Donkey Kong 5: The Journey of Over Time and Space Play

Game Info

Donkey Kong 5: The Journey of Over Time and Space Cover Art

Not rated

Platform: Game Boy Color
Player Perspective: Side view
Developer Companies: Sintax
Release date: 31 December 2001
Languages: 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 English

Summary

Donkey Kong 5: The Journey of Over Time and Space is a bootleg cartridge that turned the Game Boy Color into an unlikely homage to Super Mario Bros. Deluxe. Rather than remixing existing code, the game was built from the ground up, delivering its own sprites, levels and audio while borrowing the classic side‑scrolling platform formula. Enthusiasts note its curiosity: it mimics Mario’s mechanics and visuals, yet re‑skins everything with a Donkey Kong aesthetic, making it feel both familiar and fresh. The title has become a minor collector’s treasure, praised for its clean execution despite never being an official Nintendo release.

Storyline

In Donkey Kong 5: The Journey of Over Time and Space, the peaceful world of plantlife is thrown into chaos when the fairy Sodoma, the guardian of all vegetation, is captured.
Deprived of any greens to munch on, a hungry Donkey Kong embarks on an across‑time adventure to free Sodoma and restore the food supply. He must travel through bizarre eras and strange dimensions, confronting odd enemies along the way.

Edited by Maya Carter