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Donkey Kong Recreated Using 6,400 Post-it Notes

Posted by Zonk on from the time-on-their-hands dept.

NickFitz writes "Students at UCSC have recreated the first level of Donkey Kong using 6,400 Post-it notes stuck to the windows of the E2 building. It took a team of about 10 people five hours to complete the work, which will remain in place until May 1. There's a time-lapse video of the construction process."

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  1. If MIT students did it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It would be playable.

    1. Re:If MIT students did it by gardyloo · · Score: 4, Funny

      I doubt they'd go so far as to give the Post-It facsimile an attribute that the original didn't have...

  2. I've Never Felt This Way Before. by MankyD · · Score: 4, Funny

    While this game's early '80s arcade popularity predates most of today's engineering students...
    I suddenly feel so old :(
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    1. Re:I've Never Felt This Way Before. by Jeff+DeMaagd · · Score: 4, Funny

      What's worse is that when we played DK, we just accepted the idea that DK threw fire. I don't remember anyone that questioned it.

      I think what really happen was that he was supposed to throw feces but the focus group refused to play the game.

    2. Re:I've Never Felt This Way Before. by ari_j · · Score: 4, Funny

      Just so we're all clear on this: You couldn't afford to drop a quarter on DK but you could afford to keep three full-size cabinet arcade games in your basement.

    3. Re:I've Never Felt This Way Before. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yes, but how long will it take me to find a six-inch guitar?

    4. Re:I've Never Felt This Way Before. by spineboy · · Score: 2, Funny

      Just ask the 12 inch guitar player - he'll know where to find it. But he's probably looking for a 1 inch guitar string to play ulta tiny mario brothers.

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    5. Re:I've Never Felt This Way Before. by The+Ultimate+Fartkno · · Score: 2, Funny

      I know him! He's over there next to the 12 inch pianist. Oh, wait... that's MY 12 inch pianist!

      ba-dum-PSSSSH! /try the veal

  3. Monkeys aren't donkeys by aurb · · Score: 5, Funny

    Stop messing with my head!

    1. Re:Monkeys aren't donkeys by LearnToSpell · · Score: 1, Funny

      Does that mean donkeys are gorillas?

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  4. If Stanford students did it... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... the IPO would be done. :P

  5. Re:how long ago was this? by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So paper cuts don't count as bleeding edge?

  6. First level? by oneiros27 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... recreated the first level of Donkey Kong ...

    How can you tell the first one apart from any of the other levels of Donkey Kong? That sure looks like the sixth level to me.

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  7. Must've used quality post-it notes... by LighterShadeOfBlack · · Score: 2, Funny

    If they used the ones I have at work they'd still be trying to get the first one to stick for more than 3 seconds right about now.

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  8. Quit messing with our minds! by suv4x4 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Quit messing with our minds!

  9. May I be the first to say... by Lazbien · · Score: 3, Funny

    NNNNNeeeeerrrrrrrrddddddsssssssssssss!!!!!!

  10. 6,400 by Disharmony2012 · · Score: 5, Funny

    6,400 post-it notes ought to be enough to re-create any level.

  11. Meh... by mattmacf · · Score: 2, Funny

    640 post-its should be enough for anybody

    *ducks*

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  12. about 10 people? by Ruvim · · Score: 5, Funny

    a team of about 10 people
    What, was like 9.5 people?
    1. Re:about 10 people? by evanbd · · Score: 5, Funny

      Unfortunately, one of the original 10 team members died in a freak accident involving a rolling barrel during construction.

  13. They were going to do Duck Hunt.... by rubberbando · · Score: 2, Funny

    but someone kept shooting at the window....

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  14. Re:This makes me happy by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Hooray for geeks with way too much time on their hands."

    Said the guy posting on Slashdot.

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  15. I wonder.. by n1hilist · · Score: 2, Funny

    Who got first post(it) ? :)

  16. The irony of it by ciaran.mchale · · Score: 5, Funny

    Years ago, people predicted that computer technology would result in the "paperless office". Now, people are using paper to create the "computerless video game".

  17. Re:warning: excessive nostalgia by JazzLad · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...a port that Wikipedia doesn't acknowledge exists... That darn Wikipedia. I'm sick of closed databases of information. Why can't someone create an open encyclopedia that anyone can contribute to?

    (If you didn't grin, that sound you heard was 'whooosh')

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