When comparing Super Crate Box vs Donkey Kong, the Slant community recommends Donkey Kong for most people. In the question“What are the best hi-score games?” Donkey Kong is ranked 1st while Super Crate Box is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose Donkey Kong is:
Players still compete for high scores in tournaments and casual competition. The game is streamed daily on Twitch by people striving to beat their own PB or reach a high score goal.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Ever changing gameplay
The basics of the game is that you play on one screen, where enemies filter from the top to the bottom, to then come back from the top even angrier. The goal is to collect crates with the twist that a crate changes your weapon. Meaning you never know how each game is going to play out thanks to the random crates. Ever changing weapons means it may be easier or more difficult to kill the enemies that are getting progressively more difficult. Which keeps the player on their toes.
Pro Still competitive more than 30 years later
Players still compete for high scores in tournaments and casual competition. The game is streamed daily on Twitch by people striving to beat their own PB or reach a high score goal.
Cons
Con Low variety in levels
There are only three levels available with each having the same basic function. It would be nice to see more variety in looks as well as gameplay.
Con Very optimized world record
There is very little room to improve the world record, and the MAME record is close to the theoretical maximum. Getting a new world record would require not just skill but also a great deal of luck.