Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Designing For is a series that deals with a specific level of the game and analyzes the core themes of this design level. In this episode we will introduce Monkey's Donkey Kong 5. A journey of time and space. April, April!
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Patreon: patreon.com/designingfor
Twitter: twitter.com/Designing4Games
Discord: discord.gg/bAwJkXP
Writing/Voiceover/Audio Editing/Game Footage: Tommy Eyler/Pyrrhickong/The Dryest Bones (twitter.com/pyrrhickong)
Script Editing/Image Editing/Video Editing/Game Footage: Zack Frisbee/Goombachi
Script Editing: Google Translate
Intro Graphic and Watermark By: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFlA...
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Check out Donkey Kong Country's first article, Tropical Freeze. Although they are much better, they are still a bit buggy because they are used to the new style of tropical freezing: youtube.com/watch?v=V41IMSfP0gE
Or, play an episode of King K. Roll in King Kong 2. Diddy's "King Kong Expedition", in my opinion, is a microcosm of a well-structured boss: youtube.com/watch?v=y4MpjmrwgYw
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Super Mario Bros. Deluxe, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Kart, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong 64, Wario Land 3, Super Smash Bros. Melee, are © Nintendo Co., Ltd. Donkey Kong Country and Donkey Kong 64 by Rare, Ltd. Super Smash Bros. Melee by HAL Laboratory.
Street Fighter II, Mega Man X, and Ghosts n' Goblins are © Capcom Co., Ltd.
Adventure Island 3, Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu, and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain are © Konami Holdings Corporation. Adventure Island 3 and Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu by Hudson Soft Co., Ltd. (Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu also by Now Production)
Tekken 2, Digimon, and Crayon Shin Chan 4 are © Bandai-Namco Holdings Inc. Crayon Shin Chan 4 based on the manga series by Yoshito Usui.
The Pokémon franchise, including Pokémon Pinball and the character "Ash Ketchum" are © Nintendo Co., Ltd., The Pokémon Company, and Game Freak Inc.
Final Fantasy II and Final Fantasy VII are © Square-Enix Holdings Corporation.
The Curse of Monkey Island is © LucasArts Entertainment Company, LLC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.
Sonic the Hedgehog is © SEGA Games Co., Ltd.
Taz-Mania is © David A. Palmer Productions, Beam Software/Krome Studios Pty Ltd., and SUNSOFT, using characters owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of WarnerMedia, LLC.
Earthworm Jim is © Shiny Entertainment Inc. and Interplay Entertainment Corp.
Angry Birds is © Rovio Entertainment Oyj and Electronic Arts Inc.
Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 3: Taiketsu! Zouringen is © Irem Software Engineering, TOSE, and Data East Corporation.
The Lion King and Toy Story are © The Walt Disney Corporation. Toy Story by Pixar Animation Studios.
Titanic is © Paramount Pictures Corporation, Twentieth Century Studios, and Lightstorm Entertainment.
The Harry Potter series is © J.K. Rowling.
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List of Bootlegs In Order of Appearance:
Somari
Kart Fighter
Lion King V: Timon & Pumbaa
7 Grand Dad
Zook Hero Z
Titanic
Super Bros. 10: Kung Fu Mari
Final Fantasy VII
Donkey Kong 5: The journey of over time and space
Harry Boy and the Chamber of Secrets
2003 Digitmon sapphire
Super Marrio Sunshine
Hong Kong '97
Super Mario 14
Pocket Monster
Tekken 2
Pokémon Jade Version
Street Fighter II′: Rainbow Edition
Super Mario World
Bible Buffet (by Wisdom Tree, Inc.)
Earthworm Jim 3
Harry's Legend
Super Mario Land 4
Angry Birds
Titenic
Wario Land 3
Super Bros. 5
Toy Story
Super Bros. 11
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Footage/Images Used:
"Donkey Kong 5 TAS in 4:48.54 (Temp Encode)": youtube.com/watch?v=8hWVn84nJ60
"Super Mario Bros. Speedrun in 4:55.913 (Former World Record)": youtube.com/watch?v=Gum4GI2Jr0s
"Toy Story - Pirated NES Game": youtube.com/watch?v=TNaHA-puDSc
"Wario Land 3 (Sega Genesis) - Gameplay (Bootleg Pirate)": youtube.com/watch?v=O09D4MxV00c
"my fanmade cover for Donkey Kong 5 The Journey of Over Time and Space": reddit.com/r/Gameboy/comments/8d2nhe/my_fanmade_cover_for_donkey_kong_5_the_journey_of
"DK5 - The Journey of over Time and Space": deviantart.com/gr3n1nj4-4rtz/art/DK5-The-Journey-of-over-Time-and-Space-627975442
"Donkey Kong 5": deviantart.com/metagaim/art/Donkey-Kong-5-672380900
"Mario x Donkey Kong 0w0": drawception.com/game/Lbx6b21cAe/mario-loves-donkey-kong
Punished Lanky: knowyourmeme.com/photos/906825-lankyposting-he
Designing For is a series that deals with a specific level of the game and analyzes the core themes of this design level. In this episode we will introduce Monkey's Donkey Kong 5. A journey of time and space. April, April!
