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Donkey Kong [c] is a 1981 arcade video game developed and published by Nintendo.As Mario (also sometimes known at the time as "Jumpman"), the player runs and jumps on platforms and climbs ladders to ascend a construction site and rescue Pauline from a giant gorilla, Donkey Kong.
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 King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is a 2007 American documentary film about competitive arcade gaming directed by Seth Gordon.It follows Steve Wiebe in his attempts to take the high score record for the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong from Billy Mitchell.
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]
1981 Sega/Gremlin releases Space Fury, the first color vector arcade game. [20] Nintendo releases Donkey Kong, which was one of the first platform games. It was also the game that introduced Mario (named simply "Jumpman" at the time) to the video game world. Namco releases Galaga, sequel to Galaxian.
Donkey Kong was originally intended to be made with Popeye characters, but at the time, Nintendo was unsuccessful at securing the licensing from King Features Syndicate. [150] Q*bert: 1982 Gottlieb: Became one of the most merchandised arcade games behind Pac-Man and Donkey Kong. [151] [152] Robotron 2084: 1982 Williams Electronics
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The Kong-Off is an annual competitive Donkey Kong tournament, [8] to date held from 2010 to 2019. The inaugural Kong-Off was won by Hank Chien in New Jersey. Jeff Willms won a small cash prize at the 2013 Kong-Off 3 tournament, [9] which was held in Denver between 22 competitors. [36]