Donkey Kong DX status: July 2026

It's been time for an update on the status of Donkey Kong DX.A lot of people have been asking lately, so I thought of making a public post, open for everyone, you all deserve to stay up to date.

There has been a lot of progress since December 2025.

I spent the first half of 2026 doing the hard work and, at last, I can finally say all reverse engineering is done.

The main issue with the 2024 build was the way I hacked the game. Donkey Kong is a very complex game compared to any other game I have colorized previously, so it required a code overhaul, replacing all workarounds with clean code. I disassembled and documented most of the data banks (+3000 tilesets and animations), cracked the original game's compression algorithm, built a decompression/recompression tool and more.It's not been an easy task, but it was totally needed if I wanted to have a sustainable and scalable project.

I estimate the current completion percentage should be 90% or even higher. The current build has everything colorized (except World 6), and it is playable from start to finish without any issues.

As you can see, we are quite close to the goal! Yay!

However, this doesn't mean it will come anytime soon. The graphic artists are still colorizing World 6 (Airplane) and a long process of testing and polishing details will start afterwards.We cannot give a precise release date, but I am pretty sure we will see it out later this year.

You cannot imagine how excited and happy I am to finally see Donkey Kong DX so close to be playable for everyone. It's been a long and arduous way, I hope it was worth.I will be taking a short break of a couple of weeks starting today. I need a little rest from this project, I will be back in action on August, hoping I can inject the latest colorized world by then.

Thank you all for your support and pacience. We are getting there!