A real weird one. It's not only weird in concept (a gardener having to protect his flowers from Donkey Kong by spraying DDT on his monkey face), but also in execution. It's not a platformer but a classic single-screen shmup like Galaxian. There's not even a jump button, you need to use up for that.
I remember the NES version being a walk in the park, but the arcade original can get quite hectic even with the two main "strategies": blasting DK as quick as possible, or abusing the power spray. The way the power spray works is another oddity. Your main weapon is complete crap, but the power spray is strong as hell and can make you beat the level extremely fast. So to balance that, you can get it only once every life.
Two other things:
- this is the only game with Stanley as the main character
- if you lose, you get eaten alive by insects, not leaving a single bone. What the fuck Miyamoto? Nightmarish stuff.
I hope those two "fun facts" are not related.
I remember the NES version being a walk in the park, but the arcade original can get quite hectic even with the two main "strategies": blasting DK as quick as possible, or abusing the power spray. The way the power spray works is another oddity. Your main weapon is complete crap, but the power spray is strong as hell and can make you beat the level extremely fast. So to balance that, you can get it only once every life.
Two other things:
- this is the only game with Stanley as the main character
- if you lose, you get eaten alive by insects, not leaving a single bone. What the fuck Miyamoto? Nightmarish stuff.
I hope those two "fun facts" are not related.