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Patreon: patreon.com/designingfor
Twitter: twitter.com/Designing4Games
Discord: discord.gg/bAwJkXP
Writing/Voiceover/Audio Editing/Game Footage: Tommy Eyler/Pyrrhickong/The Dryest Bones (twitter.com/pyrrhickong)
Script Editing/Image Editing/Video Editing/Game Footage: Zack Frisbee/Goombachi
Script Editing: Google Translate
Intro Graphic and Watermark By: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFlA...
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Check out Donkey Kong Country's first article, Tropical Freeze. Although they are much better, they are still a bit buggy because they are used to the new style of tropical freezing: youtube.com/watch?v=V41IMSfP0gE
Or, play an episode of King K. Roll in King Kong 2. Diddy's "King Kong Expedition", in my opinion, is a microcosm of a well-structured boss: youtube.com/watch?v=y4MpjmrwgYw
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Super Mario Bros. Deluxe, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Kart, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong 64, Wario Land 3, Super Smash Bros. Melee, are © Nintendo Co., Ltd. Donkey Kong Country and Donkey Kong 64 by Rare, Ltd. Super Smash Bros. Melee by HAL Laboratory.
Street Fighter II, Mega Man X, and Ghosts n' Goblins are © Capcom Co., Ltd.
Adventure Island 3, Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu, and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain are © Konami Holdings Corporation. Adventure Island 3 and Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu by Hudson Soft Co., Ltd. (Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu also by Now Production)
Tekken 2, Digimon, and Crayon Shin Chan 4 are © Bandai-Namco Holdings Inc. Crayon Shin Chan 4 based on the manga series by Yoshito Usui.
The Pokémon franchise, including Pokémon Pinball and the character "Ash Ketchum" are © Nintendo Co., Ltd., The Pokémon Company, and Game Freak Inc.
Final Fantasy II and Final Fantasy VII are © Square-Enix Holdings Corporation.
The Curse of Monkey Island is © LucasArts Entertainment Company, LLC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.
Sonic the Hedgehog is © SEGA Games Co., Ltd.
Taz-Mania is © David A. Palmer Productions, Beam Software/Krome Studios Pty Ltd., and SUNSOFT, using characters owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of WarnerMedia, LLC.
Earthworm Jim is © Shiny Entertainment Inc. and Interplay Entertainment Corp.
Angry Birds is © Rovio Entertainment Oyj and Electronic Arts Inc.
Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 3: Taiketsu! Zouringen is © Irem Software Engineering, TOSE, and Data East Corporation.
The Lion King and Toy Story are © The Walt Disney Corporation. Toy Story by Pixar Animation Studios.
Titanic is © Paramount Pictures Corporation, Twentieth Century Studios, and Lightstorm Entertainment.
The Harry Potter series is © J.K. Rowling.
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List of Bootlegs In Order of Appearance:
Somari
Kart Fighter
Lion King V: Timon & Pumbaa
7 Grand Dad
Zook Hero Z
Titanic
Super Bros. 10: Kung Fu Mari
Final Fantasy VII
Donkey Kong 5: The journey of over time and space
Harry Boy and the Chamber of Secrets
2003 Digitmon sapphire
Super Marrio Sunshine
Hong Kong '97
Super Mario 14
Pocket Monster
Tekken 2
Pokémon Jade Version
Street Fighter II′: Rainbow Edition
Super Mario World
Bible Buffet (by Wisdom Tree, Inc.)
