Donkey Kong Junior
This is the Atari 2600 port of the homonymous arcade game.
31 December 1983
Donkey Kong Junior is a platform developed by Coleco, released 31 December 1983 on Atari 2600.
What Donkey Kong Junior is
Donkey Kong Junior is a platform game developed by Coleco and released in 1983. It is available on Atari 2600 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
After the events of Donkey Kong, Mario has captured Donkey Kong as revenge for kidnapping his lady friend and Donkey Kong Jr. has to save him. However, every time Donkey Kong Jr. gets close to freeing his father, Mario just pushes him further away.
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 Junior is the 27th of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Donkey Kong Junior in 1983.
What it launched against
Donkey Kong Junior launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac and Zoo Keeper.
Released around the same time: The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, Zoo Keeper.
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When did Donkey Kong Junior come out?
Donkey Kong Junior was released on 31 December 1983 for Atari 2600.
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