Donkey Kong

From the arcade ladder that started it all to the rare handheld remakes — the ape who launched a company and never stopped climbing.

10 games in this room

Donkey Kong for game boy advance (1981) — collector's guide and memories from players worldwide.

Game Boy Advance

Donkey Kong

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platform game · 1981

Donkey Kong is a 1981 platform game for the game boy advance, developed by Nintendo Research & Development 1, directed b…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Donkey Kong 3

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Shoot 'em up · 1983

Donkey Kong 3 (1983) is the third entry in Nintendo's arcade trilogy and its most radical departure — a fixed shoot 'em …

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Sega executives saw the early demo and concluded they needed new hardware. Donkey Kong Country (Super Famicom, 1994) — pre-re

Super Famicom / SNES

Donkey Kong Country

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Platform / Action · 1994

Released in 1994 for the Super Famicom/SNES, Donkey Kong Country stunned the world with pre-rendered 3D graphics created…

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Game Boy

Donkey Kong

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Puzzle Platformer · 1994

Released in 1994, the Game Boy version of Donkey Kong began as a faithful recreation of the four-stage arcade game — and…

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Rare programmer Paul Machacek convinced co-founder Tim Stamper to build an original game rather than port Donkey Kong Country

Game Boy

Donkey Kong Land

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Platform · 1995

Developed by Rare and released in 1995, Donkey Kong Land brought the world of Donkey Kong Country to the Game Boy — not …

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David Wise rebuilt the DKC2 score from scratch — the Game Boy's limits added harmonics the original lacked. Donkey Kong Land

Game Boy

Donkey Kong Land 2

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Action / Platformer · 1996

Released in 1996, Donkey Kong Land 2 is Rare's Game Boy adaptation of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest — one of…

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Nintendo 64

Diddy Kong Racing

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Racing · 1997

Released in 1997, Diddy Kong Racing distinguished itself from Mario Kart 64 by adding a full adventure mode with an over…

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Grant Kirkhope was told to make the DK Rap as bad as possible — and it became iconic. Donkey Kong 64 (N64, 1999), five Kongs,

Nintendo 64

Donkey Kong 64

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Platform / Collectathon · 1999

Donkey Kong 64 (1999) is the definitive collectathon — the genre's grandest, most expansive expression, and for many its…

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One level exists that was never in the SNES original. DKC for GBC (Rare, 2000) hides Necky Nutmare in Chimp Caverns. Released

Game Boy Color

Donkey Kong Country

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Action-Platformer · 2001

Donkey Kong Country for Game Boy Color (2000) is Rare's port of the landmark 1994 SNES platformer, re-released on the sm…

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Controlled entirely with bongo drums — left, right, both to jump, clap to attack. Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (GameCube, 2004), E Uncommon

Nintendo GameCube

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

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Platform · 2004

Released in 2004, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat was controlled entirely by the DK Bongos — the drum peripheral originally bund…

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