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==History== | ==History== | ||
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Donkey Kong was created when [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] was assigned by Nintendo to convert Radar Scope, a poorly selling arcade game in the U.S., into a game that would have more appeal to gamers. The result was a major breakthrough for Nintendo and for the video game industry. Sales of the machine were brisk, with the game becoming the best-selling arcade machine of all time in its era. The gameplay itself was the first of its time. With the growing base of arcades to sell to, the game was able to gain huge distribution. A little well-known fact is that Donkey Kong was the first appearance of Nintendo's world famous [[Mario]] character - known as '''Jumpman''' in this game. The machine was Nintendo's first worldwide success. | Donkey Kong was created when [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] was assigned by Nintendo to convert Radar Scope, a poorly selling arcade game in the U.S., into a game that would have more appeal to gamers. The result was a major breakthrough for Nintendo and for the video game industry. Sales of the machine were brisk, with the game becoming the best-selling arcade machine of all time in its era. The gameplay itself was the first of its time. With the growing base of arcades to sell to, the game was able to gain huge distribution. A little well-known fact is that Donkey Kong was the first appearance of Nintendo's world famous [[Mario]] character - known as '''Jumpman''' in this game. The machine was Nintendo's first worldwide success. | ||