Which characters come to mind when you think about the video game Rushmore? For many, Donkey Kong would be up there. It doesn’t matter whether you know the ape from the latest Mario Kart or back from ...

Donkey Kong made his first appearance in an arcade game in 1981. Rare developed a handful of Donkey Kong games from 1993 to 1999. Donkey Kong for the Game Boy is more than just a port of the arcade ...

Donkey Kong has had some good games, and some bad games. For every Tropical Freeze, there’s a King of Swing, and for every Jungle Beat, there’s a Donkey Konga. Most DK games have something unique ...

The arcade Donkey Kong presents a straightforward scenario: the titular great ape kidnaps a damsel in distress, initially known as Lady (later Pauline), and carries her to the top of a perilous ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Donkey Kong Arcade Carl Mueller Jr. Y'all ready to rock out to 'Bogey / Double Bogey' from NES classic Golf? Nintendo and Universal have registered a ...

But like Mario and even the pink puffball Kirby, he’s able to adapt to any genre he’s thrust in. While most of the titles that bear his name are platformers, DK has headlined everything from racers to ...

Donkey Kong Bananza will add even more chaos to the confounding timeline of the Donkey Kong games, which over the past 40-plus years, has been a tangled mess of contradictions and confusion. But ...

I ranked the Donkey Kong Country TV songs. I went back in time and wrote a recap on Donkey Kong history. Now it's only natural to bring these two concepts together and rank some Donkey Kong games. In ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Donkey Kong has been a core brand in the gaming industry for a similar length as Mario during the ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Donkey Kong Donkey Kong is an unreleased port for the TRS-80 based on the Nintendo arcade game of the same name from 1981. The hero of the Nintendo game is ...