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Donkey Kong

The second official port of Donkey Kong for the Commodore 64 was developed by Ocean Software. It is more faithful to the original game.

31 December 1986

Donkey Kong is an arcade developed by Ocean Software, released 31 December 1986 on Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Donkey Kong is

Donkey Kong is an arcade game developed by Ocean Software and released in 1986. It is available on Commodore C64/128/MAX only.

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 54th of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Family Computer Golf: Japan Course in 1987.

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What it launched against

Donkey Kong launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Rebelstar.

Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Rebelstar.

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When did Donkey Kong come out?
Donkey Kong was released on 31 December 1986 for Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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