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Donkey Kong

1981

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Donkey Kong is an arcade game released by Nintendo in 1981. An early example of the platform game genre, the gameplay focuses on maneuvering the main character across a series of platforms while dodging and jumping over obstacles. (wikipedia.org)

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Donkey Kong

1981

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Jerky

21 Oct 2019

The only game you're actually playing here, is the game where you try to keep your money from this quarter swallowing monstrosity.

21 Oct 2019

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Mentaculus

04 Feb 2018

Best played on an arcade machine than any other format. There's something ominous about this big unmovable box holding an evil giant gorilla hurling crap at this little Jumpman controlled only by a tiny stick, that is simply lost now.

04 Feb 2018

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BillyShears

26 Jan 2018

I'm just drawn to small Italians having garbage lobbed at them by angry lusty apes.

26 Jan 2018

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SirSass

25 Jan 2018

Potential Donkey Kong kill screen coming up.

25 Jan 2018

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simhoop

19 Feb 2025

Even today it's quality shines through. Iconic images, characters, gameplay and sound at the beginning of the arcade golden age. It's punishingly difficult but that's part of the draw. The basic premise of high scores no longer seems to hold any sway which may be it's only limitation in modern times.

19 Feb 2025

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layoreo

09 Dec 2022

short and sweet

09 Dec 2022

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Moribunny

02 Oct 2022

Hard and unrewarding.

02 Oct 2022

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Antonio P

22 Oct 2019

Games where the ending is a glitch on the scoreboard. It doesn't have a story so you'll just keep playing the same 3 levels over and over until you game over. Not a great game. I just find it ok.

22 Oct 2019

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BadFurDay

23 Sep 2019

Meh.

23 Sep 2019

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howabe

20 May 2018

The sound of not-yet-Mario's footsteps might be one of the most obnoxious sounds in gaming.

20 May 2018

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martryn

11 May 2018

I hated this game.

11 May 2018

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maddog

06 May 2018

Mario before he was even Mario. Important more for the nostalgia and relevance to iconic character history than being a great game. You jump barrels and try to rescue the girl. That's about it.

06 May 2018

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Heliophage

05 Apr 2018

The archetypal platformer--well, at least until Mario learned the art of scrolling to the right. It plays just fine, though there are reasons the conventions on jumping and falling have moved on (though there are also plenty of less forgiving platformers that followed in its footsteps).

05 Apr 2018

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RedShift338

02 Apr 2018

I played this in the arcade and on Commodore 64. I guess I never really enjoyed this game, even though I played it a lot. 8(

02 Apr 2018

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future42

05 Mar 2018

Play the Game Boy version instead

05 Mar 2018

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sensei

24 Feb 2018

One of the classics that I can't stand. If you grew up with Super Mario Bros. (NES), reverting to the more realistic jump physics in Donkey Kong will be an unpleasant task. Also, fuck Billy Mitchell (Silly Bitchell).

24 Feb 2018

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JSchlansky

03 Feb 2018

I'd rather jump over barrels thrown by a gorilla in real life

03 Feb 2018

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Ytadel

28 Jan 2018

Simply iconic and responsible for much of what we now recognize as platforming tropes and whatnot, though I admit it's just too difficult and stiffly-controlling for me to genuinely enjoy it as much more than a curiosity.

28 Jan 2018

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