Donkey Kong 3

Donkey Kong hangs from vines at the center of the screen, and the player-controlled Stanley the exterminator runs and jumps on platforms beneath him. Stanley can fire bug spray at both Donkey Kong and insects flying around the levels. A level is completed by continually using his sprayer on Donkey Kong, forcing him to the top of the screen, or by killing all of the bugs. A Super Sprayer can on the vines falls down when Donkey Kong is sprayed past it.

The Super Sprayer only lasts for a limited amount of time, but it pushes Donkey Kong upward at a much faster rate, making it easier to complete the level. It only spawns at the start of each life.

Donkey Kong 3 was moderately successful in Japan, where it was listed by Game Machine as the fourth most successful table arcade unit of November 1983. However, it was a commercial failure in North America.

Contemporary reviews for the arcade game were generally positive. Gene Lewin of Play Meter magazine rated it 8 out of 10. Computer and Video Games said that the game's "fast action and superior sound effects" made it a "sure hit" in arcades.

The Donkey Kong segment of Saturday Supercade would adapt the game in the episode "Greenhouse Gorilla", with Mario and Pauline assisting Stanley in dealing with a plant thief that has tricked Donkey Kong into helping him.

A VS. series Game & Watch version of the arcade game has different gameplay. In this version, player one controls Stanley the Bugman and computer player (or player two) controls Donkey Kong in a duel against each other using exterminating spray cans to move the bees to the other side of them to make the bees sting their opponents. Players can only hold up to three amounts of spraying liquid in their spray cans.