'Super Monkey Kong' renders Donkey Kong in LEDs
by JC Fletcher 
{ Apr 16th 2009 at 7:00AM }
The Meggy Jr. is a build-it-yourself handheld console with a striking 8x8 LED display, programmed using the open-source Arduino platform. Somehow, clever game designers have managed to shoehorn playable, fun video games into that astoundingly low-resolution display (which, to use TV terms, would be "8p").Programmer Steven Read has now created "the world's first LED Donkey Kong video game" for the device. The graphics are, naturally, scaled down, and each level now spans multiple screens, but Super Monkey Kong retains the essence of Donkey Kong -- climbing girders and avoiding barrels and fireballs. It even adds a bit of complexity. At the top of the level, you have to jump up and headbutt "Monkey Kong" in the LED beanbag five times to win. Unfortunately, like the NES version, this one lacks the cement factory level.
See Super Monkey Kong for yourself at Read's site.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
yonato @ Apr 16th 2009 7:09AM
And what is that screenshot supposed to be?
Sir Buzz Killington( The Artist formerly known as Jakka) @ Apr 16th 2009 7:30AM
The monkey.
Vaitork @ Apr 16th 2009 9:43AM
The pink... thing... is the monkey. And you are the fourth cyan dot from left to right.
Courtney @ Apr 16th 2009 10:43AM
It makes a ton more sense if you go to the source and watch the video. I couldn't figure out that screenshot until I saw it moving.
DaveMcRae the Haiku Artist @ Apr 16th 2009 7:58AM
Is it "Funky Kong", then?
Kyle @ Apr 16th 2009 8:11AM
Links aren't working. Did we kill another one?
Kyle @ Apr 16th 2009 10:37AM
Working now. Awesome stuff. The romantic reunion at the end is classic.
tretando @ Apr 16th 2009 9:07AM
in Leds... Crazyest !
visit : www.tretando.com
Thanks !
kastonie @ Apr 16th 2009 9:10AM
meh...this dosent impress me....let me know when they are rendering donkey kong country in leds......
aggrazel @ Apr 16th 2009 10:15AM
Someone better warn Boston ahead of time...
Geist @ Apr 16th 2009 10:29AM
Call me when it comes out on a next-gen console so I can play in on my HDTV.
8p streeeetched to 1080p? You better believe it.
Dannybuoy @ Apr 16th 2009 1:25PM
those graphics are almost as bad as wii
Cephas @ Apr 16th 2009 10:45PM
I don't remember the part in Donkey Kong where you jumped into the monkey's crotch.