Donkey Kong
1981 video game
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Summary
Donkey Kong is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,658 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Shigeru Miyamoto[3]
- Publisher: Nintendo[4]
- Genre: platform game[5]
- Producer: Gunpei Yokoi[6]
- Developer: Nintendo Research & Development 1[7], Ikegami Tsushinki[8], Nintendo[9]
- Part of the series: Donkey Kong[10], Mario[11]
- Commons category: Donkey Kong (1981 video game)[12]
- Platform: Game Boy Advance[13], Atari 2600[14], Atari 7800[15], Commodore VIC-20[16], ZX Spectrum[17], DOS[18], Nintendo Entertainment System[19], Commodore 64[20], MSX[21], Commodore Amiga[22], arcade video game machine[23], Famicom Disk System[24], ColecoVision[25], Nintendo e-Reader[26]
- Game mode: multiplayer video game[27], single-player video game[28]
- Review score: 58%[29]
- Input device: joystick[30]
- Country of origin: Japan[31]
- Publication date: July 9, 1981[32], October 15, 1986[33], June 1986[34], July 15, 1983[35]
- Characters: Mario[36], Donkey Kong[37], Pauline[38]
- ESRB rating: Everyone[39]
- CERO rating: A (All ages)[40]
- PEGI rating: PEGI 3[41]
- USK rating: USK 0[42]
- Inspired by: King Kong[43]
- Published in: Donkey Kong Classics[44]
- Title: ドンキーコング[45], Donkey Kong[46]
- Australian Classification: G[47]
- KMRB film rating: All[48]
Why It Matters
Donkey Kong has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]