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Donkey Kong, also shortened to DK, is a fictional gorilla in the Donkey Kong and Mario franchise, created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Donkey ...
Donkey Kong Jr., [c] also known as DK Jr. or simply Junior, is the protagonist of the 1982 arcade game of the same name and the son of the original Donkey Kong. Junior wears a white singlet with a red letter "J" on it. His objective in the game is to save his father, who was locked by Mario in a cage.
Steven J. Wiebe (/ ˈ w iː b i /; born January 3, 1969) is an American two-time world champion of the video game Donkey Kong, most recently holding the title from September 20, 2010, to January 10, 2011, with a high score of 1,064,500. Wiebe was the first person to achieve over a million points on Donkey Kong, with 1,006,600 on July 4, 2004.
Donkey Kong paved the way for the NES, known as the Famicom in Japan. Following the success of Donkey Kong, Nintendo began developing the Famicom, the hardware of which was largely based on the Donkey Kong arcade hardware, with the goal of matching the system's powerful sprite capabilities in a home system. [117]
Donkey Kong is regarded as the first game to use graphics to tell a story, [260] which GamesRadar+ said provided an unprecedented level of narrative depth. [250] Donkey Kong Country 's pre-rendered graphics featured a level of detail unprecedented in console games at the time, [261] [262] and inspired many imitators. [28]
Donkey Kong 64 is a 1999 platform game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.It is the only Donkey Kong game to feature 3D gameplay. As the gorilla Donkey Kong, the player explores themed levels to collect items and rescue his kidnapped family members from King K. Rool who seeks to destroy DK Isles.
Hank Chien is a former world record holder and two-time "Kong-Off" Champion of the video game Donkey Kong. [2] [3] As of January 2016, his personal best sits at 1,138,600.. Chien won the first Kong-Off, a Donkey Kong competition which occurred on March 19–20,
Donkey Kong Racing was developed by Rare as a console sequel to Diddy Kong Racing. [103] It was a racing game in which players rode on animals rather than vehicles. [104] Following the Microsoft acquisition, Rare attempted to rework Donkey Kong Racing as a Sabreman game for the Xbox and Xbox 360 before canceling it entirely. [104] [105]