Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong was created when Shigeru Miyamoto was assigned by Nintendo to convert Radar Scope, a game that had been released to test audiences with poor results, into a game that would appeal more to Americans.
The result was a major breakthrough for Nintendo and for the videogame industry. Sales of the machine were brisk, with the game becoming one of the best-selling arcade machines of the early 1980s.
The gameplay itself was a large improvement over other games of its time, and with the growing base of arcades to sell to, it was able to gain huge distribution.
In 1981 Falcon created a legitimate clone of Donkey-Kong known as Crazy Kong for distribution in non-US markets.
Control keys
Arrows to move
Spacebar to Jump
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