Tonight at a glance
- Platforms
- Arcade
- Mode
- Single player
- Age rating
- PEGI 3
- Violence
- Mild
The story
Donkey Kong is not only Nintendo's first real smash hit for the company, but marks the introduction for two of their most popular mascots: Mario (originally "Jumpman") and Donkey Kong. The game is a platform-action game that has Mario scale four different industrial themed levels (construction zone, cement factory, an elevator-themed level, and removing rivets from girders) in an attempt to save the damsel in distress, Pauline, from the big ape before the timer runs out. Donkey Kong is also notable for being one of the first complete narratives in video game form, told through simplistic cut scenes that advance the story.
- Action
- high score
- gorilla
- damsel in distress
- retroachievements
- cranky kong
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
Production
- Rating
- 72 / 100 · 213 players
- Developer
- Nintendo, Ikegami Tsushinki
- Publisher
- Nintendo
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
