
The NES version was re-released as an unlockable game in Animal Crossing for the GameCube and on the Wii's Virtual Console. Both Donkey Kong and its sequel, Donkey Kong Jr., are in the 1988 NES compilation Donkey Kong Classics. The game was converted to the Family Computer in 1983 as one of the system's three launch games and re-released for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Other conversions include the Atari 2600, Colecovision, Amiga 500, Apple II, Atari 7800, Intellivision, Commodore 64, Commodore VIC-20, Famicom Disk System, IBM PC, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX, Atari 8-bit family, and Mini-Arcade versions. Miyamoto created a greatly simplified version for the Game & Watch multiscreen. In the game, Jumpman (renamed Mario) must ascend a construction site while avoiding obstacles such as barrels and fireballs to rescue his girlfriend Pauline from Donkey Kong. The gameplay itself was a large improvement over other games of its time, and with the growing base of arcades to sell to, it was able to gain huge distribution. Sales of the machine were brisk, with the game becoming one of the best-selling arcade machines of the early 1980s alongside Pac-Man and Galaga. The result was a major breakthrough for Nintendo and for the video game industry. The original Donkey Kong arcade game running on the Nintendo Entertainment Systemĭeveloped by Nintendo R&D1 and released in July 1981, The original Donkey Kong arcade game was created when Shigeru Miyamoto was assigned by Nintendo to convert Radar Scope, a game that had been released to test audiences with poor results, into a game that would appeal more to Americans. 1.5.2 Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.1.4.3 Diddy Kong Racing Adventure prototype.1.4 Post-Rare buyout and Partnership with Paon era (2003–2008).1.3.1 Original Donkey Kong Country series.The Donkey Kong franchise has sold a total of over 80 million copies worldwide as of 2022. An icon of the Donkey Kong franchise is barrels, which the Kongs use as weapons, vehicles, furniture, and lodging. Games outside the platforming genre include spin-offs of various genres including rhythm games such as Donkey Konga, racing games such as Diddy Kong Racing, and edutainment such as Donkey Kong Jr.

Rool who antagonize the Kongs by stealing their banana hoard. In 1994, the franchise was relaunched with the platformer Donkey Kong Country, in which Donkey Kong defeats a variety of anthropomorphic enemies, mainly the Kremlings, a clan of crocodiles led by King K. The game was a massive success and was followed by two sequels released in 19. The first game was the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong, featuring the eponymous character as the main antagonist in an industrial construction setting and the debut of both the Donkey Kong and Mario characters. The franchise primarily consists of platform games-originally single-screen action puzzle games and later side-scrolling platformers.

It follows the adventures of a gorilla named Donkey Kong and his clan of other apes and monkeys. Donkey Kong is a video game franchise created by Shigeru Miyamoto and owned by Nintendo.
