Magnavox Videogames and the Entertainment Revolution Trigger Happy manual

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and could withstand one hit from an enemy), a system whereby an extra life could be won after collecting a hundred gold coins, and a regular “boss” battle at the end of every level.

Fig. 3 Donkey Kong: get him over a barrel (‰ 1981 Nintendo)

Throughout its history the platform game has built the most purely fantastical sort of gameworlds. In the Mario universe, baby dinosaurs coexist with masked birds and solid clouds, potent fungi and magical crotchets hanging in the air. In an early platform hit on

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Magnavox Videogames and the Entertainment Revolution Trigger Happy manual Donkey Kong get him over a barrel ‰ 1981 Nintendo