Donkey Kong (disambiguation)

Donkey Kong made his appearance as the antagonist in Donkey Kong for the arcades. While relegated to cameos in the NES era, Donkey Kong eventually scored his own groundbreaking series in Donkey Kong Country. Today, Donkey Kong remains a key franchise in Nintendo's repertoire.

Arcade
Donkey Kong(1981) When the American branch of Nintendo was nearing financial ruin, young artist Shigeru Miyamoto was designed with creating and developing a game that would save the fledgling Nintendo of America. What he came up with was Donkey Kong.

Roughly translating to "silly gorilla", Donkey Kong escaped the cruel care of his master Mario (or Jumpman, as he was known in Japan) and took the beautiful Pauline hostage. In order to stop Mario, Donkey Kong threw barrels that would roll down the construction site. In the end, however, Donkey Kong was defeated and once again a captive.