Donkey Kong (series)
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The most common logo in the franchise.
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| Genres |
Platformer Action-adventure Puzzle Racing |
| Developers |
Nintendo Rare (1994-1999) Namco (2003-2005) Paon (2005-2007) Retro Studios (2010-Present) |
| Publishers | Nintendo |
| Creators | Shigeru Miyamoto |
| Platforms | Arcade, Game & Watch, Intellivision, ColecoVision, Atari 2600, TRS-80 CoCo, Atari 8-bit Computer, TI-99/4a, IBM PC Booter, Commodore 64, Commodore VIC-20, BBC Micro, MSX, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Atari 7800, Nintendo Entertainment System, Famicom Disk System, Game Boy, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, e-Reader, GameCube, Nintendo DS, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U |
| Platform of origin | Arcade |
| Year of inception | 1981 |
| First release |
Donkey Kong July 9, 1981 |
| Latest release |
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze February 14, 2014 |
| Spin-offs |
Mario Donkey Kong Country Banjo-Kazooie Conker Mario vs. Donkey Kong |
Donkey Kong (ドンキーコング Donkī Kongu?, [dõŋ.kiː kõŋ.ɡu͍]) is a series of video games featuring the adventures of a gorilla character called Donkey Kong, conceived by Shigeru Miyamoto in 1981. The franchise mainly comprises two different game genres, plus spin-off titles of various genres.
The games of the first genre are mostly single-screen platform/action puzzle types, featuring Donkey Kong as the in an industrial construction setting. Donkey Kong first made his appearance in the 1981 arcade machine called Donkey Kong, in which he faced Mario, now Nintendo's flagship character. This game was also the first appearance of Mario, pre-dating the well-known Super Mario Bros. by four years. In 1994, the series was revived as the Donkey Kong Country series, featuring Donkey Kong and his clan as protagonists in their native jungle setting versus a variety of anthropomorphic enemies, usually against the Kremlings, a clan of crocodiles, and their leader King K. Rool. These are side-scrolling platform games. Titles outside these two genres have included rhythm games (Donkey Konga), racing games (Diddy Kong Racing), and edutainment (Donkey Kong Jr. Math).
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