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.

The Donkey brae run is held on the first Sunday of the festival and is popular nationwide, with a 7-mile race, 2-mile run and a 1-mile run for children.

The rock band from Pasadena, Ozma plays a balalaika on the song " Flight Of Yuri Gagarin "; it is derived from their partially Russian themed album Double Donkey Disc.

" Arkadaşım Eşşek " (" My Friend Donkey "), quickly grew very popular among children ( the song is about rural nostalgia and was not initially intended as a children's song ).

Other such weapons include the " Concrete Donkey ", one of the most powerful weapons in the game, which is based on a garden ornament in Andy Davidson's home garden, and an airstrike known in the game as Mike's Carpet Bomb was actually inspired by a store near the Team17 headquarters called " Mike's Carpets ".

The Butte is currently the home of the Thin Air Theatre Company that produces plays year-round including such shows as A Cripple Creek Christmas Carol, Werewolves of Poverty Gulch, The Christmas Donkey and The Vampire of Cripple Creek.

( DK ) is a fictional gorilla appearing in the Donkey Kong and Mario video game franchises.

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.

The modern Donkey Kong is portrayed as a powerful yet laid-back ape, who is interested mainly in his banana hoard and his girlfriend, Candy Kong.

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.

As Jumpman, the player must reach Donkey Kong at the top of each stage, where he is holding the Lady captive.

* Animated Critters: Interspersed within the show, besides the above mentioned chicken, were various applauding or laughing animated farm animals ; a kickline composed of pigs ; a pack of dogs that would chase an extremely bad joke teller ; three sultry pigs that twirled their necklaces ; a square dancing female pig and a male donkey ; a pair of chickens dancing, with one of them falling flat on its face ; the ubiquitous Hee Haw Donkey, who would say " Wouldn't that dunk your hat in the creek?

Because of his poor performance on the pitch, one Italian publication renamed their award given to the worst performance of the week, L ' asino della settimana ( Donkey of the Week ) to Bergkamp della settimana.

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.

In this game he had two new stages called " Jungle Japes " and " Kongo Jungle ", a version of the " DK Rap " from Donkey Kong 64 serves as stage music for Kongo Jungle ( the one difference in the lyrics being the word " heck " substituted from the word " hell ").

Donkey Kong has been described as one of the most iconic mascots for Nintendo.

The Nintendo 64 video game Donkey Kong 64 also had this system, at one part of the game when playing as Donkey Kong, the player can play the original Donkey Kong game.

In this version, player one controls Stanley the Bugman and computer player ( or player two ) controls Donkey Kong in a duel against each other using exterminating spray cans to move the bees to the other side of them to make the bees sting their opponents.

On one player mode, the higher player one as Stanley scores, the faster the spraying liquid on the side of computer player as Donkey Kong drops.

This is one of the only Donkey Kong games that has yet to be available on the Virtual Console, despite the fact that, unlike most of the games that Rare has made for the system ( such as the Banjo-Kazooie series and Conker's Bad Fur Day, among others ), Nintendo retains full rights to the game just as with the other games in the franchise ( Donkey Kong being their intellectual property ).

The rap also features the line " this Kong's one hell of a guy " ( referring to Chunky Kong ) of which is considered a profane explicative in most English speaking continents and being that Donkey Kong 64 is an E-rated game, this generated a small shock in observers of the song.

This version was also one of the selectable songs in Donkey Konga, but only has the parts of the first three characters.

He collaborated with the satirical sheet El Burro ( The Donkey ) and became later one of the principal contributors to the satirical magazine La Campana ( The Bell ).

Q * bert became one of the most merchandised arcade games behind Pac-Man and Donkey Kong.