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.

Donkey Kong was Mario's first opponent in Nintendo's popular 1981 arcade game, Donkey 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.

Yoshi also appeared in two of the McDonald's Happy Meal promotions of Mario toys which only starred Mario, Donkey Kong, and Yoshi himself.

While retaining the red necktie he's had since the 1994 Game Boy remake of Donkey Kong, he also donned a distinct physical appearance featuring heavy brows and a peaked lock of hair on top of his head.

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

He also once again appeared as the antagonist in Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again and Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini Land Mayhem.

Donkey Kong also appears in Mario Party DS and in Mario Party 9.

Donkey Kong also appears in Mario Superstar Baseball.

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

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.

Unlike Yoshi's Island, it now also features Princess Peach, Donkey Kong, Bowser, and Wario joining Mario as infants.

The game also features mini-games such as a tennis version of a shooting gallery where, as Donkey Kong, the player must hit the banana targets on the wall to earn points in a set amount of time.

Rhythm games generally use controllers resembling musical instruments, such as guitars ( from 5-button guitars in Guitar Freaks, the Guitar Hero series, the Rock Band series to real guitars in Rock Band 3 and Rocksmith ), keyboards ( Rock Band 3 ), drums ( Donkey Konga, Drum Mania, the Rock Band series and the Guitar Hero series ), or maracas ( Samba de Amigo ) have also seen some success in arcades and home consoles.

Its grave is marked by an unusual stone, also known locally as the " Donkey Stone ".

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 ).

Killing all the bugs will also cause Donkey Kong to exit the screen and the game will go to next level.

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.

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.

It is the last Mario Party game to have Donkey Kong as a playable character, and it is also the last Mario Party game to have Wario wearing his classic long-sleeve shirt.

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.