Control Jumpman (later known as Mario) and save his girlfriend, Pauline, from the evil barrel-tossing gorilla known as Donkey Kong. Designed by Shigeru Miyamoto, this was the game that set the template for the platformer genre.
First released
Jul 9, 1981
Aliases
Arcade Archives: Donkey Kong
Franchises
Donkey Kong, Mario, Arcade Archives
Developed by
Nintendo R&D1, Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd., SRD Co. Ltd., Culture Brain Inc., Ikegami Tsushinki, Sentient Software, K-Byte
Published by
Nintendo, Falcon, CBS Electronics, Coleco, Sega, Atari, HAMSTER Corporation, Ocean Software Ltd.
Platforms
Game Boy Advance, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Commodore 64, MSX, ZX Spectrum, Nintendo Entertainment System, Atari 8-bit, VIC-20, Atari 2600, ColecoVision, TI-99/4A, Intellivision, Atari 7800, Arcade, Wii Shop, Famicom Disk System, PC, Nintendo 3DS eShop, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, Coleco Adam
Genres
Action, Platformer
Rating
ESRB: E, CERO: A, PEGI: 3+
Releases
- 2600 - Donkey Kong United States
- 2600 - Donkey Kong United States
- 3DSE - Donkey Kong: Original Edition Japan
- 3DSE - Donkey Kong: Original Edition United States
- 3DSE - Donkey Kong: Original Edition United Kingdom
- 3DSE - Donkey Kong United States
- 7800 - Donkey Kong United States
- A800 - Donkey Kong United States
- ADAM - Donkey Kong United States
- APL2 - Donkey Kong United Kingdom
- ARC - Donkey Kong United States
- ARC - Crazy Kong Japan
- ARC - Congorilla United States
- ARC - Crazy Kong Part II Japan
- ARC - Donkey Kong Japan
- C64 - Donkey Kong United States
- CPC - Donkey Kong United Kingdom
- CVIS - Donkey Kong United States
- FDS - Donkey Kong Japan
- GBA - Classic NES Series: Donkey Kong United States
- GBA - Donkey Kong (e-Reader) United States
- GBA - Famicom Mini: Donkey Kong Japan
- GBA - NES Classics: Donkey Kong United Kingdom
- INTV - Donkey Kong United States
- MSX - Donkey Kong United Kingdom
- NES - Donkey Kong United States
- NES - Donkey Kong United Kingdom
- NES - Donkey Kong Japan
- NSW - Arcade Archives: Donkey Kong United States
- NSW - Donkey Kong United States
- PC - Donkey Kong United States
- SPEC - Donkey Kong United Kingdom
- TI99 - Donkey Kong United States
- VC20 - Donkey Kong United States
- WiiU - Donkey Kong Japan
- WiiU - Donkey Kong United Kingdom
- WiiU - Donkey Kong United States
- WiiU - Donkey Kong Australia
- WSHP - Donkey Kong United States
- WSHP - Donkey Kong Japan
- WSHP - Donkey Kong United Kingdom
- WSHP - Donkey Kong: Original Edition United Kingdom