Earthworm Jim 3
Harry's Legend
Super Mario Land 4
Angry Birds
Titenic
Wario Land 3
Super Bros. 5
Toy Story
Super Bros. 11
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Footage/Images Used:
"Donkey Kong 5 TAS in 4:48.54 (Temp Encode)": youtube.com/watch?v=8hWVn84nJ60
"Super Mario Bros. Speedrun in 4:55.913 (Former World Record)": youtube.com/watch?v=Gum4GI2Jr0s
"Toy Story - Pirated NES Game": youtube.com/watch?v=TNaHA-puDSc
"Wario Land 3 (Sega Genesis) - Gameplay (Bootleg Pirate)": youtube.com/watch?v=O09D4MxV00c
"my fanmade cover for Donkey Kong 5 The Journey of Over Time and Space": reddit.com/r/Gameboy/comments/8d2nhe/my_fanmade_cover_for_donkey_kong_5_the_journey_of
"DK5 - The Journey of over Time and Space": deviantart.com/gr3n1nj4-4rtz/art/DK5-The-Journey-of-over-Time-and-Space-627975442
"Donkey Kong 5": deviantart.com/metagaim/art/Donkey-Kong-5-672380900
"Mario x Donkey Kong 0w0": drawception.com/game/Lbx6b21cAe/mario-loves-donkey-kong
Punished Lanky: knowyourmeme.com/photos/906825-lankyposting-he




![Team Fortress 2: Gamings Greatest Cast Designing For Immortality
Designing For is a series which looks at a level in gaming, and analyzes a theme central to that levels design. In this episode, we look at Team Fortress 2s cast and how, through their personalities, they not only compliment their gameplay to make TF2 a better game, but transcend the medium to become timeless characters, and how their fanbase keeps them contemporary and lasting far beyond the scope of TF2 itself!
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/designingfor
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Designing4Games
Discord: https://discord.gg/bAwJkXP
Director/Writer/Voice Over/Footage: Tommy Eyler/Pyrrhickong (https://twitter.com/pyrrhickong)
Video Editing/Additional Direction/Script Editing: AuthorMan (https://www.youtube.com/c/AuthorMan)
Intro Animation By: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb4-84eJw6K6Ij7EIsIBJpA
Intro Theme By: https://soundcloud.com/phildeejay/tracks
Thumbnail By Patrinco: https://www.patrinco.com/
Also check out our episode on Street Fighters Dan Hibiki, and how hes evolved from a simple parody to be an irreplaceable part of his world: https://youtu.be/oExVN9L21Wc
Team Fortress 2 and Source Filmmaker are ©Valve Corporation
Halo is ©Xbox Games Studios, under Microsoft Corporation
The Emperor’s New Groove is ©The Walt Disney Company
The Three Stooges is © 2018 C3 Entertainment, Inc.
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius is ©Viacom and Paramount
Looney Tunes, The Venture Bros., and Tom & Jerry are ©Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
Chainsaw Man is ©Shueisha Inc.
Shrek is ©Comcast Corporation, Reliance ADA Group, Hasbro, Inc., and Alibaba Group Holding Limited.
Sonic R is ©Sega Corporation
Ned Flanders is ©20th Century Animation, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company
sans is ©Toby Fox
Donkey Kong is © Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Footage/Images Used:
[SFM] - Requiem for a Pizza: The Meeting - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARX3TQBdfng
[SFM] Spawncamp - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQfQLBtdnyc
[SFM] The Pybro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FHKq9O3uak
Adult Swim - TF2 Venture Bros Promo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwGvPRVSB80
TF2 in Venture Bros - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-I0qoCN46c
Blu Teams Day Off [Comedy- Saxxy Awards 2015] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is9WR0jDJBY
COPE, SEETHE, MALD [SFM] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8GSDP8A5yM
The Art of Spychecking [SFM] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9kmE82QYQg
Team Fabulous 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzMq5_thk4o&t=824s
Pootis Engage // EXTREME - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGJBUauU-CE&t=58s
Like White on Spy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyWOiSKYyxY
The Engineer Update Teaser Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl1_7TBbzj0
STOP POSTING ABOUT ENGINEER GAMING - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpvDCCDlYLk
Micro-Mann (Saxxy 2015 Action Winner) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPvUvnTF0wE
Random Crits [SFM] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijfc4rDXQAo
The Mann Co. Symphony [Saxxy 2013 SHORT WINNER] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCiLJzc3rG4
Meet the Rabid Heavy Taming Engineer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeRV8iVWtbY
nope.avi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvdf5n-zI14
GentleBot Hell [SFM] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLPkKZS6q9k
Demoman is Morshu - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mb-KuwWxrQ
IM AT SOUP! [TF2 SFM] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kqbKEqzsAI
Donkey Kong - The BLU Heist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEnaJLv15Z4&t=2s
Loadout Not Available [SFM] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evY1xTTtfCQ
Sentry Beat (Saxxy Awards 2012 entry) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_zvVhnBuQM
Meet the Engineer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNgNBsCI4EA
Meet the Sniper - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NZDwZbyDus
