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 ...

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 ...

It would have followed Popeye no Eigo Asobi and released alongside Donkey Kong Jr. Math as one of the edutainment games based on the Famicom's launch titles. Donkey Kong no Ongaku Asobi starred ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...