Donkey Kong Jr.
Developer(s)	Nintendo
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Designer(s)	Shigeru Miyamoto
Release date(s)	1982
Genre(s)	Platform
Mode(s)	Up to 2 players, alternating turns
Cabinet	Standard
Monitor	Raster, standard resolution (Used: 224 x 256) (Vertical)
Input	Joystick; 1 button

Donkey Kong Jr. is a 1982 arcade game by Nintendo. It eponymously stars Donkey Kong's son, who is trying to rescue Donkey Kong, who has been captured by Mario (presumedly at the conclusion of the first game, Donkey Kong). It is the second title in the Donkey Kong series of arcade games. Image File history File links Donkey_Kong_Junior. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... Nintendo (Japanese: 任天堂, ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 ) is an international company originally founded in Japan on November 6, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. ... Video game publishers are companies that publish video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer. ... Nintendo (Japanese: 任天堂, ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 ) is an international company originally founded in Japan on November 6, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. ... A game designer is a person who designs games. ... Shigeru Miyamoto with some of his creations, from left to right - Luigi, Wario, Donkey Kong, Mario, and Yoshi stuffed toys Shigeru Miyamoto (Japanese: 宮本茂, Miyamoto Shigeru, born November 16, 1952) is a Japanese electronic game designer. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a listing of computer and video game genres with brief descriptions and examples from each genre. ... This is a listing of computer and video game genres with brief descriptions and examples from each genre. ... This arcade cabinet, containing Centipede, is an upright. ... Nineteen inch (48 cm) CRT computer monitor A computer display, monitor or screen is a computer peripheral device capable of showing characters and/or still or moving images generated by a computer and processed by a graphics card. ... Suppose the smiley face in the top left corner is an RGB bitmap image. ... For other uses, see Joystick (disambiguation). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Centipede by Atari is a typical example of a 1980s era arcade game. ... Nintendo (Japanese: 任天堂, ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 ) is an international company originally founded in Japan on November 6, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. ... Donkey Kong in 2004 Donkey Kong (Japanese: ドンキーコング) is a gorilla character from Nintendo that appeared in many video games since 1981. ... For over 20 years, Mario has been Nintendos official mascot. ... Donkey Kong (Japanese: ドンキーコング; Donkii Kongu) is an arcade game released by Nintendo in 1981. ...

Description

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As Donkey Kong Jr., the player attempts to rescue the character's father, Donkey Kong. The game includes numerous climbing and jumping puzzles. The little ape's only defense is fruit, which can be dropped on snapjaws , nitpickers and sparks to kill them. Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ... Donkey Kong, Jr. ... Families Hylobatidae Hominidae Apes are the members of the Hominoidea superfamily of primates, including humans. ... Fruit stall in Barcelona, Catalonia. ... // Snapjaw A Snapjaw is a minor video game enemy from the arcade game Donkey Kong Jr. ...

The game has four levels with similar goals. After completing the four levels, the levels start over again with increased difficulty. Up to two players may play the game, taking turns.

The game's cabinet is a standard upright and its controls consist of a joystick, two buttons to select the number of players, and a single button which makes Donkey Kong Jr. jump. For other uses, see Joystick (disambiguation). ...

Legacy

This is the second in the series of three arcade games featuring Donkey Kong. The original game was wildly successful and popular, but the other games in the series only achieved limited success. As a matter of fact, the original Donkey Kong was still very popular after these sequels were released and often got more play than them.

Even so, Donkey Kong Jr. is regarded as one of the Top 100 Video Games by the Killer List of Videogames. The Killer List of Videogames (or simply KLOV) is a web site devoted to cataloging arcade games past and present. ...

Donkey Kong Jr. is also a milestone in that it is the only game to feature Mario as a villain. A typical cartoon villain. ...

In the opening intro, there appear to be two Marios pulling up Donkey Kong's cage. One fan-developed theory here is that the other Mario could be Luigi, who would be introduced in Mario Bros. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... For the similar-sounding NES game, see Super Mario Bros. ...

The game later spawned a cereal which featured fruit-flavored cereal pieces shaped like bananas and cherries. Donkey Kong Jr. is shown on the box wearing a red shirt with a big yellow J printed on the front.

Ports

Like most arcade games of this era, this game was ported to many home systems, including the video game consoles NES, Game Boy Advance, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, ColecoVision and Intellivision. A video game console is a dedicated electronic machine designed to play video games. ... Nes is: A municipality in the county of Akershus in Norway, see Nes, Akershus. ... The Game Boy Advance (often shortened to GBA) is a handheld video game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo. ... The Atari 2600, released in 1977, is the first successful video game console to use plug-in cartridges instead of having one or more games built in. ... The Atari 7800 is a video game console released by Atari in 1986 (a test market occurred in June 1984). ... The ColecoVision The ColecoVision is Colecos second generation video game console, released in August 1982. ... The Intellivision is a video game console released by Mattel in 1980; development of the console began in 1978 (less than a year after the introduction of its main competitor, the legendary Atari 2600). ...

Screenshot Gallery

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External links

• Donkey Kong Jr. at MobyGames
• The KLOV entry on Donkey Kong Jr.
• A Java version of the game