The first Donkey Kong games were packaged in about 2,000 unsold Radarscope machines that Nintendo of America had in their warehouse. Originally titled "Stubborn Gorilla", Miyamoto used a Japanese-to-English dictionary to change the game's name to Donkey (Stubborn) Kong (Gorilla). After his appearance in Donkey Kong, Mario would become a plumber and the star of Miyamoto's infamous Mario Bros. Jumpman would later evolve into Mario, one of the most famous characters in video game history.
It is in this construction setting that players must navigate Jumpman up levels of steel girders while avoiding the barrel-throwing antics of Donkey Kong. The ape takes the girlfriend, Pauline, to a construction site where the owner, an Italian carpenter originally entitled Jumpman, tries to save her. He devised a story in which an ape escapes and kidnaps his owner's girlfriend. Under the supervision of Gunpei Yokoi, Nintendo's dean of engineering and the designer of the Game Boy, Miyamoto wanted to design a game with a storyline. Neither was the game a one-hit wonder it was the first game in what would become an extensive video game dynasty.ĭonkey Kong was the first video game for Nintendo newcomer Shigeru Miyamoto. and became the era's second most popular license after Pac-Man. Donkey Kong sold over 80,000 units in the U.S. After failing to break into the American market, Nintendo of Japan created Donkey Kong in hopes that it would be a hit for their U.S. In 1981, the struggling Nintendo of America released a game that would turn the company around: Donkey Kong.
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