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| | [[Image:CementPie sprite.png|thumb|'''Sand Pile''']] |
| |image=[[File:DK Arcade Cement Tub.png|128px]]<br>Sprite from ''Donkey Kong''
| | '''Sand Piles'''<ref>Instruction manuals for Atari 8-bit and Commodore 64 home versions.</ref> are obstacles found in the original ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' and [[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|the remake]] for the [[Game Boy]]. It was because of their pie-like appearance as well as the conveyor levels in the level they appeared in that the level they appeared in was often nicknamed the "Pie Factory" level. |
| |first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' ([[List of games by date#1981|1981]]) | |
| |latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong (game)#Donkey Kong Original Edition|Donkey Kong Original Edition]]'' ([[List of games by date#2010|2010]])
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| '''Cement tubs'''<ref>''[[Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Jr./Mario Bros.]]'' {{file link|DonkeyKong_Junior_MarioBros_UnratedFlyer.jpg|arcade}} {{file link|DonkeyKong_Junior_MarioBros_RatedFlyer.jpg|flyers.}}</ref> (also known as '''sand piles''',<ref>Instruction manuals for the Atari 8-bit, MS-DOS, TI-99/4A, Apple II, and Commodore 64 (Atarisoft) ports{{page needed}}</ref> '''cement piles''',<ref>Instruction manual for the Commodore VIC-20 port.{{page needed}}</ref> '''coal bins''',<ref>Instruction manual for the Coleco Adam port.{{page needed}}</ref> or '''pies'''<ref name=Sentient>Instruction manuals for the MSX and ZX Spectrum ports.{{page needed}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong 64'' [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]|page=126|author=Bihldorff, Nate, Jason Leung, and Drew Williams|date=1999|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref>) are obstacles appearing only in ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'', the [[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Game Boy version]], and the port included in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. In all of their appearances, cement tubs are located on multiple [[Conveyor Belt]]s in [[50m]], and if the player touches one, they lose a life. Cement tubs can only be destroyed from using a [[hammer]]. Cement tubs do not appear in any ports of ''Donkey Kong'' lacking the 50m stage. | |
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| The arcade version has an unused sprite of the cement tub falling and spilling out its contents,<ref>{{cite|url=tcrf.net/Donkey_Kong_(Arcade)|title=''Donkey Kong'' (Arcade)|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|language=en}}</ref> possibly conceived for when the cement tubs fall into the [[oil drum]]. ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' also has an [[List of Donkey Kong Jr. pre-release and unused content|unused sprite]] of a cement tub, which is located alongside other graphics leftover from ''Donkey Kong''.<ref>{{cite|url=tcrf.net/Donkey_Kong_Jr._(Arcade)|title=''Donkey Kong Jr.'' (Arcade)|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|language=en}}</ref>
| | ==History== |
| | ===''Donkey Kong''=== |
| | Sand Piles are only found in the [[50m]] level in the original ''Donkey Kong''. They are on the multiple [[Conveyor|Conveyor Belt]]s that are in the level and if [[Mario]] touches one, he will lose a life. The only way to destroy a Sand Pile is to use a [[Hammer]]. |
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| ==Gallery== | | ===''Donkey Kong'' (Game Boy)=== |
| <gallery>
| | [[Image:DKGB CementPie.png|frame|left]] |
| DK Arcade Cement Tub falling.png|Unused sprite from ''Donkey Kong''
| | In the Game Boy game, Sand Piles appear only in the remake of 50m. |
| DKGB CementPie.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong'' (Game Boy)
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| </gallery>
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| ==Names in other languages==
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| |Fre=Bassines d'huile bouillante<ref>{{cite|url=flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=2950&image=2|title=French arcade flyer}}</ref>
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| |Fre2=Tarte<ref name=Sentient/>
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| |Fre3=Sceau de sable<ref>[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yeEiViNkWcIFxW03HXoly2bllU8eNy_R/view Donkey Kong (Atari) european instruction booklet], page 4</ref>
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| |FreM=Basins of boiling oil | |
| |Fre2M=Pie | |
| |Fre3M=Sand bucket
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| |Spa=Tarta<ref name=Sentient/>
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| |SpaM=Pie
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| |Ita=Vasca di sabbia<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' Atari manual|page=4}}</ref>
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| |ItaM=Sand tub
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
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| {{DK}} | | {{DK}} |
| {{DK64}}
| | [[Category:Objects]] |
| [[Category:Hazardous objects]] | | [[Category:Donkey Kong (game)]] |
| [[Category:Donkey Kong (game) objects]] | | [[Category:Donkey Kong Enemies]] |
| [[Category:Donkey Kong (Game Boy)]] | | [[Category:Donkey Kong Objects]] |
| [[Category:Donkey Kong 64 objects]] | | [[Category:Traps and Obstacles]] |
