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|title=Donkey Kong
|image=[[File:Donkey Kong - Logo.jpg|250px]]
|first=''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' ([[List of games by date#1981|1981]])
|latest=[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|''Donkey Kong'' (Game Boy)]] ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]])
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|parent=[[Donkey Kong (franchise)|''Donkey Kong'' franchise]]
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The '''''Donkey Kong''''' series is a video game series of the [[Donkey Kong (franchise)|''Donkey Kong'' franchise]], deriving from [[Donkey Kong (game)|the original 1981 arcade game of the same name]].

==List of games==
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]''
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|[[File:Donkey Kong NES Cover.PNG|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{releasedate|USA|1981}}Arcade Machine</span>
|In [[List of games by date#1981|1981]], Nintendo had their first blockbuster release with [[Shigeru Miyamoto]]'s creation - ''Donkey Kong''. Originally released in the arcades, ''Donkey Kong'' became a very popular game amongst gamers, eventually spawning many remakes and ports. In this game, [[Cranky Kong|Donkey Kong]] was the antagonist who kidnapped "[[Mario|Jumpman]]'s" girlfriend ([[Pauline]]). It was later ported to the many home systems including the Atari 2600, the Collecovison and the Nintendo Entertainment System. This is a simple platformer, where the player must control Mario while jumping and avoiding obstacles and making it to Donkey Kong.
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]''
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|[[File:Donkey Kong Jr. NES Cover.PNG|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{releasedate|USA|1982}}Arcade Machine
|The following year, another arcade game was created, ''Donkey Kong Jr.''. This time, the roles were reversed. Mario was the villain, and DK was a damsel in distress. Here, [[Donkey Kong Jr.]], Donkey Kong's son, had to save his kidnapped father from Mario. The gameplay is the same as the original Donkey Kong; Donkey Kong Jr. must avoid traps set off by Mario to save Donkey Kong by jumping and simply avoiding them.
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Donkey Kong 3]]''</span>
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|[[File:DK3 Cover.jpg|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{releasedate|Japan|1983}}Arcade Machine
|''Donkey Kong 3'' was the third installment of the ''Donkey Kong'' series, where [[Stanley (Donkey Kong 3)|Stanley]] fought DK. This game differed from its predecessors in that it is a shooter/platformer hybrid and did not include Mario as a character. 
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Donkey Kong Jr. Math]]''</span>
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|[[File:Dk jr math box.jpg|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{releasedate|Japan|1983}}NES
|''Donkey Kong Jr. Math'' was Donkey Kong Jr.'s second game, an edutainment title released in 1983 for the NES. Donkey Kong will hold up a sign, and Donkey Kong Jr. must find the numbers and math sign to get to that number to get a point.
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushuu]]''</span>
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|[[File:Donkey Kong 3 Dai Gyakushuu Title Screen.jpg|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{releasedate|Japan|1984}} [[wikipedia:NEC PC-6601|NEC PC-6601]]/[[wikipedia:PC-8801|PC8801]]/[[wikipedia:Sharp X1|X1]]</span>
|An obscure Japanese-only sequel to ''Donkey Kong 3'', ''Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushuu'' was developed and released by [[Hudson Soft]] for home computers in 1984. The gameplay is simplified compared to its forebear, with Stanley the Bugman's ability to jump removed, along with the need to remove plants, making it much closer to something like ''[[wikipedia:Galaga|Galaga]]''. 
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|''Donkey Kong'' (Game Boy)]]
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|[[File:Dmgdqa.jpg|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{releasedate|Japan|1994}}Game Boy</span>
|''Donkey Kong'' (also known as ''Game Boy Donkey Kong'' and ''Donkey Kong '94'') is the first ''Donkey Kong'' [[Game Boy]] Game in the series. This game is based on the original [[Donkey Kong (game)|''Donkey Kong'']] but is made longer.
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===Game & Watch===
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Donkey Kong (Game & Watch)|Donkey Kong]]''
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|[[File:G-w-donkeykong.jpg|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>June 3, 1982<br>[[Game & Watch]]</span>
|'''''Donkey Kong''''' is a dual-screen [[Game & Watch]] version of [[Donkey Kong (game)|the classic arcade game]]. The game was later ported to ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 2]]'' and ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 4]]''.
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (Game & Watch)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]''
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|[[File:Dkjrgw.jpg|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{releasedate|Japan|October 26, 1982|USA|October 26, 1982}}[[Game & Watch]]</span>
|'''''Donkey Kong Jr.''''' is a ''[[Game & Watch]]'' edition of ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'', based on the first level of the arcade game of the same name. As in the original arcade game, [[Donkey Kong]] is captured by [[Mario]], and [[Donkey Kong Jr.]] must save him. There are two major revisions - the original version in the New Wide Screen series, and the colorized game in the Table Top and Panorama Screen series released the following year with an entirely different level and obstacle layout. Only the New Wide Screen version was ported to ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 3]]'', ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 4]]'' and [[DSiWare]]. The game also has an indirect sequel in the form of ''[[Donkey Kong II]]'', based on later levels of the arcade game.
