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Donkey Kong [c] is a 1981 arcade video game developed and published by Nintendo. As Mario, the player runs and jumps on platforms and climbs ladders to ascend a construction site and rescue Pauline from a giant gorilla, the titular Donkey Kong. It is the first game in the Donkey Kong series as well as Mario's first appearance in a video game.
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Donkey Kong is an arcade video game made by Nintendo in...
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Donkey Kong logo. Donkey Kong (ドンキーコング, Donkī Kongu) is a...
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Donkey Kong series include the original arcade game trilogy...
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Donkey Kong has kidnapped the beautiful Lady and taken her to a dangerous construction site somewhere in New York. Mario must climb to the top of the construction site and rescue her from the Kong.
Donkey Kong stars Mario, who attempts to reach the top of a construction site where Lady is held captive. He can walk along platforms, jump, and climb ladders as well. In the process, Donkey Kong may attempt to hinder Mario from a higher location by sending obstacles at him. Mario has the ability to jump over these obstacles or obliterate them usin...
In the Japanese arcade versions, each of the 22 playable levels consist of these four screens: 1. 25 m 2. 50 m(removed in most ports) 3. 75 m(removed in some ports) 4. 100 m After completing the fourth screen, 100 m, the player has reached the next level, which starts at 25 m again, but with increased difficulty like more frequent barrels and faste...
Development of Donkey Kong began in March 1981 when Shigeru Miyamoto, under the supervision of the late Gunpei Yokoi, was assigned by Nintendo to convert Radar Scope, a poorly selling arcade game in North America, into a game that would have more appeal to more gamers. Shigeru Miyamoto later admitted that he did not focus on the story of the game, ...
Universal Studios lawsuit
In 1982, around a year after the game's release, Universal Studios sued Nintendo, claiming that Donkey Kong infringed on Universal Studios's intellectual property rights to the film King Kong. Howard Lincoln, attorney and future president of Nintendo of America, decided to fight the case and hired seasoned attorney John Kirby to represent Nintendo. When Kirby showed that not only was Nintendo not likely in violation of any trademarks but also that Universal Studios themselves had sued RKO Pic...
Crazy Kong
To meet the unexpectedly high demand for arcade machines, Nintendo licensed production to other companies. Crazy Kong was an officially-licensed clone of Donkey Kong manufactured by Falcon. They were allowed to produce a certain amount of printed circuit boards (PCB) and were banned from exporting them. Falcon breached this agreement by producing more than 9000 excess units and also by exporting them to the US. On January 29, 1982, Nintendo terminated their license agreement. On June 1, Ninte...
Ikegami Tsushinki
As Nintendo's newly established video game division lacked programming manpower, the arcade version of Donkey Kong was programmed by Ikegami Tsushinki, a contractor that had worked for Nintendo for several of its arcade releases. For Donkey Kong's development, the two companies signed a contract which gave Ikegami Tsushinki exclusive rights to the manufacturing of Donkey Kong arcade boards. In 1983, Ikegami Tsushinki sued Nintendo on the ground that the company had violated the contract and p...
The international arcade version of Donkey Kong was re-released by Namco as part of the compilation arcade system Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Jr./Mario Bros.in 2004 for the North American market. Announced at E3 2018 for the Nintendo Switch and released as part of Hamster Corporation's Arcade Archives brand, an emulation of the original arcade game tit...
By Coleco
Coleco won the rights for the tabletop and home console ports, first as an oral agreement in November 1981, then formally on February 1, 1982. All were published in 1982 except for the Coleco Adamport which was released in 1984. 1. Atari 2600 1.1. 50 m and 75 mhave been cut out. Cutscenes are also absent. 1.2. The game has much simpler graphics. 1.3. In 25 m, only one Hammer appears instead of two. Donkey Kong does not throw the barrels, but they are automatically spawned. Fireballs and blue...
By Ocean Software
Ocean Software previously released a bootleg version for the ZX Spectrum in 1983 called Kong. All of the following were published as cassettes in 1986 for the European home computer market. They use the Japanese level progression. 1. Amstrad CPC 1.1. Very faithful port but sound is slightly off 1.2. Enemies do not turn blue when Mario holds a hammer 1.3. In 50 m, Donkey Kong is not moved by the conveyors 1.4. In 75 m, Donkey Kong is not animated 2. Commodore 64 (This is the second official po...
Donkey Konghas two sequels: 1. Donkey Kong Jr. 2. Donkey Kong 3 Also, the start of the game is recreated in Donkey Kong for the Game Boy.
Atari 8-bit computers
1. First, the player has to achieve a score in the 37,000s, 73,000s, or 77,000s, then lose all of their remaining lives, with the last life lost by falling off a platform. After returning to the title screen, the player should set the game difficulty to level 4, then wait for the title screen to appear again after the demo. The initials "LMD", which stands for "Landon M. Dyer", the creator of the game, will appear at the bottom of the title screen.
Apple II
1. Pressing 1 on the number pad gives the player extra lives. 2. Pressing 2 on the number pad makes the player invincible.
Nintendo 3DS Nintendo eShopNintendo 3DS Nintendo eShop (Original Edition)Wii U Nintendo eShopDonkey Kong (ドンキーコング, Donkī Kongu in Japan) is a platformer game developed by Nintendo R&D1 [1] and Ikegami Tsushinki [2], and released by Nintendo for the Arcade machines in 1981. It marked the first appearances of the characters Mario (known as Jumpman, a carpenter), Pauline (known as Lady, Jumpman's girlfriend) and Donkey Kong.
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Donkey Kong (alternatively Game Boy Donkey Kong, and Donkey Kong '94 in early development) is a Game Boy game released in 1994 by Nintendo. The game starts out with the premise of the original 1981 Donkey Kong arcade game.
