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.

" 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 ).

Its rapid production schedule was inspired by UK series Drop The Dead Donkey, where each episode was written and taped in a single week and scripts were closely based on the real news stories of the preceding seven days.

The first release was Donkey Ride, a collaboration with Quantic, released in May 2008.

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 ".

Desmond's ( 1989 – 94 ) was the first British sitcom with a black cast set in the workplace, and Drop the Dead Donkey ( 1990 – 98 ) brought topicality to the form as it was recorded close to transmission.

Another variant, the ROM-less 8035, was used in Nintendo's arcade game Donkey Kong.

Mario Bros. was created by Shigeru Miyamoto and Gunpei Yokoi, two of the lead developers for the video game Donkey Kong.

While Mario was originally portrayed as a carpenter in Donkey Kong, the duo of Mario and Luigi in Mario Bros. were styled as Italian plumbers by Miyamoto, on the suggestion of a colleague.

Software constraints of the time — similar to those that gave Mario his distinctive look in Donkey Kong — meant Luigi's first appearance was restricted to a simple palette swap of Mario designed to represent the second player.

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.

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.

Donkey Kong resumed his antagonistic role in Donkey Kong 3, this time the character Stanley The Bugman taking Mario's place as the protagonist.

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.

Donkey Kong Jr. makes a guest appearance in the game on some levels, helping his father hinder Mario's progress.

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 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 ).

Donkey Kong featured in Super Mario Strikers for the GameCube and made his first appearance on the Wii within the title Mario Strikers Charged as a playable soccer captain.

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

It was the first Donkey Kong game not produced or directed by Shigeru Miyamoto, the character's original creator ; instead, it was produced by Tim Stamper, although Miyamoto was still involved with the project.

Donkey Kong 3 was also the first game to bear the current Donkey Kong logo ( although the logo in the game was green instead of red ).

Donkey Kong Country 2 also focuses more on the seaside and pirate-themed apparel of the enemies whereas in the first game the apparel was themed like the jungle.

Dixie Kong makes her first appearance in this game in the succession of the Donkey Kong franchise.

Wrinkly Kong, wife of Cranky Kong and mother of Donkey Kong, makes her first appearance in this game.

Donkey Kong Country 2 starts where the first game's final boss was located.

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.

The third installment in the Donkey Kong Country series tracks the player's progress through the game using a percentage similar to the first 2.

Cranky Kong, jealous of all the success Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong have had from Donkey Kong Country, states that their first adventure was such a big hit because of all the fanciful graphics and sound.

Donkey Kong 64 was the first game to require the Expansion Pak, which provides 4 MB more RAM for enhanced graphics and more expansive environments ( the only other game to require the Expansion Pak for any gameplay whatsoever was The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask ; all others were optional with the exception of Perfect Darks limited gameplay ).