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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]
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.
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.
Miyamoto didn't work on the NES version of Donkey Kong, but he did work on other games. Donkey Kong was released for the arcade in 1981, but came out on the Famicom, the Japanese version of the ...
Donkey Kong was awarded Best Game Boy Game of 1994 by Electronic Gaming Monthly. [12] In 1997 Electronic Gaming Monthly ranked it number 67 on their "100 Best Games of All Time", lauding it for how it unexpectedly expanded on the gameplay of the original arcade game and offered a steady challenge through its many puzzle-oriented levels. [13]
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 .
Crazy Kong (クレイジーコング, Kureijī Kongu) is an arcade game developed by Falcon, released in 1981 and similar to Nintendo's Donkey Kong. Although commonly believed to be a bootleg version, it was officially licensed for operation only in Japan when Nintendo couldn't keep up with domestic demand (even though Donkey Kong was still ...
The game introduces Donkey Kong's son, the diaper-wearing Donkey Kong Jr. [124] [125] Mario, Pauline, Donkey Kong, and Jr. return in the 1994 Game Boy Donkey Kong, [126] 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 ...