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Donkey Kong 3 (US)

  1. Game infos
  2. Parent and Clones
  3. Sound
  4. Driver
  5. Inputs
  6. Controls
  7. Display
  8. Dipswitchs
  9. Roms list
  10. Chips list
  11. Serie
  12. Categories
  13. MAMEinfo
  14. History
  15. High scores
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Game infos

Description Donkey Kong 3 (US)
Name dkong3
Manufacturer Nintendo of America
Year 1983
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .011
Romset size 74 KB
Romset file 16 files
Romset zip 40 B
Language English
Evaluation 70 to 80 (Good)
Genre Platform

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

Sound infos

Sound_channels 1

Driver infos

Driver status good
Driver emulation good
Driver color good
Driver sound good
Driver graphic good
Driver cocktail
Driver protection
Driver savestate yes

Inputs infos

Input service no
Input tilt no
Input players 2
Input buttons
Input coins 3

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
joy 4 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 90 no 256 224 60.606061 6144000 384 0 256 264 16 240

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade dk3c.5l 8192 7ff88885 d530581778aab260e21f04c38e57ba34edea7c64 n2a03a e000 good no
arcade dk3c.6h 8192 36d7200c 7965fcb9bc1c0fdcae8a8e79df9c7b7439c506d8 n2a03b e000 good no
arcade dk3c.7b 8192 38d5f38e 5a6bb0e5070211515e3d56bd7d4c2d1655ac1621 maincpu 0 good no
arcade dk3c.7c 8192 c9134379 ecddb3694b93cb3dc98c3b1aeeee928e27529aba maincpu 2000 good no
arcade dk3c.7d 8192 d22e2921 59a4a1a36aaca19ee0a7255d832df9d042ba34fb maincpu 4000 good no
arcade dk3c.7e 8192 615f14b7 145674073e95d97c9131b6f2b03303eadb57ca78 maincpu 8000 good no
arcade dk3v.3n 4096 415a99c7 e0855b03bb1dc0d8ae46da9fe33ca30ecf6a2e96 gfx1 0 good no
arcade dk3v.3p 4096 25744ea0 4866e43e80b010ccf2c8cc94c232786521f9e26e gfx1 1000 good no
arcade dk3v.7c 4096 8ffa1737 fa5896124227d412fbdf83f129ddffa32cf2053b gfx2 0 good no
arcade dk3v.7d 4096 9ac84686 a089376b9c23094490703152ad98ed27f519402d gfx2 1000 good no
arcade dk3v.7e 4096 0c0af3fb 03e0c3f51bc3c20f95cb02f76f2d80188d5dbe36 gfx2 2000 good no
arcade dk3v.7f 4096 55c58662 7f3d5a1b386cc37d466e42392ffefc928666a8dc gfx2 3000 good no
arcade dkc1-c.1c 512 66a77f40 c408d65990f0edd78c4590c447426f383fcd2d88 proms 200 good no
arcade dkc1-c.1d 512 df54befc 7912dbf0a0c8ef68f4ae0f95e55ab164da80e4a1 proms 0 good no
arcade dkc1-v.2n 256 50e33434 b63da9bed9dc4c7da78e4c26d4ba14b65f2b7e72 proms 400 good no
arcade dkc1-v.5e 32 d3e2eaf8 87bb298137c26570dafb4ac495c87e82441e70e5 adrdecode 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
N2A03 n2a03b cpu 1789772
N2A03 APU n2a03b:nesapu audio 1789772
Speaker mono audio
Z80 maincpu cpu 4000000