Meet the Heavy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHgZh4GV9G0
Meet the Sandwich - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v prZ0JrbQrU
Meet the Engineer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNgNBsCI4EA
Meet the Scout - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geNMz0J9TEQ
Meet the Demoman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=han3AfjH210
Meet the Soldier - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h42d0WHRSck
Meet the Spy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR4N5OhcY9s
Meet the Medic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36lSzUMBJnc
Meet the Pyro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUhOnX8qt3I
Turbulence [Saxxy Awards 2015 Best Overall] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqSyibSPq5w
Halo: The Fall of Reach - Full Movie HD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0eYxZQYb6Y
12 particle tutorial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLry-0Oddmo&t=5s
TF2 Scout Voice Actor - Nice Effort Deutschbag - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A33UTe1MlpM
Expiration Date - https://youtu.be/GLlLQ3LmZWU
#savetf2 Team Fortress 2: Gamings Greatest Cast Designing For Immortality](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/O67GiOGJuTc/mqdefault.jpg)





![Before Super Mario: Early Video Game Characters
Designing For is a series which looks at a level in gaming, and analyzes a theme central to that levels design. In this episode, we look at various characters from gaming from before Super Mario Bros. made gamers expect storylines in their games.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/designingfor
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Designing4Games
Discord: https://discord.gg/bAwJkXP
Writing/Image Editing/Video Editing/Game Footage: Zack Frisbee/Goombachi
Voiceover/Script Editing/Audio Editing: Tommy Eyler/Pyrrhickong/The Dryest Bones (https://www.youtube.com/user/pyrrhickong)
Intro Graphic and Watermark By: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFlA...
Also check out our episode on Galaga, the worlds first game with a bonus stage distinct from the main game, instrumental in defining the concept of a level: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2cLORwzGUI
Or our episode on Ghosts n Goblins, a game that similarly used story to encourage players a mere 6 days after Super Mario Bros.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyICGpfRWus
Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix, Super Paper Mario, and Super Mario Odyssey are © Nintendo Co., Ltd. Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix by Konami Holdings Corporation. Super Paper Mario by Intelligent Systems.
Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, and Jr. Pac-Man are © Bandai-Namco Entertainment, Inc. Ms. Pac-Man and Jr. Pac-Man by Midway Games Inc.
Dragons Lair and Space Ace are © Cinematronics Incorporated, now integrated into WMS Industries, Inc.
Crystal Castles, Asteroids, and Adventure are © Atari, SA.
Q*Bert is © Sony Pictures Entertainment, originally by Gottlieb.
Sinistar is © WMS Industries, Inc.
Planetfall and Zork were © Infocom.
The Wizardry series were © Sir-Tech.
The Ultima series was © Origin Systems, Inc.
Wizard & The Princess and Kings Quest are © Activision-Blizzard, originally by Sierra Entertainment, Inc.
The Portopia Serial Murder Case and the character Kefka is © Square-Enix Holdings Corporation.
Hydlide is © D4 Enterprise. Game by T&E Soft Incorporated.
Earthworm Jim is © Interplay Entertainment Corp. Game by Shiny Entertainment, Inc.
Frogger is © Konami Holdings Corporation.
Microsoft Word and X-Tract Paperclip are © Microsoft Corporation, who last held the copyright for Colossal Cave Adventure as well.
Dungeons & Dragons is © Wizards of the Coast LLC.
Saturday Supercade and the Dragons Lair cartoon were © Ruby-Spears Productions.
Wreck-It Ralph is © The Walt Disney Company.
The Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Images/Footage Used:
[PC-88] Hydlide (1984) (T&E Soft): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmrxfeozmis
Apple II Longplay [006] Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrQFzWO4pYo
Wizard and the Princess Walkthrough - Apple IIe (On-Line Systems 1980): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvKKi1p3kuQ
Ultima IX - Killing Lord British: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HNClKZxkRc
Sinistar (Arcade, 1982): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcyBtVwAsfg
Arcade games fanart: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/566890671817721815/?lp=true
ELIZA.NET: https://www.nuget.org/packages/ELIZA.NET/
Steamboat Mario: https://www.bolumsonucanavari.com/Haberler-Nintendo_Bir_Cizgi_Film_Yapimcisi_Olsaydi-10816.htm
Floyd the multi-purpose robot: https://twitter.com/calebisdrawing/status/909525752176984064
Sinistar Takes A Break: http://www.dorkly.com/post/35340/sinistar-takes-a-break
Adventure Square takes on Yorkle: https://www.deviantart.com/luminousursidae
Philosophical Sinistar: http://onastick.net/drew/sinistar/
A Paean To Floyd: https://v1.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/issues/issue_268/8029-A-Paean-To-Floyd
#retrogaming #gamedesign #pressftofloyd Before Super Mario: Early Video Game Characters](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PSVCDQ2mPGQ/mqdefault.jpg)