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Donkey Kong is a 1981 arcade video game developed and published by Nintendo. As Mario, the player runs and jumps on platforms and climbs ladders to ascend a construction site and rescue Pauline from the titular giant gorilla. It is the first game in the Donkey Kong series as well as Mario's first appearance in a video game.

Download the Stella Emulator for the Atari 2600 console
https://stella-emu.github.io/downloads.html

Download Donkey Kong for the Atari 2600 console:
https://www.atarimania.com/pgedump.awp?id=8256

Play Donkey Kong online:
https://atarionline.org/atari-2600/donkey-kong

Here's the original 1989 Cubase instructional demo from Steinberg. It covers some of the original functions, explaining how to use the GUI interface during music creation.

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Real game text:

You are in the living room. There is a doorway to the east. To the west is an old wooden door, above which is some strange gothic lettering, a trophy case, and a rug lying beside an open trap door. Your collection of treasures consists of:

• A crystal trident
• A trunk of jewels
• A platinum bar
• A painting
• A leather bag of coins

DOWN

Prompt used:

In an old cottage's dimly lit living room with pale yellow walls there is a large, wide trophy case filled with treasures including a crystal trident, a trunk of jewels, a platinum bar, a painting and a leather bag of coins The wooden floor has an open trap door leading into darkness. A man with a slightly stubble bearded face, dressed in metal armor and helmet, carrying an ancient sword in his hand, steps down into the trap door and disappears from sight. He reappears at the bottom of the stairs in a dimly lit cellar with rock walls and a dirt floor. The sword in his hand begins to glow slightly

Whether you're using a real Atari ST or an emulator, here's the setup for your files and desktop so you can run most Infocom text adventure from one desktop screen. You can also use the same techniques for other graphical desktop systems allowing you to easily run your favorite infocom title.

Since I haven't had my real Atari hardware for decades now, I rely on emulators to relive those days. In this video, I use the STeem emulator, but the same organization and settings can be used with the Hatari emulator as well.

The video is divided into several sections. First the hardware settings for the emulator or system. Next the file structure. Then tying the two together.

A few game tips follow. Not walkthroughs, but a couple of general suggestions to help you complete your adventures.

Lastly, a short list of sites where you can find ST (or other system) formats for Infocom games.