Serie

Serie : Donkey Kong
  1. Donkey Kong (US set 1) (1981)
  2. Donkey Kong (hard kit) (1981)
  3. Donkey Kong (Japan set 1) (1981)
  4. Donkey Kong (Japan set 2) (1981)
  5. Donkey Kong (Japan set 3) (1981)
  6. Donkey Kong (US set 2) (1981)
  7. Donkey King Jr. (bootleg of Donkey Kong Jr.) (1982)
  8. Donkey Kong (1982)
  9. Donkey Kong (1982)
  10. Donkey Kong (ColecoVision Conversion) (1982)
  11. Donkey Kong Junior (Japan?) (1982)
  12. Donkey Kong Junior (US set F-2) (1982)
  13. Donkey Kong Jr. (bootleg) (1982)
  14. Donkey Kong Junior (E kit) (1982)
  15. Donkey Kong Jr. (Japan) (1982)
  16. Donkey Kong Jr. (bootleg on Moon Cresta hardware) (1982)
  17. Donkey Kong Junior (P kit, bootleg) (1982)
  18. Junior King (bootleg of Donkey Kong Jr.) (1982)
  19. Donkey Kong (1983)
  20. Donkey Kong (clean crack) (1983)
  21. Donkey Kong (1983)
  22. Donkey Kong (1983)
  23. Donkey Kong (World, Rev. A) (1983)
  24. Donkey Kong (NTSC) (1983)
  25. Donkey Kong 3 (US) (1983)
  26. Donkey Kong 3 (bootleg on Ambush hardware) (1983)
  27. Donkey Kong 3 (Japan) (1983)
  28. Donkey Kong (Jpn) (1983)
  29. Donkey Kong Jr. (1983)
  30. Donkey Kong Junior (1983)
  31. Donkey Kong Jr (1983)
  32. Donkey Kong Jr. (World, Rev. A) (1983)
  33. Donkey Kong Junior (PAL) (1983)
  34. Donkey Kong Jr. (Jpn) (1983)
  35. Donkey Kong (1984)
  36. Donkey Kong (1984)
  37. Donkey Kong 3 (World) (1984)
  38. Donkey Kong 3 (bootleg on Donkey Kong Jr. hardware) (1984)
  39. Donkey Kong Junior (1984)
  40. Donkey Kong Junior (1984)
  41. Donkey Kong Jr. Math (Euro, USA) (1985)
  42. Donkey Kong (UK) (1986)
  43. Donkey Kong (Euro) (1986)
  44. Donkey Kong (1987)
  45. Donkey Kong (Disk Writer) (1987)
  46. Donkey Kong Junior (1987)
  47. Donkey Kong (PAL) (1988)
  48. Donkey Kong Jr. (PAL) (1988)
  49. Donkey Kong Jr. (Disk Writer) (1988)
  50. Kong (Euro) (1988)
  51. Donki-Kong (198?)
  52. Donkey Kong (198?)
  53. Donki-Kong Jr (198?)
  54. Kong (Donkey Kong conversion on Galaxian hardware) (198?)
  55. Donkey Kong (World, Rev. A) (1994)
  56. Donkey Kong (Spa) (19??)
  57. Donkey Kong Foundry (hack) (2004)
  58. Donkey Kong II: Jumpman Returns (hack, V1.2) (2006)
  59. Donkey Kong II: Jumpman Returns (hack, V1.1) (2006)
  60. Donkey Kong (Sock Master's Donkey Kong Emulator for CoCo 3) (512Kb) (2007)
  61. Donkey Kong (2010)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.11 [Mirko Buffoni]


Artwork available


TEST MODE:

- Press F2 + F3 for Test-Mode


WIP:

- 0.183: Rewrote Ambush driver. Use tilemap system to draw background/foreground characters and use generic gfx_8x8x2_planar layout. Added clone Donkey Kong 3 (bootleg on Ambush hardware) to Ambush driver - Game now playable. Color PROMs haven't been dumped, using the PROMs from the original currently [Dirk Best]. Changed description of clone (bootleg with 2xAY8910) to 'Donkey Kong 3 (bootleg on Ambush hardware)'.

- 0.155: Tirino73 added clone Donkey Kong 3 (bootleg with 2xAY8910).

- 21st October 2012: 3D ARCADE - New Nintendo 3D cabinet model for Donkey Kong 3 from Jibmums.

- 0.147u1: hap fixed Donkey Kong 3 crash.

- 0.127u2: Replaced I8035 CPU2 with MB8884 in clone Donkey Kong 3 (bootleg on Donkey Kong Jr. hardware).

- 0.127: Couriersud added address decode prom (dkc1-v.5e 18S030) to Donkey Kong 3 and clone (Japan).

- 0.125u7: Cleaned up Z80DMA interface [Couriersud]: Removed compatibility to old Z80DMA driver. Now uses std. callbacks (READ8_HANDLER, WRITE8_HANDLER). Updated Donkey Kong 3 accordingly.

- 0.125u3: Added 2x 'Unknown' dipswitches.

- 0.122u4: Added Z80 DMA chip [Couriersud]: Only implements intelligence to emulate Donkey Kong 3.

