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Donkey Kong [c] is a 1981 arcade video game developed and published by Nintendo.As Mario (also sometimes known at the time as "Jumpman"), the player runs and jumps on platforms and climbs ladders to ascend a construction site and rescue Pauline from a giant gorilla, Donkey Kong.
Donkey Kong is regarded as the first game to use graphics to tell a story, [261] which GamesRadar+ said provided an unprecedented level of narrative depth. [251] Donkey Kong Country 's pre-rendered graphics featured a level of detail unprecedented in console games at the time, [262] [263] and inspired many imitators. [28]
Donkey Kong: 1981 2008 Atari 8-bit Platform: Nintendo: In August 2008 the 6502 assembly language source code of Donkey Kong was published at the AtariAge forum by Curt Vendel, [125] and was discussed there by the original developer, Landon Dyer. [126] Doom: 1993 2023, 2024 Macintosh, DOS First-person shooter: id Software
His port of Donkey Kong for the Atari 2600 was a major hit for Coleco, selling over 4 million copies. [1] [2] [3] His other 2600 work includes Keystone Kapers and Pressure Cooker for Activision and Space Jockey for U.S. Games. He also wrote Garry Kitchen's GameMaker and The Designer's Pencil for the Commodore 64.
Congo Bongo has similar elements and gameplay to Nintendo's Donkey Kong from 1981, with the isometric perspective from Sega's Zaxxon released in Japan in early 1982. Both Congo Bongo and Donkey Kong involve primates who throw objects at the player from a vantage point atop a structure. Both games involve a large-nosed protagonist whose only ...
The console offered a closer experience to more powerful arcade video games compared to competitors such as the Atari 2600 and Intellivision. The initial catalog of twelve games on ROM cartridge included the first home version of Nintendo's Donkey Kong as the pack-in game.
Donkey Kong Racing was developed by Rare as a console sequel to Diddy Kong Racing. [103] It was a racing game in which players rode on animals rather than vehicles. [104] Following the Microsoft acquisition, Rare attempted to rework Donkey Kong Racing as a Sabreman game for the Xbox and Xbox 360 before canceling it entirely. [104] [105]
Demon Attack (Atari 2600) by Imagic was released in 1983. It won the 1983 Arcade Award for "Best Videogame of the Year". [108] It was the company's best selling game and is considered a classic of the Atari 2600. [109] [110] [111] Donkey Kong (arcade port) (ColecoVision) by Coleco was praised highly for being very faithful to the original ...