VC Friday: Apes and bikes

Gaming's favorite ape returns to the PAL Virtual Console to cause havoc for arch-enemy Mario Stanley, but don't get too excited: despite being an early Miyamoto game, the 22-year-old Donkey Kong 3 has not aged gracefully. It's also a bit of an oddity in the series, in that it plays more like a shooter than the traditional run-and-jump Donkey Kong fare, so we ... guess it holds some value as a curio.

Then there's Enduro Racer, a game in which it is possible to win races by driving in an almost entirely straight line. It would be fair to say Nintendo emerged triumphant in the 8-bit motocross wars.

• Donkey Kong 3 -- NES -- 500 Wii Points

• Enduro Racer -- Master System -- 500 Wii Points

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Donkey Kong 3 (NES)


Enduro Racer (Master System)

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