{"id":1084,"date":"2014-10-13T13:18:53","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T18:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/?p=1084"},"modified":"2020-11-18T22:04:42","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T03:04:42","slug":"retro-scan-of-the-week-donkey-kong-puzzle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/1084\/retro-scan-of-the-week-donkey-kong-puzzle","title":{"rendered":"<span id=\"retro_color\">[ Retro Scan of the Week ]<\/span> Donkey Kong Puzzle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/images\/retroscan\/donkeykong_puzzle_large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/images\/retroscan\/donkeykong_puzzle_small.jpg\" alt=\"MB Puzzle Milton-Bradley 200 piece Donkey Kong Puzzle box cover art - circa 1983\" class=\"retroscan\"\/><\/a><span class=\"freecaption\"><em>That is one dangerous and sexy construction site<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to vintage 1980s puzzles, few can beat the sheer cultural nostalgia value of this 200-piece Milton-Bradley <em>Donkey Kong<\/em> puzzle, which comes straight from my childhood.  This is a scan of the front of the box.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not often that I find a true surprise lurking in our old family toys, but I had completely forgotten about this puzzle until I ran across it in the back corner of my mom&#8217;s attic a few months ago.  Memories of poring over the lush, vibrant artwork on the box rushed back to me as I pulled it from where it had lay, dusty and neglected, for 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>Look at the highlights, the curves, the gradients.  The richness.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily for me, all the pieces were still in the box, so I have now re-assembled the puzzle and framed it.  It will never be lost again.<\/p>\n<p>The artwork for this puzzle no doubt echoes the <a href=\"http:\/\/flyers.arcade-museum.com\/?page=flyer&#038;db=videodb&#038;id=6132&#038;image=1\">side cabinet art<\/a> of the <em>Donkey Kong<\/em> arcade machine, but with added detail and an airbrushed vividness.  I think it would make an awesome poster &#8212; does anyone know who the artist was?<\/p>\n<p>By the way &#8212; even though I find it insanely difficult at times, the original <em>Donkey Kong<\/em> is one of my favorite arcade games.  It was also one of the first video games I ever played, courtesy of a port to the Atari 800.<\/p>\n<p><small><em>P.S. Pauline is way hotter than Princess Peach.<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n<p><center><em>[ From MB Donkey Kong 200 Piece Puzzle Box &#8211; circa 1982-1983, front]<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussion Topic of the Week:<\/strong> In your opinion, which is better: <em>Donkey Kong Jr. <\/em>or <em>Donkey Kong 3<\/em>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That is one dangerous and sexy construction site When it comes to vintage 1980s puzzles, few can beat the sheer cultural nostalgia value of this 200-piece Milton-Bradley Donkey Kong puzzle, which comes straight from my childhood. This is a scan of the front of the box. It&#8217;s not often that I find a true surprise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,13,27,26,9],"tags":[139,925,922,184,927,164,923,174,928,926,143,921,924,60],"class_list":["post-1084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-video-game-info-and-history","category-regular_features","category-retro-scan-of-the-week","category-retrogaming","tag-139","tag-attic","tag-barrel","tag-box-art","tag-discovery","tag-donkey-kong","tag-fireball","tag-mario","tag-milton-bradley","tag-mom","tag-nintendo","tag-pauline","tag-puzzle","tag-retro-scan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2916,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084\/revisions\/2916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}