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4 unusual facts about Donkey Kong


Child Rebel Soldier

Behind them is a green screen showing scenes from various retro video games, including Donkey Kong, Galaga, and Space Invaders.

Donkey Kong

In the case, Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd., a United States District Court ruled that Universal had acted in bad faith, and that it had no right over the name King Kong or the characters and story.

Donkey Kong Land III

Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong have already taken off to find it, leaving a disgruntled Dixie Kong behind.

Page orientation

Portrait mode is popular with arcade games that involve a vertically oriented playing area, such as Pac Man and Donkey Kong.


Intel MCS-48

Another variant, the ROM-less 8035, was used in Nintendo's arcade game Donkey Kong.

Video game conversion

Later, other third-party developers and publishers such as Activision and Coleco became involved producing, among others, games like Donkey Kong for the Atari 2600.


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Don Leicht

In 1982, art writer Glenn O'Brien in a review in Artforum magazine states, "Leicht’s piece consists of a sequence of creatures that exist only on a video screen- Pac Man, Donkey Kong, and other Atari-type stable mates.

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

Takashi Nagasako, who previously did the voice of Ganondorf in The Legend of Zelda series, does the voice of Donkey Kong and has continued the role in the years that followed.

Mark London Williams

:*"Bigfoot Vs. Donkey Kong" art by Phil Hester with Marc Erickson and Fredd Gorham (The Big Bigfoot Book (ISBN 1-885418-07-8), Mojo Press 1996)