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August 10, 2020, 03:10:02 PM »
Almost a year ago, Ars Technica published a short story about Gary Kitchen's port of
Donkey Kong to the Atari 2600
. The story is excerpted from the book
Arcade Perfect: How Pac-Man, Mortal Kombat, and Other Coin-Op Classics Invaded the Living Room
by David L. Craddock, and provides an interesting look at the struggles of adapting an arcade game to the 2600's limited specs. Read more over at
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/09/how-a-basement-hacker-transformed-donkey-kong-for-the-atari-2600/
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