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February 24, 2000
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Reviewed by Ahmad Faiz Abdul Rahman
New Straits Times
02-24-2000
Breathing new life into Donkey Kong
Byline: Reviewed by Ahmad Faiz Abdul Rahman
Edition: Computimes; 2*
Section: Lab Report Multimedia
Column: Blast from the past
Type: Computer game review

Title: Donkey Kong Producer: Rare/Nintendo I HAVE always thought that Donkey Kong was such a weird name. Why name a giant gorilla, who is probably related to King Kong, "Donkey"?

Does it pertain to "silly", "stupid" or "stubborn"? Whatever it was, the original game developer has never had the need to explain because gamers never really questioned. And that was probably because the gameplay itself was more important than the name that was ...

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