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Donkey Kong

The Amstrad CPC port of Donkey Kong was developed by Ocean Software.

26 July 1986

Donkey Kong is an arcade developed by Ocean Software, released 26 July 1986 on Amstrad CPC.

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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 Amstrad CPC 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 49th of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was I Am a Teacher: Super Mario Sweater in 1986.

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When did Donkey Kong come out?
Donkey Kong was released on 26 July 1986 for Amstrad CPC.

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