Editing Arcade Classics Series

The '''Arcade Classics Series''' is a North American marketing label for [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] ports of arcade games that were popular back in the 1980s. These games were released separately in Japan for the [[Family Computer]] but grouped as a series when released in North America in 1986. There are four ports belonging to ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong (franchise)|Donkey Kong]]'' series of games. Unlike the arcade originals, these ports have two difficulty settings, A (beginner) and B (expert).

==Main games==
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!width=15% style="background-color: #d9d9d9;font-size:125%;text-align:left" colspan="2"|Title 
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!width=15% style="background-color: #e0e0e0;"|Cover, original release and system
!width=85% style="background-color: #e0e0e0;"|Synopsis 
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]''
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|align="center"|[[File:Donkey Kong NES Cover.png|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|Japan|July 15, 1983}} [[Family Computer]]</span>
|Plot is the same as the arcade version. There are a few programming changes to make it work for a NES such as the removal of [[50m]] (50m was also removed in the Atari 2600, Intellivision, ColecoVision, and Atari 7800 versions) and cutscenes but the title screen received [[Opening (Donkey Kong)|new music]]. This was one of the three launch titles for the Famicom along with ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' and ''{{wp|Popeye (video game)|Popeye}}''.
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]''
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|align="center"|[[File:Donkey Kong Jr NES Cover.png|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|Japan|July 15, 1983}} [[Family Computer]]</span>
|Plot is the same as the arcade version. There are a few programming changes to make it work for a NES such as shortened cutscenes. Unlike the Atari 2600 version, [[Stage 2 (Donkey Kong Jr.)|Stage 2]] isn't removed in this version. Unlike the Intellivision and ColecoVision versions, [[Stage 3 (Donkey Kong Jr.)|Stage 3]] isn't removed in this version.
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]''
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|align="center"|[[File:Mario Bros NES Cover.png|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|Japan|September 9, 1983}} [[Family Computer]]</span>
|Plot is the same as the arcade version. There are a few programming changes to make it work for a NES such as the removal of cutscenes, invisible platforms, and [[icicle]]s.
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Donkey Kong 3]]''
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|align="center"|[[File:Donkey Kong 3 NES Box NA.png|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{release|Japan|July 4, 1984}} [[Family Computer]]</span>
|Plot is the same as the arcade version. There are a few programming changes to make it work for a NES such as shortened cutscenes.
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