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title: "Lego’s Donkey Kong arcade machine lets Mario jump endless barrels — Miyamoto is reportedly happy"
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description: "Lego has released a Donkey Kong arcade machine set designed by Carl Merriam. The $230 model features a working joystick and basic gameplay, though Jumpman cannot reach the top independently. The design reportedly pleased Nintendo creator Shigeru Miyamoto."
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# Lego’s Donkey Kong arcade machine lets Mario jump endless barrels — Miyamoto is reportedly happy

Carl Merriam has designed some of my favorite nostalgia-inducing Lego sets, including the Lego Nintendo Game Boy and Piranha Plant. He's assisted on the incredible Lion Knights' Castle, Galaxy Explorer, and Pirates of Barracuda Bay.

Now, he's helped the company create a *Donkey Kong* arcade machine set that managed to win even Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto's favor - or so he's told. 

It doesn't play quite like *Donkey Kong*, of course. Jumpman, the character that would be renamed Mario, can never reach the top under his own power. But like Lego's $230 pinball machine, it *does* contain a basic fully functional game. There's a working joystick …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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