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| {{Infobox Arcade Game |title = Donkey Kong
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| |image = [[Image:Donkey Kong arcade.PNG|255 px|Jumpman's hammer has just destroyed a barrel]]
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| |developer = [[Nintendo]]
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| |publisher = [[Nintendo]]
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| |release = 1981
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| |genre = Retro/Platform
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| |modes = Up to 2 players, alternating turns
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| |cabinet = Standard, mini and cocktail
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| |arcade system =
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| |monitor = Raster, standard resolution 224 x 256 (Vertical) 256 Colors
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| |input = Joystick, 1 button
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| |ports =
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| |notes = Introduced the [[Mario]] and [[Donkey Kong]] characters; #3 most popular game in the [[KLOV]]
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| }}
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| '''Donkey Kong''' was Nintendo's first big hit in America. It also marked the first appearances of [[Mario]] and [[Donkey Kong]].
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| In this game, Donkey Kong had kidnapped Mario's girlfriend, [[Pauline]]. As Mario, your job was to get past Donkey Kong's obstacles to save Pauline.
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| When the game was first released, the hero was simply known as Jumpman and was a carpenter. Jumpman was later changed to Mario, supposedly because of a resemblance to Nintendo's landlord.
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| In addition to the arcade version, ''Donkey Kong'' was ported to the [[NES]], [[Famicom Disk System]], [[Atari 2600]], [[Atari 7800]], [[ColecoVision]], and [[IntelliVision]].
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| The game sold well and is considered a classic among classic game enthusiasts. It is one of four to the [[Nintendo Hall of Fame]]!
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| == Official Story Quoted From Nintendo of America ==
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| "HELP! HELP!" cries the beautiful maiden as she is dragged up a labyrinth
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| of structural beams by the ominous Donkey Kong. "SNORT. SNORT". Foreboding
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| music warns of the eventual doom that awaits the poor girl, lest she
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| somehow be miraculously rescued. "But, wait! Fear not, fair maiden. Little
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| Mario, the carpenter, is in hot pursuit of you in this very moment".
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| Throwing fate to the wind, risking life and limb, or worse, little Mario
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| tries desperately to climb the mighty fortress of steel, to save the lovely
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| lady from the evil Mr. Donkey Kong. Little Mario must dodge all manner of
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| obstacles - fireballs, plummeting beams and a barrage of exploding barrels
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| fired at him by Donkey Kong. Amidst the beautiful girls' constant please for
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| help, your challenge is to maneuver little Mario up the steel structure,
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| while helping him to avoid the rapid-fire succession of hazards that come
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| his way.
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| As little Mario gallantly battles his way up the barriers, he is taunted and
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| teased by Donkey Kong, who brazenly struts back and forth, beating his
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| chest in joyful exuberance at the prospect of having the beautiful girl all
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| to himself. It is your job to get little Mario to the top. For it is there,
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| and only there, that he can send the mighty Donkey Kong to his mortal doom.
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| Leaving little Mario and the beautiful girl to live happily ever after.
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| "SIGH. SIGH".
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| [[image:Donkeykongflier.jpg|thumb|left|The flier for the game, which was handed out in arcades and places like Toy Stores and such.]]
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| == Interesting Facts ==
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| *Donkey Kong was the second platformer ever made, Space Panic being the first in history.
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| *Donkey Kong's original engine was actually a heavily edited engine of Space Panic.
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| *Pauline, according to the manual for the game, had blond hair. However, in the newer [[Mario Vs. Donkey Kong (series)|Mario Vs. Donkey Kong games]], Pauline has brown-maroon hair.
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| ==External links==
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| * [http://dkmegasite.vgfort.com/ Donkey Kong Megasite]
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| * [http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=D&game_id=7610 The Killer List of Video Games entry on ''Donkey Kong'']
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| * [http://www.arcade-history.com/history_database.php?page=detail&id=666 Arcade History Database entry for Donkey Kong]
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| * [http://www.mobygames.com/game_group/sheet/gameGroupId,502/ MobyGame's entry on the ''Donkey Kong'' consumer games]
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| * [http://dmoz.org/Games/Video_Games/Platform/Donkey_Kong_Series/ Category at ODP]
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| [[Category:Games]]
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| [[Category:Donkey Kong Games]]
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| [[Category:Arcade games]]
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