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[[File:dkmachine64.jpg|thumb|right|The arcade machine found in the Frantic Factory.]] | [[File:dkmachine64.jpg|thumb|right|The arcade machine found in the Frantic Factory.]] | ||
*The twenty-second board is the final level of the game; Mario instantly dies within eight seconds of playing in the level, regardless of how many lives the player has left. This bug, known as a kill screen, happens due to a programming oversight in which the game does not have enough memory to continue. Games such as ''Pac-Man'' and ''Duck Hunt'' also have kill screens. | *The twenty-second board is the final level of the game; Mario instantly dies within eight seconds of playing in the level, regardless of how many lives the player has left. This bug, known as a kill screen, happens due to a programming oversight in which the game does not have enough memory to continue. Games such as ''Pac-Man'' and ''Duck Hunt'' also have kill screens. | ||
*Donkey Kong was the second platformer ever made | *Donkey Kong was the second platformer ever made; the 1980 game ''[[wikipedia:Space Panic|Space Panic]]'' was the first. | ||
*[[Intelligent Systems]]' own [http://www.intsys.co.jp/english/software/index.html website] claims credit for developing the NES port for Nintendo, but neither the cartridge nor title screen mentions the company. | *[[Intelligent Systems]]' own [http://www.intsys.co.jp/english/software/index.html website] claims credit for developing the NES port for Nintendo, but neither the cartridge nor title screen mentions the company. | ||
*There is an alternate rendition of the game called ''Crazy Kong'', which was apparently licensed by Nintendo for non-US market distribution. Home ports exist as well. | *There is an alternate rendition of the game called ''Crazy Kong'', which was apparently licensed by Nintendo for non-US market distribution. Home ports exist as well. | ||