MB (Milton Bradley) released a board game based on this video game (same name) in 1982. A Donkey Kong unit appears in the 1983 movie 'WarGames', the 1984 movie 'Gremlins', the 1985 movie 'The Heavenly Kid', and the sitcom 'Two and a Half Men' (Season 5, Episode 2 - People Who Love Peepholes). ![]() Donkey Kong inspired a catchy hit song by Buckner and Garcia called 'Do The Donkey Kong' released on the 'Pac-Man Fever' album. Pac-Man" - the two best selling games ever. Instead, it was stuck at #2 behind mega hits "Pac-Man" and "Ms. Oddly, despite it being one of the ten best selling games of the golden age of video games, it never reached #1 on Replay's popularity charts. Mario wears a hat so his head is distinguishable from the game's black backgrounds. The mustache is present merely to indicate where Mario's mouth is, again due to the low graphics resolution imposed by hardware limitations. Mario's appearance (and consequently his career) was dictated by the primitive graphics hardware of the time - the only way to have his arms appear 'separate' to his torso was to have them as a different color - hence he wears 'dungarees'. Although Mario is a plumber in later games, his career in Donkey Kong is that of a carpenter. Many sources claim that they all felt sure it would be an absolute disaster while others say they were more optimistic. Accounts differ as to how Nintendo of America felt about the game before its release. Mario was originally called 'Jumpman' only the arcade version of Donkey Kong has ever called the hero Jumpman most home coversions, particularly the NES version, game him the Mario name. Mario was named after Mario Segale, the landlord of Nintendo of America's first warehouse location in Seattle (though it was debated whether this occurred before or well after the game was released). After the game's massive success Nintendo quickly established their headquarters of Nintendo of America to ensure that the game was being distributed properly. Before Donkey Kong, Nintendo was having difficulty establishing itself in these markets. Donkey Kong was to be Nintendo's first big breakthrough into the western - and particularly American - arcade scene. TRIVIA Donkey Kong was released in July 1981 in the USA. These are fairly rare and feature slightly different gameplay. The red upright versions are actually "Radar Scope" cabinets that have been factory-converted to Donkey Kong. titles would work on these monitors (forcing operators to buy conversion kits for those games instead of a competitors game). Because only Donkey Kong series games and Vs. ![]() This simple little monitor change basically launched the entire Nintendo Vs. ![]() It requires a 'Nintendo Compatible' monitor (a normal monitor will display the picture like that of a photographic negative). This game does not use a standard arcade monitor. They have orange-ish sticker style side-art (with Mario and Kong on them), with control panel, marquee, and monitor bezel graphics to match. TECHNICAL The blue uprights (which are the most common), are a very rectangular affair, with quite a lot of artwork. For more information about the game itself, please see the original Japanese upright version entry. Arcade Video game published 41 years ago: Donkey Kong © 1981 Nintendo of America, Incorporated.
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