Donkey Kong Parking Attendant (non-existent build for cancelled SEGA arcade game; date unknown)
Donkey Kong.
Status: Non-existent
Donkey Kong Parking Attendant was a rumored lost arcade game that was talked about by Stephen Radosh, the host for the gameshow “Catchphrase”, and the executive producer for the Phillip CD-i Mario and Zelda games.
Background
Radosh started his career by producing textbook for a publisher, before working on a chess simulation game called “Sargon”. He then beeline and got a job at Atari as a manager of design in New York. Radosh helped on making a lot of Atari games and even was at the release of E.T. and its subsequent collapse. He then left Atari and landed a job at SEGA.[1]
Claims
In an article by Gameinformer, Radosh told them that SEGA somehow got license to Donkey Kong and that he helped on making an Arcade game about Donkey Kong as a parking attendant[2][3] , stating:
“Somehow Sega had gotten the rights to Donkey Kong. You were dodging cars that were pulling in and out of the lot, and you had to get X number of cars parked in spaces.[1]
Non-existence confirmed
On March 12, 2024, DidYouKnowGaming, a YouTube channel which covers various topics around video games, released a video verifying multiple rumors surrounding cancelled mario projects, with one of them being Donkey Kong Parking Attendant. They ultimately concluded their research stating that the game never existed and that Stephen likely mistook another cancelled project that SEGA was working on, with it being a sequel to Congo Bongo, which was SEGA's attempt at a Donkey Kong style game.
Videos
See Also
- Diddy Kong Racing Adventure (found build of cancelled Nintendo GameCube sequel to "Diddy Kong Racing"; 2004)
- Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (lost build of cancelled Virtual Boy port of Super Nintendo sequel platformer; 1996)
- Donkey Kong: Coconut Crackers (lost build of cancelled Game Boy Advance puzzle game; 2002)
- Donkey Kong no Ongaku Asobi (lost build of cancelled Famicom educational game; 1983)
- Donkey Kong Plus (lost build of cancelled Game Boy Advance puzzle platformer; 2002)
- Donkey Kong Racing (lost build of cancelled Nintendo GameCube racing sequel game; 2002)
- Return of Donkey Kong (lost build of cancelled NES game; existence unconfirmed; 1987-1988)
- Untitled Donkey Kong game (lost builds of cancelled SNES-CD and CD-i platformer; existence unconfirmed; 1992-1993)
- DKTV (partially found promotional Donkey Kong 64 videos from defunct Nintendo website; 1999-2000)