The game ends when all lives are lost.Įach of the four single-screen stages represents 25 meters of the structure Donkey Kong has climbed: 25, 50, 75, and 100 meters. A life is lost when Mario touches Donkey Kong or any enemy object, falls too far, or lets the bonus counter reach zero. The player starts with three lives with a bonus life awarded at 7,000 points, adjustable via DIP switches.
Points are awarded for the following: leaping over obstacles destroying objects with a hammer power-up collecting items such as hats, parasols, and purses (presumably belonging to Pauline) removing rivets from platforms and completing each stage according to a steadily decreasing bonus counter. In addition to the goal of saving Pauline, the player has a score. With its four unique stages, Donkey Kong is the most complex arcade game of the time, and one of the first arcade games with multiple stages, following games such as 1980’s Phoenix and 1981’s Gorf and Scramble. Reissued by Atari in 1988 (CX-26143) Donkey Kong gameplayĪs the first platform game to feature jumping, Donkey Kong requires the player to jump between gaps and over obstacles or approaching enemies, setting the template for the future of the genre. Donkey Kong(c) is a 1981 arcade platform video game released by Nintendo.
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