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Donkey Kong II]]''
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|[[File:GaW DK2.png|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{releasedate|USA|1983}} [[Game & Watch]]</span>
|''Donkey Kong II'' was a [[Game & Watch]] game that was very similar to ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' It was based on the third and fourth levels of Donkey Kong Jr. and had the same plotline, but Mario was absent. Its gameplay involved Donkey Kong Jr. unlocking several chains to free Donkey Kong. It was later re-released as part of ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 3]]''.
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Donkey Kong 3 (Game & Watch)|Donkey Kong 3]]''
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|[[File:Game_watch_donkey_kong_3-1-.jpg|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>August 20, 1984<br>[[Game & Watch]]</span>
|'''''Donkey Kong 3''''' is a [[Game & Watch]] title for either one or two players, released on August 20, 1984<ref>[http://www.intheattic.co.uk/donkey_kong_3.htm ''Donkey Kong 3'' info page on In The Attic, a website dedicated to classic videogames] Retrieved 13 November 2010</ref>. It was later included as a minigame in ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 4]]''.
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Donkey Kong Circus]]''
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|[[File:Dkcircus.jpg|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{releasedate|USA|1984}}Game & Watch</span>
|''Donkey Kong Circus'' is a Game & Watch title released as part of the ''Panorama'' series. Donkey Kong has been captured by Mario from his home and forced to put on a circus show to entertain the masses.
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Donkey Kong Hockey]]''
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|[[File:DKHockey.png|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{releasedate|USA|1984}}Game & Watch</span>
|''Donkey Kong Hockey'' is one of the few two-player Game & Watch games ever manufactured. Donkey Kong and Mario must engage each other in a two-player game of Ice Hockey.
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===Compilations===
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Jr./Mario Bros.]]''
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|[[File:Mario Bros.jpg|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{releasedate|USA|???}}Arcade Machine</span>
|'''''Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Jr./Mario Bros.''''' is an arcade system, only found in America, in which players could choose which of the three games they wanted to play. 
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Donkey Kong Jr. + Jr. Math Lesson]]''
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|[[File:Ss dkjr sl.png|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{releasedate|Japan|1983}}[[NES|Famicom]]</span>
|'''''Donkey Kong Jr. + Jr. Math Lesson''''' is a game released for the [[Family Computer]] in Japan. It is a compilation of the games ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. Math]]''. The game is not exactly a combination, but rather a "platter" of the two ''[[Donkey Kong (series)|Donkey Kong]]''-related games. Combining half of the 1- and 2-Player game modes from ''Donkey Kong Jr''. and the +-×÷ Exercise mode from ''Donkey Kong Jr''.
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Donkey Kong Classics]]''
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|[[File:Dk1.jpg|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{releasedate|USA|September 9, 1988|Europe|August 10, 1989}}NES</span>
|'''''Donkey Kong Classics''''' is a video game collection of the ''Donkey Kong'' series, consisting of the games ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]''. This compilation is for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], which was developed by [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD]].
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===Related===
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''
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|[[File:Dk64.jpg|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{releasedate|Europe|1999}}Nintendo 64</span>
|''Donkey Kong 64'' included the entire arcade version of the original ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' as a [[minigame]] which had to be played to complete the game.
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:''For more information on the series this game is part of, see [[Donkey Kong Country (series)|''Donkey Kong Country'' series]]''
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]''
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|[[File:Mvd.jpg|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{releasedate|USA|2004}}Game Boy Advance
|''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' is a game for the Game Boy Advance, which was originally planned as ''Donkey Kong Plus'', a sequel to the Game Boy ''Donkey Kong''. The final game retains most mechanics, but subsequent games in the series diverge radically from the template.

:''For more information on the series this game is part of, see [[Mario vs. Donkey Kong (series)|''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' series]]''
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===Canceled===
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Donkey Kong no Ongaku Asobi]]''
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|[[File:DKFwM.jpg|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>Unreleased<br>Famicom</span>
|'''''Donkey Kong no Ongaku Asobi''''' ('''''Donkey Kong's Fun with Music''''') is a [[List of canceled games and vaporware|canceled]] game set for release on the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]. It would have followed ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. Math]]'' as one of the edutainment games in the early [[Donkey Kong (series)|''Donkey Kong'' series]]. ''Donkey Kong no Ongaku Asobi'' starred the cast of the original ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' plus series newcomer [[Donkey Kong Jr.]] The game never surfaced, and seems to have only been announced in 1983 in a Japanese gaming magazine.
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Return of Donkey Kong]]''
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|<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>Unreleased</span>
|'''''Return of Donkey Kong''''' is a canceled [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] game announced in the ''Official Nintendo Player's Guide'' in 1987. Not much is known about the title. 
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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|[[Philips CD-i#Unannounced Donkey Kong title|Philips CD-i ''Donkey Kong'' game]]
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|<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>Unreleased</span>
| An untitled ''Donkey Kong'' game. It is likely that production stopped due to ''Donkey Kong'' being a separate license from ''Mario''.<ref>[http://cdii.blogspot.com/2010/12/rsp-say-they-worked-on-donkey-kong-on.html]</ref>
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