which was also developed by Shigeru Miyamoto. The success of the original game spawned several ports, and a sequel, Donkey Kong Jr.
It was re-released for Wii, Wii U, and 3DS in 20, as Donkey Kong Original Edition.
DONKEY KONG MEMES SERIES
The NES version was re-released on the e-Reader in 2002 and for the Game Boy Advance Classic NES series in 2004. The original arcade version appears in the Nintendo 64 game Donkey Kong 64. The NES version was re-released as an unlockable game in Animal Crossing for the GameCube and on the Wii's Virtual Console. Both Donkey Kong and its sequel, Donkey Kong Jr., are in the 1988 NES compilation Donkey Kong Classics. The game was converted to the Family Computer in 1983 as one of the system's three launch games and re-released for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Other conversions include the Atari 2600, Colecovision, Amiga 500, Apple II, Atari 7800, Intellivision, Commodore 64, Commodore VIC-20, Famicom Disk System, IBM PC, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX, Atari 8-bit family, and Mini-Arcade versions. Miyamoto created a greatly simplified version for the Game & Watch multiscreen. In the game, Jumpman (renamed Mario) must ascend a construction site while avoiding obstacles such as barrels and fireballs to rescue his girlfriend Pauline from Donkey Kong. The gameplay itself was a large improvement over other games of its time, and with the growing base of arcades to sell to, it was able to gain huge distribution.
Sales of the machine were brisk, with the game becoming one of the best-selling arcade machines of the early 1980s alongside Pac-Man and Galaga. The result was a major breakthrough for Nintendo and for the videogame industry. The original Donkey Kong video game running on the Nintendo Entertainment SystemÄeveloped by Nintendo R&D1 and released in July 1981, The original Donkey Kong arcade game was created when Shigeru Miyamoto was assigned by Nintendo to convert Radar Scope, a game that had been released to test audiences with poor results, into a game that would appeal more to Americans.
Donkey Kong is a video game series created by Shigeru Miyamoto.