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|image=[[File:DK3SX1Cover.jpg|269px]]<br>The box art of the Sharp X1 version of ''Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū''.
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|image=[[File:title.jpg|269px]]<br>The game's title screen.
|developer=[[Hudson Soft]]
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|publisher=Hudson Soft
|released={{releasedate|Japan|October 1984}}
|release={{flag list|Japan|August 1984}}
|genre=Retro/Platform
|genre=Fixed shooter
|modes=Single player
|modes=Single player
|platforms=PC-6001mkII/PC-6601, PC-8801, X1, IBM JX
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|format=3, 3.5, 5.25-inch floppy
|platforms=NEC PC-6001mkII, NEC PC-6601, NEC PC-8801, and Sharp X1
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'''''Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū''''' is a game developed and published by [[Hudson Soft]] in 1984. The game had versions for the PC-6001mkII/PC-6601, PC-8801, X1, and IBM JX,<ref>[https://ratscats.client.jp/ibmjx.html IBM-JX Personal Computer October 1986]</ref> all of which had differences between each other (palette and flow of gameplay, respectively). Hudson released it at the same time as ''[[Mario Bros. Special]]''.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/oh_mz_issue_28_september_1984/page/n15/mode/2up September 1984 issue of Oh! MZ]</ref>
'''''Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushuu''''' (ドンキーコング3 大逆襲) is a game developed by [[Hudson Soft]] in 1984. The game ran on the NEC PC-6001mkII, NEC PC-6601, NEC PC-8801, and Sharp X1. The same year, Hudson had released and would release ''[[Punch Ball Mario Bros.]]'' and ''[[Mario Bros. Special]]'', respectively. This was the last ''[[Donkey Kong (series)|Donkey Kong]]'' game until ''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'' on the [[Game Boy]].


Unlike ''[[Punch Ball Mario Bros.]]'' and ''Mario Bros. Special'', the game was not released on the FM-7; a version was planned and possibly even completely programmed, but was canceled for unknown reasons.<ref>[http://fm-7.com/museum/softhouse/hudsonsoft/500790300.html Oh!FM-7]</ref>
Contrary to popular belief, the game was not released on the FM-7 - a version was planned and possibly even completely programmed, but was cancelled for unknown reasons.


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
Like ''Mario Bros. Special'' and ''Punch Ball Mario Bros.'', the game is not a port, but more of a semi-sequel to ''[[Donkey Kong 3]]''. [[Stanley]]'s ability to jump is removed, along with the need to protect plants, making it much closer to a traditional shooter, à la ''{{wp|Galaga}}''.
Like ''Mario Bros. Special'' and ''Punch Ball Mario Bros.'', the game is not a port, but more of a semi-sequel to ''[[Donkey Kong 3]]''. [[Stanley the Bugman]]'s ability to jump is removed, along with the need to remove plants, making it much closer to something like ''Galaga''.


Enemies come down from the top of the screen in groups of five, swooping to the bottom and trying to target Stanley. After swooping around a bit, the enemies will exit the screen (usually from the bottom, though sometimes from the sides) and loop back around to the top. This will continue until Stanley dies, shoots [[Donkey Kong]] to the top of the screen, thus completing it, or kills the five insects, all of which take two hits apiece to kill. If Stanley kills all five insects before any of them loop back to the top of the screen, a flag reminiscent of one from ''{{wp|Rally-X}}'' will appear, and shooting it will net him 1,000 points.
There are twenty new stages, looping back at Stage 21. Every five stages a Bonus Stage comes up, where Stanley must spray all the bugs before the time runs out. The game sees him chase [[Donkey Kong]] into the countryside, through space, and eventually into a city on an alien planet, with no conclusion to the story.
 
==Stages==
There are twenty new stages, looping back at Stage 21.
 
*[[On the Highway]]
*[[On the Strange Bridge]]
*[[On the Country Road]]
*[[The Aliens]]
*[[In the U.F.O.]]
*[[Leaving the Earth]]
*[[In the Astron Belt]]
*[[Around the Saturn]]
*[[A Mysterious Planet]]
*[[On the Desert]]
*[[By the Pyramid]]
*[[In the Cave]]
*[[At the Active Volcano]]
*[[In the Active Crater]]
*[[At the Dome]]
*[[On the Ground Picture]]
*[[At the Runway]]
*[[A Mushroom Cloud]]
*[[At the Sunset]]
*[[In the City]]
 
Every five stages a [[Bonus Stage (Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū)|Bonus Stage]] comes up, where Stanley must spray all the bugs before the time runs out. Each new stage has a unique background that seemingly moves the game's setting into the countryside, through space, and eventually into a city on an alien planet. According to programmer Fumihiko Itagaki, these backgrounds are photos converted to images simply for aesthetic reasons.<ref>Press Start To Continue (December 28, 2021). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MItSZbOa_Ag&lc=Ugzu4YjLZPLARhGQuFd4AaABAg Donkey Kong’s Most Creepy Mystery]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved January 2, 2022. ({{file link|YT Press Start To Continue 2021-12-28 Fumihiko Itagaki response.png|Screenshot}}.)</ref> The manual encourages the player to imagine and send their own story to [[Hudson Soft|Hudson]].<ref>''Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū'' [https://www.beep-shop.com/blog/2897/ manual.]</ref>
 
==Staff==
;Main programmer
*[[Fumihiko Itagaki]] (Ita)
 
==Gallery==
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<gallery>
Donkey Kong 3 Dai Gyakushuu Title Screen.png|The title screen of the Sharp X1 version.
Donkey Kong 3 Dai Gyakushuu Sharp X1.png|Gameplay of the Sharp X1 version.
Pc88 DonkeyKong3DaiGyakushu Bonus.png|Gameplay of a Bonus Stage in the NEC PC-8801 series version.
Donkey Kong 3 Dai Gyakushuu NEC PC-6601.png|Gameplay of the NEC PC-6601 series version.
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
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|Jap=ドンキーコング3 大逆襲 (box)<br>Donkey Kong 3 大逆襲<br>(title screen)
|Jap=<span class="explain" title=ドンキーコング3 大逆襲<br>Donkey Kong 3 大逆襲<br>(title screen)
|JapR=Donkī Kongu Surī Dai Gyakushū
|JapR=Donkī Kongu Surī Dai Gyakushuu
|JapM=Donkey Kong 3: Great Counterstrike
|JapM='''''Donkey Kong 3: Great Counterstrike'''''}}
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