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Donkey Kong

The Apple II port of Donkey Kong was developed by Atari, Inc., under the Atarisoft label. It was released as a floppy disk.

1 December 1983

Donkey Kong is an arcade developed by Nintendo, released 1 December 1983 on Apple II.

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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 Apple II 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 23rd 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 1 December 1983 for Apple II.

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