Nintendo's 800-pound gorilla in a 300-pound cabinet arrived in arcades across America 40 years ago this summer. By 1981's end, Donkey Kong had hoisted the Japanese electronics company on his broad ...

In a surprise no one foresaw, Cranky Kong appeared in the new Nintendo Switch title Donkey Kong Bananza. Long the cranky granddaddy of the Kong clan and venerable traditional favorite nostalgic ...

From the moment 4-year-old Cameron first stepped out into Glimmer in Spyro 2, he knew video games were going to play a central role in the rest of his life. Though he never planned to make it the ...

In 1981's Donkey Kong, the "jumpman" characters chased a humongous gorilla through a construction site to rescue a damsel in distress. The video game is now best remembered as the introduction of ...

Who was Nintendo’s first big star, Donkey Kong or Mario? It’s a chicken-or-the-egg question with no real answer, considering how they came up together. Their first game, 1981’s Donkey Kong, saw them ...

Nintendo fans have reacted with a mixture of shock and disbelief after an unearthed piece of Donkey Kong trivia shed new light on the character's fictional origins. Donkey Kong began life as a video ...

Working with Nintendo, and perhaps the surreal dreams of emulation enthusiasts, the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York, intends to offer a nearly 20-foot-tall, yet playable, version ...

Here are all of Donkey Kong's adventures since his debut on July 9, 1981. Which games have you played, finished, or collected? Log in and hit hit the [+] icons to create your library.