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(A source for cement.)
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{{rename|Cement tub|Despite Nintendo Power's Donkey Kong 64 guide insisting these are "baked goods" or "dangerous desserts" and certain manuals calling these "buckets of sand", cement is the likeliest intention at a construction site.}}
[[File:CementPie sprite.png|thumb]]
[[File:CementPie sprite.png|thumb]]
'''Sand piles'''<ref>Instruction manuals for Atari 8-bit and Commodore 64 home versions.</ref> (aka '''cement tubs'''<ref>''Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Jr./Mario Bros.'' {{media link|DonkeyKong_Junior_MarioBros_UnratedFlyer.jpg|arcade}} {{media link|DonkeyKong_Junior_MarioBros_RatedFlyer.jpg|flyers.}}</ref> or '''pies'''<ref>The ''Donkey Kong 64'' [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]], page 126.</ref>) are obstacles found in the original ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' and [[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|the Game Boy game]].
'''Cement tubs'''<ref>''Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Jr./Mario Bros.'' {{media link|DonkeyKong_Junior_MarioBros_UnratedFlyer.jpg|arcade}} {{media link|DonkeyKong_Junior_MarioBros_RatedFlyer.jpg|flyers.}}</ref> (aka '''sand piles'''<ref>Instruction manuals for Atari 8-bit and Commodore 64 home versions.</ref> or '''pies'''<ref>The ''Donkey Kong 64'' [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]], page 126.</ref>) are obstacles found in the original ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' and [[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|the Game Boy game]].


==History==
==History==
===''Donkey Kong''===
===''Donkey Kong''===
Sand piles are found only in the [[50m]] level in the original ''Donkey Kong''. They are on the multiple [[Conveyor|conveyor belt]]s that are in the level, and if [[Mario]] touches one, he loses a life. The only way to destroy a sand pile is to use a [[hammer]].
Cement tubs are found only in the [[50m]] level in the original ''Donkey Kong''. They are on the multiple [[Conveyor|conveyor belt]]s that are in the level, and if [[Mario]] touches one, he loses a life. The only way to destroy a cement tub is to use a [[hammer]].


===''Donkey Kong'' (Game Boy)===
===''Donkey Kong'' (Game Boy)===
[[File:DKGB CementPie.png|frame|left]]
[[File:DKGB CementPie.png|frame|left]]
In the [[Game Boy]] game, sand piles appear only in the remake of 50m.
In the [[Game Boy]] game, cement tubs appear only in the remake of 50m.


===''Donkey Kong 64''===
===''Donkey Kong 64''===
Since ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' contains an exact replica of the original ''Donkey Kong'', playable via an arcade cabinet found in [[Frantic Factory]], sand piles are present yet again within the said [[Nintendo 64]] game.
Since ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' contains an exact replica of the original ''Donkey Kong'', playable via an arcade cabinet found in [[Frantic Factory]], cement tubs are present yet again within the said [[Nintendo 64]] game.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 23:50, July 15, 2018

Cement tubs[1] (aka sand piles[2] or pies[3]) are obstacles found in the original Donkey Kong and the Game Boy game.

History

Donkey Kong

Cement tubs are found only in the 50m level in the original Donkey Kong. They are on the multiple conveyor belts that are in the level, and if Mario touches one, he loses a life. The only way to destroy a cement tub is to use a hammer.

Donkey Kong (Game Boy)

Cement tub (compressed)

In the Game Boy game, cement tubs appear only in the remake of 50m.

Donkey Kong 64

Since Donkey Kong 64 contains an exact replica of the original Donkey Kong, playable via an arcade cabinet found in Frantic Factory, cement tubs are present yet again within the said Nintendo 64 game.

References

  1. ^ Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Jr./Mario Bros. arcadeMedia:DonkeyKong_Junior_MarioBros_UnratedFlyer.jpg flyers.Media:DonkeyKong_Junior_MarioBros_RatedFlyer.jpg
  2. ^ Instruction manuals for Atari 8-bit and Commodore 64 home versions.
  3. ^ The Donkey Kong 64 Player's Guide, page 126.