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Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong has kidnapped Pauline, and it is up to Mario, the fearless carpenter, to come to her rescue. Throwing fate to the wind, Mario tries desperately to climb the labyrinth of structural beams from the…

15 July 1983

Donkey Kong is an arcade developed by Nintendo R&D2, released 15 July 1983 on Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii and Family Computer.

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What Donkey Kong is

Donkey Kong is an arcade game developed by Nintendo R&D2 and released in 1983. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii, Family Computer, Family Computer Disk System and Nintendo Entertainment System.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Donkey Kong has kidnapped the beautiful Lady and taken her to a dangerous construction site. Mario must climb to the top of the construction site and rescue Lady from the giant ape.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Mario series

Donkey Kong is the 20th of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Mario Bros. in 1983.

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When did Donkey Kong come out?
Donkey Kong was released on 15 July 1983 for Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii, Family Computer, Family Computer Disk System and Nintendo Entertainment System.

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