Donkey Kong, the classic SNES game
Feb 7th, 2010 by Nintendo DSi
People who can remember Donkey Kong on the SNES have probably grown up with the gaming revolution and this game probably holds many different memories for many different people. The general aim was to jump the barrels being tossed at you by some huge ape.
Donkey Kong Country was the first incarnation of this timeless classic which was unleashed in the mid nineties. It was arguably ahead of its time in the gaming world with both the visual aspect of the game and the controls. The main consoles that reviled each other in those days were the Nintendo, (from the original NES to be followed by the Super Nintendo (SNES)), Sega, who had the master system and then Mega Drive and also the PC gamers. Donkey Kong helped Nintendo conquer this revelry.
From the early stages of dodging the barrel throwing ape, Donkey Kong evolved into a game that meant completing various stages to recover the haul of bananas that had been stolen. The player had a number of lives which could be added to by collecting all the bananas from each level and being awarded one life per 100 bananas. This is the same process later seen with the hugely popular Nintendo game series, Mario where coins are the bananas replacement. Nintendo also bought in another dimension by allowing players to choose between 2 characters. The original Donkey Kong or his younger brother, Diddy Kong.
The overall success of this game was wide and helped make Nintendo into the main console gaming giant you see today with various incarnations of this game appearing throughout the years.
You can find classic Nintendo games for the NES in our online store, just check out the link below.
Original NES Games – store page
