Donkey Kong Jr.
The first Game & Watch version of Donkey Kong Jr. is the first game in the New Wide Screen series. It is a single-screen single-player game.
Donkey Kong Jr. is an arcade developed by Nintendo, released 26 October 1982 on Game & Watch.
What Donkey Kong Jr. is
Donkey Kong Jr. is an arcade game developed by Nintendo and released in 1982. It is available on Game & Watch only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
After the events of Donkey Kong, Mario has captured Donkey Kong as revenge for kidnapping his lady friend and Donkey Kong Jr. has to save him. However, every time Donkey Kong Jr. gets close to freeing his father, Mario just pushes him further away.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Mario series
Donkey Kong Jr. is the ninth of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Donkey Kong in 1983.
What it launched against
Donkey Kong Jr. launched on 26 October 1982, within three weeks of Q*bert, The Hobbit: A Software Adventure, Time Pilot and Millipede.
Released around the same time: Q*bert, The Hobbit: A Software Adventure, Time Pilot, Millipede.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 2 videos →
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Quick answers
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