Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong

1982 Nintendo

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About Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong is an arcade game developed and published by Nintendo, released on 3 June 1982.

Donkey Kong is a Multi Screen Game & Watch game released in 1982. It was based on the arcade game Donkey Kong, with gameplay based only on 25m, the first stage from the arcade version. This was the first Game and Watch game to be based on pre-existing Nintendo characters, and it was the first video game system to include the D-pad, a feature of all future Nintendo systems. The game unit's model is DK-52, with the DK standing for Donkey Kong. The game was a huge success, selling over 1,000,000 copies worldwide.

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Donkey Kong has kidnapped the beautiful Lady and taken her to a dangerous construction site. Mario must climb to the top of the construction site and rescue Lady from the giant ape.

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Gameplay

Specs

Genres

Arcade

How long to beat

Main story 4h Completionist 5h Source: IGDB

Modes

Single player

Perspective

Side view

Series

All Donkey Kong games in release order · 53

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Best single-player gamesBest short games

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