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Donkey Kong Jr by Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo on the Atari 2600

Donkey Kong Jr. is a 1982 arcade-style platform video game by Nintendo. It first appeared in arcades

General Information

Developer - Shigeru Miyamoto

Publisher - Nintendo

Release - 1983

Platform(s) - Atari 2600

Number of Players - Multiplayer

Genre - Action, Platform

Over the course of the 1980s, was later released for a variety of platforms, most notably the Nintendo Entertainment System. The game's title is written out as Donkey Kong Junior in the North American arcade version and various ports to non-Nintendo systems. Its eponymous star,

Donkey Kong Jr., also called simply Junior or abbreviated as DK Jr., is trying to rescue his father Donkey Kong, who has been imprisoned. Donkey Kong's cage is guarded by Mario, in his only appearance as an antagonist in a video game. This game is the sequel to the video game Donkey Kong, which featured Mario as the hero and Junior's father as the villain.

Mario (known as Jumpman in Donkey Kong) has captured Donkey Kong and placed him in a cage. Donkey Kong Jr. must rescue his father from Mario by working his way through a series of stages. Mario attempts to stop DK Jr. by releasing animals and putting obstacles in his way. When DK Jr. succeeds at the final level, Donkey Kong is freed and kicks Mario into the distance, leaving him to an unknown fate.

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