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Donkey Kong
Where Mario was born
Nintendo1981Platform, Arcade
Emulator
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The Story
Donkey Kong was Shigeru Miyamoto's first game, designed to rescue Nintendo's struggling US operation after Radar Scope failed in American arcades. The running man was called Jumpman. His enemy was a giant ape. The woman he was rescuing was Pauline. Two years later, Jumpman had his own name — Mario — and his own game. Donkey Kong is where the entire Nintendo universe begins.
Trivia
01
Miyamoto named the gorilla 'Donkey Kong' believing 'donkey' meant 'stubborn' in English
02
The original US distributor sued Nintendo claiming it infringed on King Kong — Nintendo won
03
Steve Wiebe vs. Billy Mitchell high score rivalry became the documentary King of Kong
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