Donkey Kong
The Atari 2600 port of the hit arcade Donkey Kong differs from the original version in gameplay and has two stages instead of the original four.
Donkey Kong is an arcade developed by Nintendo, released 1 July 1982 on Atari 2600.
What Donkey Kong is
Donkey Kong is an arcade game developed by Nintendo and released in 1982. It was published by Coleco. It is available on Atari 2600 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 fifth of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Donkey Kong in 1982.
Official trailer
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