Donkey Kong Jr.

a.k.a. ドンキーコングJr.

published by Nintendo in 1983-07-15, developed by Nintendo EAD, running on Nintendo Entertainment System
type: platformer
genre: Mario universe
series: Donkey Kong, Mario
perspective: side view
player options: single player
languages: eng
3.5/5
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Personal review

Donkey Kong Jr. was one of the launch games for the Famicom/NES release in Japan. An excellent arcade conversion, especially considering the release date of 1983. The game is a little improvement of the original Donkey Kong gameplay, although the concept stays basically the same with the only difference that now Mario is the bad guy (kind of) and Junior Kong wants to rescue his father. All in all a good game for its time and surely a classic, though very limited when compared to later platform games from the post 'Super Mario Bros' era.

# 2012-10-04 04:16:06

Official description

Based on the popular arcade game, Donkey Kong Jr. is the sequel to the immensely successful Donkey Kong. Play as Donkey Kong's son, Junior, and rescue your dad who has been kidnapped and imprisoned in a cage by Mario. Use your jumping and climbing abilities to clamber up vines and chains, gather vital fruit and keys, and open the cage to free your father. Make sure you avoid the pesky birds, nasty electric sparks, and creepy chompers! Four different worlds filled with numerous climbing and jumping puzzles await you in this timeless classic.

# 2011-05-12 23:30:03 - official description

Technical specs

hardware: NES Classic,
display: raster

Authors / Staff

management

Hiroshi Yamauchi (executive producer)
Masayuki Uemura (producer)

design

Shigeru Miyamoto (concept design)

coding

Toshihiko Nakago (program)

audio

Hirokazu Tanaka (sound)
Yukio Kaneoka (sound)

External review - average: 70%

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