About the Game
History
How to Play
Geneology
Imitations
Links

Original Release
Arcade

Other Releases
Apple II
Atari 2600
Atari 5200
Atari 7800
Atari 8-Bits
Commodore 64
Commodore Amiga
Commodore VIC-20
ColecoVision
Game Boy
Intellivision
Famicom / NES
PC (DOS/Windows)
TI-99/4A
TRS-80 CoCo

Picture Galleries
Coming Soon

Screenshot Galleries
Title
How High
Screen 1
Screen 2
Screen 3
Screen 4
Hammer
End of Screen
End of Level

Audio Clip Galleries
Title
Intro
Lost Life
End of Screen
End of Level

Donkey Kong Geneology

Donkey Kong has become a cash cow for Nintendo, starring in many different games in the arcade and across all of Nintendo's home consoles. Below are just a few highlights from his long resume.

1981 - Donkey Kong - Mario must save his girlfriend from the big, stubborn ape!

1982 - Donkey Kong Junior - Mario has exacted his revenge and caged Donkey Kong! It's up to Junior to get his daddy free!

1983 - Donkey Kong 3 - The ornery ape is up to his old tricks, this time wrecking havoc in a greenhouse. Stanley the Bugman must defend his prized greenery and smoke Donkey Kong out!

1983 - Mario Bros. - Mario gets a starring role, and a brother, Luigi. Together, Mario and Luigi must clean up a basement filled with all sorts of creepy crawlies. See the entry for Mario Bros. for the further exploits of Mario and Luigi.

1983 - Donkey Kong Jr. Math - Daddy and Junior team up to teach arithmetic to the little players.

1994 - Donkey Kong - More than just a port, this Game Boy release builds on the familiar characters and plot of the first game to create a new gaming experience where puzzle solving is as important as running, jumping and hammering. Nintendo piled on more portable puzzles with 2004's Mario vs. Donkey Kong for the Game Boy Advance, and 2006's Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis for the Nintendo DS.

1994 - Donkey Kong Country - A platformer in the spirit of Sonic the Hedgehog, released for the Super Nintendo. Two sequels followed. Kong cohort Diddy Kong, who later became the star of his own games, was introduced in this series.

1995 - Donkey Kong Land - The Game Boy's answer to Donkey Kong Country allowing platforming on the go. Again, two sequels followed.

1999 - Donkey Kong 64 - Donkey Kong gets a new dimension in this 3D platformer for the Nintendo 64.

2003 - Donkey Konga - Donkey Kong meets Dance Dance Revolution, only instead of stepping, players must beat on drums and clap their hands to the patterns given on screen. The Game Cube saw three Donkey Konga titles in all, plus Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, which applied the drum controls to a somewhat untraditional platformer.

2005 - DK: King of Swing - Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong swing through this Game Boy Advance entry.