In addition to presenting the goal of saving the Lady, the game also gives the player a score. Winning the game requires patience and the ability to accurately time Jumpman's ascent. Competitive video gamers and referees stress the game's high level of difficulty compared to other classic arcade games. Jumpman must climb to the top, save Lady, and defeat Donkey Kong.ĭonkey Kong is an early example of the platform genre (it is sometimes said to be the first platform game, although it was preceded by Space Panic and Apple Panic ). The Atari 2600 version is the home version to have all four stages in it.įollowing the events of the game Donkey Kong Circus, Jumpman unintentionally laughs at a local circus animal, known as Donkey Kong (Sr.), who escapes and kidnaps Jumpman's girlfriend Lady for revenge, and runs to the top of a construction site. The original arcade version has four screen stages, but the Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System version only has three (50m was cut from this version). It is one of four games to be inducted into the Nintendo Hall of Fame.

The game was Nintendo's first big hit in North America. It marked the first appearances of the characters Mario (known as Jumpman, a carpenter), Pauline (known as Lady, Jumpman's girlfriend) and Donkey Kong. Nintendo Wii U Virtual Console (Famicom/NES version)ĭonkey Kong (ドンキーコング, Donkī Kongu in Japan) is a platformer game developed by Nintendo R&D1 and Ikegami Tsushinki, and released by Nintendo for the Arcade machines in 1981.

Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console (Famicom/NES version) Nintendo Wii Virtual Console (Famicom/NES version) Promotional North American arcade flyer for the game Donkey Kong.įamily Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System, For other uses, see Donkey Kong (disambiguation).

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