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.

Every Mario Kart game has featured a version of Donkey Kong as a playable character.

Super Mario Kart featured Donkey Kong Junior as a playable character.

Donkey Kong was also featured on the Game & Watch Gallery handheld series and Tetris DS.

" Jumpman " was the original name used for Mario in the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong, which featured several elements that appear in Jumpman.

Unlike the previous installment, which featured a pirate high-seas adventure theme, this game has more of a mix between a mechanical theme ( especially the technological island of Mekanos ) and a generic theme similar to the first game, but unlike Donkey Kong Countrys often tropical sceneries, this game features locations much more similar to northern maritime and continental climates, including the presence of evergreen and deciduous forests, snowy mountains, cliffs, waterfalls and a group of allies called Brothers Bear.

On the same freestyle song titled " Warning ( Remix )" which also featured Uncle Murda released on October 3, 2011, Nick Cannon issued a " warning " to popular New York's Power 105. 1 morning show radio host Charlamagne Tha God after he previously named him his ' Donkey Of The Day.

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.

* The Mappy-Land theme is featured on Donkey Konga 3 and Technic Beat.

This game is the sequel to the video game Donkey Kong, which featured Mario as the hero and Junior's father as the villain.

The event focused on music from Nintendo and featured the titles Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Galaxy, Donkey Kong Country, Metroid, F-Zero, StarFox, Pikmin and The Legend of Zelda.

* " Donkey " creatures are featured on a number of cards, similar to the way chickens were featured in Unglued.

While it featured the same level names as Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest ( except for Castle Crush, changed to Dungeon Danger ; and Haunted Hall, changed to Krazy Koaster ), the level layouts were brand new, as well as some of the maps.

It featured an isometric gameplay grid and Donkey Kong-themed levels and modes.

An edited version of " Born Too Slow " was featured in the soundtrack for the video games Need for Speed: Underground and Donkey Konga 2.

It was followed by a sequel titled Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis, which featured a level designer.

It featured his relaxed crooner style performance sitting in a rocking chair, as well as a number of comic Irish songs, notably " Paddy McGinty's Goat ", " Delaney's Donkey ", and " O ' Rafferty's Motor Car ", on which he accompanied himself on acoustic guitar.

and released one more full-length album in late 1995, " Taking the World By Donkey ," which again featured a generous helping of acoustic guitars spiked with ridiculous lyrics.

Many feel the cartoon-style graphics are a big step back from the 3D rendered graphics featured in the Donkey Kong Country series.

* The jungle obstacle in the final season featured the Three Wise Monkeys who were designed after Donkey Kong.

Another cover of the song was featured in the European version of Donkey Konga.

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.

DK debuted at the same time as Mario, and he still spars with Mario on occasion, appearing as a playable character in the Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros. series, and is the primary antagonist in the Mario vs. Donkey Kong games.

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

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

The game was followed by a 2006 sequel titled Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis, where Donkey Kong, who is infatuated with Pauline, kidnaps her and takes her to the roof of the Super Mini-Mario World amusement park when she ignores a Mini Donkey Kong toy in favor of a Mini-Mario.

Donkey Kong appeared in Super Smash Bros. as the first character from the Donkey Kong series.

He appeared once more in Super Smash Bros. Brawl along with his sidekick Diddy Kong, and three stages – " Jungle Japes " from Melee, " Rumble Falls " from Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat, and " 75m " from the original Donkey Kong game from 1981.

Two minor enemies in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars bear a striking resemblance to Donkey Kong.

Both Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong, Jr. appear as minor antagonists in the Super Mario Bros .- based adventure book Doors to Doom.

The game added the ability to pick up and toss enemies and objects, a move that has become part of Mario's permanent repertoire, appearing in other Mario games including Super Mario Bros. 3, Donkey Kong ( Game Boy ), Super Mario World, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, Super Mario 64, Super Paper Mario, Super Mario Sunshine, New Super Mario Bros., New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2.