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In 1981, the nascent video game industry was forever altered by a new arcade cabinet from Nintendo,

a company then best known as a Hanifuda card manufacturer.

Directed by Legend of Zelda creator Shigaru Miamoto and produced by the father of the game boy

Gumpay Yokoi, Donkey Kong was a sensation.

Introducing the world to its titular ape antagonist and the player surrogate, a

mustachio and red overalls then known as jump man and today known as Mario.

Unfortunately the coin op triumph of Donkey Kong was not reflected in its home versions, often shoddy ports

due to inferior console hardware, or its sequels, the less successful Donkey Kong Jr, and the

baffling Donkey Kong 3, a crude shooter in which the player assumes control of Stanley, the exterminator.

And while Mario would become a jump-up superstar in his own franchise, the Donkey Kong IP would be relatively unexplored after its breakout launch.

Until the early 1990s, when Nintendo entrusted the character to UK developer, Rare.

The end result, 1994's Donkey Kong country for the Super Nintendo was a charming and tough as nails platformers with then stunning 3D rendered characters and an inspired soundtrack by David Wise.

The rare reboot breathed new life into the Donkey Kong cannon, reimagining the barrel-tossing lady kidnapper as a necktie wearing jungle defender, and significantly expanding the Kong family.

New characters included nimble ball cap-wearingitty kong, surfer dude war profiteer

funky kong, sexy sultry simeon candy kong, and testy white beard cranky kong, widely

speculated to be the original decay. Two Super NES sequels

added to the Kong count by introducing Dixie Kong, Kitty Kong, Swanky Kong and

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