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Donkey Kong

1981 video game
VideoGame video_game Q12384
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Donkey Kong

Summary

Donkey Kong is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,964 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Donkey Kong's instance of is recorded as video game[3].
  • Donkey Kong was directed by Shigeru Miyamoto[4].
  • Donkey Kong was published by Q8093[5].
  • Donkey Kong's genre is platform game[6].
  • Donkey Kong was produced by Gunpei Yokoi[7].
  • Donkey Kong's developer is recorded as Nintendo Research & Development 1[8].
  • Donkey Kong's developer is recorded as Ikegami Tsushinki[9].
  • Donkey Kong's developer is recorded as Q8093[10].
  • Donkey Kong's part of the series is recorded as Donkey Kong[11].
  • Donkey Kong's part of the series is recorded as Mario[12].
  • Donkey Kong's Commons category is recorded as Donkey Kong (1981 video game)[13].
  • Donkey Kong's platform is recorded as Game Boy Advance[14].
  • Donkey Kong's platform is recorded as Atari 2600[15].
  • Donkey Kong's platform is recorded as Atari 7800[16].
  • Donkey Kong's platform is recorded as Commodore VIC-20[17].
  • Donkey Kong's platform is recorded as ZX Spectrum[18].
  • Donkey Kong's platform is recorded as DOS[19].
  • Donkey Kong's platform is recorded as Nintendo Entertainment System[20].
  • Donkey Kong's platform is recorded as Commodore 64[21].
  • Donkey Kong's platform is recorded as MSX[22].
  • Donkey Kong's platform is recorded as Commodore Amiga[23].
  • Donkey Kong's platform is recorded as arcade video game machine[24].
  • Donkey Kong's platform is recorded as Famicom Disk System[25].
  • Donkey Kong's platform is recorded as ColecoVision[26].
  • Donkey Kong's platform is recorded as Nintendo e-Reader[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Donkey Kong was published by Q8093[5]. It was produced by Gunpei Yokoi[7]. It was directed by Shigeru Miyamoto[4].

Publication

Donkey Kong was published on July 9, 1981[28]. Its genre is platform game[6]. Series this is part of include it[11] and Mario[12].

Subject and Themes

Series this is part of include Donkey Kong[11] and Mario[12].

Why It Matters

Donkey Kong ranks in the top 1% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,964 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Abu Isa at-Tirmidhi Apple II DOS Famicom Disk System Japan joystick Nintendo Nintendo e-Reader Nintendo Research & Development 1 Shigeru Miyamoto Texas Instruments TI-99/4A

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → 1981 video game
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