This exchange was followed by the launch of the Famicom in 1983 ... struck a deal to include a copy of the arcade hit Donkey Kong with every ColecoVision, which unsurprisingly boosted sales ...

or Famicom, in Japan. The 8-bit console built on Nintendo’s early ‘80s arcade success, launching with versions of the popular games Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., and Popeye. It wasn’t an ...

This week: We've talked about the impact of Donkey Kong a lot in our Famicom and Sega SG-1000 retrospectives; now let's talk about the game itself. For millions of Japan's former children ...

By the time the Famicom arrived, Donkey Kong had made the rounds. After its glorious success in the arcades, it showed up in fairly horrible fashion on Atari 2600 and Intellivision, followed by a ...

The success of Donkey Kong in the early-80s allowed Nintendo to further explore the American and worldwide markets alike, and by the mid-80s release of the Famicom/NES, Donkey Kong was just one of ...

with one of the most well-loved examples of this being the original 1994 Donkey Kong Country for the Super Nintendo (aka the Super Famicom in Japan). Despite his games being in the same vein as ...

Even underappreciated narrative games like the Famicom Detective Club titles have seen a renaissance on the Switch. Although Donkey Kong Country Returns HD will be its definitive version ...

Nintendo fans got to play critically acclaimed entries in the company’s biggest franchises like Mario and Zelda, and we even saw the return of obscure ones like Another Code and Famicom ...

In 2010, Retro Studios revitalized one of the great franchises of the SNES era. Donkey Kong Country Returns gave Wii owners a new game that drew inspiration from the Rare developed trilogy ...

Or maybe not! Because what even is the Donkey Kong timeline? But let’s dig in… and wade into potential spoiler territory. While official artwork and box art for Donkey Kong Bananza — seen ...

After all, the first Super Mario Bros. was released on September 13, 1985, and the character’s first appearance in the Donkey Kong arcade dates back to the summer of 1981. So? The answer is ...