From Jason Scott @
textfiles@digipres.club via Mastodon:
https://digipres.club/@textfiles/112638630757043934
So, everybody knows Nintendo didn't program Donkey Kong, right? They just didn't have the chops - they secretly contracted a company called Ikegami Tsushinki. It only came out when they made Donkey Kong Jr. off the same code and Ikegami sued them.
In 1996-1997, a japanese magazine published a column by a Ikegami developer about arcade work, including Donkey Kong. Kate Willaert crowdfunded a translation of it. Here it is:
https://shmuplations.com/donkeykong/
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An interesting read and interesting to get a translation almost 30 years later!
Chris/akacastor
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