Donkey Kong
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Fact sheet
| Game name | Donkey Kong |
| First released on |
Thursday 9th of July 1981 1981-07-09
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| Genres | Arcade, Platform |
| Age ratings | ESRB E · PEGI Three |
| Game modes | Single player |
| Publisher(s) | Atari Corporation, Atari, Inc., Atarisoft, Coleco, Ocean Software, Nintendo |
| Developer(s) | Nintendo |
| Platform(s) | DOS, Atari2600, Apple][, vic-20, colecovision, intellivision, Atari8bit, Arcade, C64, MSX, ZXS, ACPC, ti-99, NES, fds, Atari7800, VC |
| Views | 807 times |
| Rating | 8.6/10 (5 votes) |
Donkey Kong Summary
The player controls Jumpman or Mario in home versions. His objective is to reach the top of the stage to save the Lady (Pauline in home versions), although he must jump over barrels and avoid fire, springoboads and sand piles. It became one of the best selling arcade games of its time and set the basics of the platform subgenre
Version differences:
- The NES versions features less levels. However, there are two difficulty settings: Game A and Game B. Game A is easier than Game B
Donkey Kong releases
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Japan | Thursday 9th of July 1981 | Arcade |
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Japan | Friday 15th of July 1983 | Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) |
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North America | Sunday 15th of June 1986 | Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) |
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Japan | Friday 8th of April 1988 | Family Computer Disk System |
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North America | Tuesday 21st of June 1988 | Atari 7800 |
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North America | Sunday 19th of November 2006 | Virtual Console (Nintendo) |
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Japan | Saturday 2nd of December 2006 | Virtual Console (Nintendo) |