Radar Scope

November 1, 1980

Platforms

Arcade

Companies

Ikegami Tsushinki Nintendo Nintendo R&D2

Genres

Arcade Shooter

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Donkey Kong started off as a game called Radar Scope. Radar Scope was a success in Japan, but failed to sell successfully in North America. They reused some of the unused arcade machine in order to avoid any financial loss.

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Some concepts considered for alternate games to use unsold Radar Scope cabinets for if Donkey Kong couldn't be developed were a Jack & the Beanstalk game, a fishing game, a space shuttle construction game due to space shuttles being a hot news topic at the time, and a game about fighting a disease in the human body, based on a movie (likely Fantastic Voyage).

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