Donkey Kong
The Texas Instruments TI-99/4A of Donkey Kong was developed by Atari, Inc., under the Atarisoft label.
Donkey Kong is an arcade developed by Nintendo, released 1 January 1983 on Texas Instruments TI-99.
What Donkey Kong is
Donkey Kong is an arcade game developed by Nintendo and released in 1983. It was published by Atari. It is available on Texas Instruments TI-99 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.
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 tenth of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Donkey Kong II in 1983.
What it launched against
Donkey Kong launched on 1 January 1983, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong, Evolution and Grand Prix.
Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Evolution, Grand Prix.
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