Donkey Kong country November 18th turns 30 years ancient, and one video game archivist is celebrating the milestone by: sharing 3D scans for a series of rubber figures that were previously only available in Japan.
The archivist, known online as MrTalida, scanned this data and loaded them to the Internet Archive, where anyone can 3D print on their own. The series includes several variants of Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong, as well as series antagonist King K. Rool and enemies such as Gnawty, Necky, and the minecart Kremling. MrTalida even produced a cute video promoting his efforts based on Donkey Kong country introduction
A common collector’s item at the time, Bandai produced these “keshi” figures – tiny for “keshigumo” or roughly “eraser” – in 1995 for gacha machines, the nominal forerunners of video games such as Genshin Strike AND Knights. The closest equivalent we found in the States was probably Monster in My Pocket, a media franchise created in the 1990s that today seems like a fever dream.
Video game maintenance is popular topic now, Mr. Talida approaches this mission from a unique (and much appreciated) perspective. His Work this area also features keshi figures based on the Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Final Fantasy and Mega Man series.
