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A complete remake of the original arcade game on the Game Boy, titled Donkey Kong (referred to as Donkey Kong '94 during development) contains levels from both the original Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. arcades. It starts with the same gameplay and four locations as the arcade game and then progresses to 97 additional puzzle-based levels.
It debuted in 1981 with the arcade game Donkey Kong, which was a sales success that brought Nintendo into the North American market, [1] with the original arcade games being ported into versions on third-party home consoles and developed by several companies. [2] The Donkey Kong franchise has sold a total of 82 million copies as of 2022. [3]
The Super Game Boy border used in the game was based on the actual arcade cabinet of the original Donkey Kong. Donkey Kong begins with the four levels found in the original arcade game, in which Mario must reach the top of the level and save Pauline. After these four initial stages are completed, the usual arcade ending begins, but after a few ...
The order of the levels is different in different territories. In the Japanese version, the four levels appear in 1-2-3-4 sequence and then repeat, just as with the Japanese release of Donkey Kong. In the US version, the order is 1–4. 1–2–4, 1–3–4, 1-2-3-4 and then 1-2-3-4 from then on.
Donkey Kong (1994 video game) Donkey Kong (arcade game) Donkey Kong 64; Donkey Kong Country; Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest; Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Donkey Kong Country Returns; Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze; Donkey Kong Jr. Donkey Kong Jungle Beat; Donkey Kong Land; Donkey Kong Land 2; Donkey Kong ...
The game introduces Donkey Kong's son, the diaper-wearing Donkey Kong Jr. [123] [124] Mario, Pauline, Donkey Kong, and Jr. return in the 1994 Game Boy Donkey Kong, [125] in which Mario again must rescue Pauline from the Kongs. [32] The Game Boy game was the first Donkey Kong game to depict Donkey Kong wearing a red necktie bearing his initials ...
The console was released on July 15, 1983, as the Home Cassette Type Video Game: Family Computer, [note 2] for ¥14,800 (equivalent to ¥18,400 in 2019) with three ports of Nintendo's successful arcade games Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., and Popeye. The Famicom was slow to gather success; a bad chip set caused the early revisions to crash.
The game was moderately successful in Japan, where Game Machine listed Donkey Kong 3 on their December 1, 1983, issue as being the fourth most-successful new table arcade unit of the month. [5] Despite this, it was a commercial failure in North America, particularly due to the wake of the video game crash of 1983 .