level. This also proves that even the most simple games can be broken!