Talk:Donkey Kong (game): Difference between revisions

I figured I'd put this here since it mostly concerns ''Donkey Kong'' arcade games. According to [https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n57/mode/2up page 57] of アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005), Japanese arcade release dates are as follows: 81/08 for ''Donkey Kong'', 82/08 for ''Donkey Kong Jr.'', 83/10 for ''Donkey Kong 3'', and 83/06 for ''Mario Bros.'' According to [https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n129/mode/2up page 128] of the same source, the American arcade release dates are as follows: 81/10 for ''Donkey Kong'', 82/08 for ''Donkey Kong Jr.'', 83/10 for ''Donkey Kong 3'', and 83/03 for ''Mario Bros.'' However, we have currently have unsourced July dates for ''Donkey Kong'', unsourced JP October 21 / NA November dates for ''Donkey Kong 3'', and unsourced JP June 21 / NA July 20 dates for ''Mario Bros.'' (The ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' dates seem to be correct as they have 1982-relevant sources, though the NA date could be late August.) Does anyone know where the current dates come from? [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 11:20, September 3, 2022 (EDT)

:''Mario Bros.'' JP already has a source. It's in the first sentence of that page. I'll dig up the sources for the rest now. The main ones are ''Game Machine'' for Japanese releases; ''Cash Box'', ''Play Meter'', ''Arcade Express'', and ''The Video Game Update'' for US releases. I've long given up on Masumi Akagi's book. Lots of stuff seem off by a month and you can't find out what is the source for each entry.--[[User:Platform|Platform]] ([[User talk:Platform|talk]]) 13:46, September 3, 2022 (EDT)