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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]
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.
With four unique stages, Donkey Kong was the most complex arcade game of the time, and one of the first arcade games with multiple stages, following games such as 1980's Phoenix and 1981's Gorf and Scramble. [12]: 66 In addition to the goal of saving Pauline, the player has a score. Points are awarded for the following: leaping over obstacles ...
Donkey Kong 3 [a] is a shooter video game developed and published by Nintendo. It is the third installment in the Donkey Kong series and was released for arcades worldwide in 1983, the Family Computer in 1984, then in North America for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1986.
Donkey Kong 3: Arcade 5,000 [238] 1988 Donkey Kong Classics: Nintendo Entertainment System 1.56 million [239] 1994 Donkey Kong Country: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance: 13.31 million [h] 1995 Donkey Kong Land: Game Boy: 3.91 million [242] Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest: Super Nintendo ...
Miyamoto had to create Donkey Kong under intense time pressure. Nintendo of America was sitting on many unsold cabinets of a failed arcade game called Radarscope, and it needed a replacement game ...
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]
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest is a 2D side-scrolling platformer in which the player controls either Diddy Kong or his friend Dixie Kong through 52 varying levels over eight different worlds. The main objective of the game is to rescue Donkey Kong from King K. Rool. The game features a wide number of enemies, which include land-based ...