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Game Overview

Donkey Kong Wizardry is this weird, wonderful mashup where someone decided DK should be slinging spells instead of barrels. You still jump around like the old arcade game, but now you’re blasting fireballs at wizards and hopping across floating runes instead of ladders. The first level tricks you into thinking it’s just Donkey Kong with a hat, but then suddenly you’re freezing enemies mid-air or turning them into frogs.

It’s janky in that classic MAME way—sometimes the hit detection feels like it’s from 1983, but that’s part of the charm. The spellcasting takes a minute to get used to (why does a gorilla have mana?), but once you nail the timing, chaining spells together feels oddly satisfying. Just don’t expect it to make sense—this is a game where Donkey Kong fights skeletons. And it rules.