Its pack-in game, Super Breakout, was particularly criticized for not doing enough to demonstrate the system's capabilities, and this gave the ColecoVision a significant advantage when its pack-in, Donkey Kong, delivered a more authentic arcade experience than any previous game cartridge.

Atari 7800 with Donkey Kong Junior cartridge

Coleco licensed Nintendo's Donkey Kong as the official pack-in cartridge for all ColecoVision consoles, and this version of the game was well received as a near-perfect arcade port, helping to boost the console's popularity.

ColecoVision Donkey Kong Pack-in Game Cartridge

Some of the more popular games include Donkey Kong ( the pack-in ), Donkey Kong Jr., Carnival, Lady Bug, Mouse Trap, and Zaxxon.

* KAOS, the cyborgnetic leader of the Kremling Krew in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

Super Mario Kart features eight playable characters from the Mario series – Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Bowser, Donkey Kong Jr., Koopa Troopa and Toad.

These powers are specific to each character ; for example, Yoshi drops eggs which cause players who hit them to lose coins and spin, while Donkey Kong Jr. throws bananas.

The Donkey Kong character in later Mario Kart games is considered to be the grown-up version of Super Mario Karts Donkey Kong Jr.

Other games which reference the series are Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and the Animal Crossing series.

In Donkey Kong Country 3, one of the Bear Brothers mentions a traveler " interested in the castle " who attempted to pay for the information with Rupees.

Popular video games include: Turrican, Pac-Man, Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Frogger, Digger, Tetris and Golden Axe.

* Donkey Kong becomes the first ever Super Mario game.

Mario Kart: Super Circuit screenshot with ( L-R ) Bowser ( character ) | Bowser, Yoshi, Donkey Kong ( character ) | DK and Wario on Peach Circuit

The cast is made up of the same characters from Mario Kart 64 ( Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Bowser, Donkey Kong, Wario and Toad ).

According to this game, Peach was classified as lighter than Yoshi and Bowser was classified heavier than Donkey Kong, although most Mario games classify Peach being heavier than Yoshi while Bowser is lighter than Donkey Kong.

Yoshi made a cameo appearance in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest as one of the competiters in Cranky's Video Game Heroes show.

Since then he has starred in his own series of games, starting with 1994's Donkey Kong Country for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and remains an important character in the spin-off games of the Mario series, having since been replaced by Bowser as Mario's arch nemesis.

The Donkey Kong Country series introduced the setting, Donkey Kong Island, and backstory for the character.

The new Donkey Kong introduced in " Donkey Kong Country " was initially characterized as the grandson of the original Donkey Kong, who appears in the game as an elderly ape named Cranky Kong, however Donkey Kong 64 states that the current Donkey Kong was actually meant to be Cranky Kong's son, with one source implying that he is a grown-up version of Donkey Kong Jr.

However, in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Donkey Kong Country Returns, the current Donkey Kong is referred to as Cranky's grandson.

The story designs of the present DK series, which began with Donkey Kong Country, is clearly different, which Nintendo uses alteration of generations to explain.

The original Donkey Kong ( later established to be a younger version of Cranky Kong from the Donkey Kong Country series ) made his first appearance as the titular character of the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong alongside protagonist Mario ( then known as " Jumpman ") and damsel in distress, the Lady ( later renamed Pauline ).

The 1994 Super Nintendo Entertainment System game Donkey Kong Country, developed by British game developer Rare was the beginning of a series.

Despite his name being in the titles of both games, DK is the damsel-in-distress in the sequels Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble !, where he is captured by K. Rool.

The Donkey Kong Country series also inspired the Donkey Kong Land series and a television series.

In the 2010 Wii game, Donkey Kong Country Returns, Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong get rid of the Tiki Tak Tribe, who appears on Donkey Kong Island and hypnotizes various creatures.

is a platform game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo and was the last installment in the Donkey Kong Country trilogy until Nintendo announced Retro Studios would be developing the next installment, Donkey Kong Country Returns for the Nintendo Wii.

He received a spin-off called Diddy Kong Racing, and more recently as co-star to Donkey Kong in Donkey Kong Country Returns.

GamesRadar editor Dave Meikleham praised the inclusion of Donkey Kong as the main character in Donkey Kong Country Returns, calling Diddy Kong " rubbish.

Her work includes The Donkey Show, which ran off-Broadway for six years ; productions at the Chicago Opera Theatre ; and the Public Theater's 2008 production of Hair, which won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical.

Donkey Kong Country is a platform video game developed by Rare and originally released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System on November 21, 1994.

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest ( abbreviated to DKC2 ) is a 1995 adventure platform game developed for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System ( otherwise known as the " SNES ") produced by Rareware ( UK ) and published by Nintendo ( Japan )-with Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong starring as the main characters of the game.

As with the past two Donkey Kong Country games, a Game Boy Advance port was developed by Rare.

Donkey Kong Land is a video game developed by Rareware and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy.

Donkey Kong 64 is a platform game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.

Perkins also developed Have I Got News For You, Whose Line Is It Anyway ?, Drop The Dead Donkey and Father Ted for Hat Trick, many of which won awards including Baftas.

In 1915, he developed the world's first practical all metal aircraft design, the Junkers J 1 " Blechesel " ( Sheetmetal Donkey ), which survived on museum display in Berlin until World War II.

Despite the acquisition, Rare still kept developing games for Nintendo handheld consoles, as Microsoft is currently not participating in the handheld video game console market: In August 2003, Rare and Microsoft made a deal with THQ for Rare to publish games for the Game Boy Advance, which have included Sabre Wulf, a game based on an Ultimate character ; Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge, an interquel to the two Nintendo 64 games ; and It's Mr. Pants !, a puzzle game that was originally developed as " Donkey Kong: Coconut Crackers ", and featured the company's unofficial mascot.

Banjo-Kazooie was developed by the same team that developed Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest.

's production of The Donkey Show and it was soon decided to convert the theater into a full functioning club theater venue fitting the revolutionary club theater model and philosophy developed by The Donkey Show's creator Randy Weiner.

The company has developed games and series such as GoldenEye 007, Viva Piñata, Banjo-Kazooie, Killer Instinct, Conker, Perfect Dark, and many of the Donkey Kong games from as early as Donkey Kong Country in 1994 to as recent as Diddy Kong Racing DS in 2007.

Donkey Konga, a GameCube title developed by Namco and released in 2003, achieved widespread success by leveraging Nintendo's Donkey Kong brand.

Nintendo revived the Donkey Kong license in the 1990s for a series of platform games and spin-offs developed by Rare, beginning with Donkey Kong Country in.

The modern " cross " design was developed in 1982 by Nintendo's Gunpei Yokoi for their Donkey Kong handheld game.

is a GameCube rhythm video game starring the ape Donkey Kong, developed by Namco and published by Nintendo.

Donkey Konga was developed by the same team of people who made the Taiko: Drum Master series for the PlayStation 2.