- 0.122u2: Couriersud added DIP locations to clone (bootleg on Donkey Kong Jr. hardware). Replaced DAC/Samples sound with Discrete.

- 0.121u3: Couriersud fixed bug in clone (bootleg on Donkey Kong Jr. hardware) memory map.

- 0.120u4: Added 'Service Mode' dipswitch.

- 0.116u3: Changed VSync to 60.606061 Hz. Fixed proms loading.

- 0.116: Color generation from schematics (resistor mixer) for Donkey Kong 3 [Couriersud].

- 12th November 2006: Mr. Do - Donkey Kong 3 artwork has been "optimized" by Ad_Enuff; much smaller file size (up to 80%) with no loss in quality.

- 13th October 2005: Guru - Donkey Kong 3 on Galaxian h/w arrived a few days ago. Thanks to Tingoes.

- 0.97u1: Pierpaolo Prazzoli fixed clone Donkey Kong 3 (bootleg) colors.

- 0.93: Added clock parameter to NES sound (1789772 Hz).

- 12th July 2004: 3D ARCADE - New 3D cabinet model for Donkey Kong 3 from Baraka.

- 0.74u2: Pierpaolo Prazzoli added clone Donkey Kong 3 (bootleg on Donkey Kong Jr. hardware).

- 1st October 2003: Pierpaolo Prazzoli added Donkey Kong 3 bootleg to the dkong driver.

- 0.37b14: Replaced 8-way Joystick with 4-way.

- 0.36b13: New NES sound emulation for Punch Out and Donkey Kong 3 [Matthew Conte, wwtk@mail.com]. Replaced 2x NES and DAC sound with 2x Nintendo. Changed N2A03 CPU1/2 clock speeds to 1789772 Hz.

- 0.36b12: Added 'Coinage' dipswitch.

- 0.36b9: Added clone Donkey Kong 3 (Japan). Changed parent description to 'Donkey Kong 3 (US)'.

- 0.36b5: Replaced the M6502 CPU2/3 with 2x N2A03 CPUs.

- 0.34b1: Added color proms ($0, 100, 200 - red & green, palette blue component and character color codes on a per-column basis).

- 0.31: A first attempt at sound in Donkey Kong 3 / Punch Out. These two Nintendo games use the same sound hardware as the NES console [Nicola Salmoria]. Tim Lindquist added accurate colors to Donkey Kong 3.

- 0.29: Accurate colors in Donkey Kong 3 (well, not really) [Tim Lindquist, Nicola Salmoria]. Nicola Salmoria fixed high score saving in Donkey Kong 3. Known issues: The colors come from a bootleg board. They might not be the same as the original version.

- 0.16: Matthew Hillmer submitted a new palette for Donkey Kong 3. It is not intended to be correct, but at least it gets rid of the annoying checkerboard effect.

- 0.14: Donkey Kong 3 now also preserve the score distributions (use F1 to see them) [Nicola Salmoria].

- 0.13: Nicola Salmoria added high score saving to Donkey Kong 3.

- 0.11: Mirko Buffoni added 'Donkey Kong 3' (Nintendo of America 1983). Runs on hardware similar to Donkey Kong. Game is playable with wrong colors and no sound. Control: Arrows = Move around, CTRL = Fire and F1 = Test (keep it pressed - very nice, try it!).

- 18th July 1996: Dumped Donkey Kong 3 (US).


LEVELS: 4


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History


Arcade Video game kit published 36 years ago:

Donkey Kong 3 (c) 1983 Nintendo of America, Incorporated.

For more information about the game itself, please see the original Japanese Donkey Kong 3 entry.

- TECHNICAL -

[Nintendo-Pak]
Conversion kit for Donkey Kong Junior, Donkey Kong, or Popeye.

- TRIVIA -

Donkey Kong 3 was released in October 1983 in North America.

- PORTS -

NOTE : Only ports released in North America are listed here. For ports released in other regions, please see the original Donkey Kong 3 entry.

* CONSOLES:
[US] Nintendo NES (june.1986) "Donkey Kong 3 [Model NES-DT-USA]"

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=40365&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

lorddraakh____________________327.600
majygool______________________286.400
sawys_________________________218.600
michaelknight_________________194.100
nicky634______________________173.300
olivier_______________________121.900
didyeah________________________96.900
ezequiel_______________________78.500
foxmulder______________________58.700
pitufo_________________________42.800
hulkiii________________________42.100
jgabmurer______________________13.000