List of Donkey Kong video games

• The arcade version was developed by Nintendo.
• Shigeru Miyamoto created it to replace the failed arcade game Radar Scope and to keep Nintendo afloat as a company.^[1]
• Donkey Kong was a huge success and sold thousands of cabinets.^[1]
• The game introduced both Jumpman (now known as Mario) and Donkey Kong, two of Nintendo's most successful characters.^[1]
• It was re-released in a number of home console versions, most of which were not developed by Nintendo, but instead by other third party developers.^[1]
• Most of the home console versions cut at least one of the four levels originally seen in the arcade version.^[1]
• Coleco manufactured the tabletop miniarcade version.^[8]

• The arcade version was developed by Nintendo.
• Donkey Kong Junior is the sequel to the first Donkey Kong arcade game.^[1]
• Jumpman's name was changed to Mario in this title.^[33]
• Mario also became the antagonist in Junior rather than retain his role as the protagonist from the first game.^[1]
• The game was re-released in a number of home console versions similar to the extent of the original Donkey Kong by third-party developers.^[1]
• Coleco and Nintendo manufactured the tabletop miniarcade version.^[8]

• The arcade version was developed by Nintendo.
• Instead of Mario, the player controls Stanley, who has to shoot Donkey Kong from below with pesticide in order to drive him away from his garden.^[1]
• The game is a shooting game instead of a platform game like the previous Donkey Kong games.^[1]

• The game was developed by Capcom.

• The game was developed by Capcom.
• Sequel to Donkey Kong: Jungle Fever.

• The game was developed by Nintendo.
• The game has two modes: one is a two-player mode in which the objective is to add numbers up to what Donkey Kong is holding, and the other is a single-player mode in which the player must solve algebraic equations.^[1]

• The game is the first in the series to be developed by Rare.^[1]
• It sold over eight million cartridges.^[1]

• The game was developed by Rare.^[1]
• It features Diddy Kong and his girlfriend Dixie Kong instead of Donkey Kong.^[1]

• The game was developed by Rare.^[48]
• It features Dixie Kong and her cousin Kiddy Kong instead of Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong.^[1]
• Sales were lower due to the release of the Nintendo 64 system two months before the game's release.^[48]

• The game was developed by Rare.^[49]
• Rare inserted two playable characters from their other games that were still in development: Banjo and Conker.^[50]
• It was later re-released for the Nintendo DS as Diddy Kong Racing DS with extra content.^[50]

• The game was developed by Rare.^[51]
• Donkey Kong 64 is an adventure game in the vein of Super Mario 64 and Banjo-Kazooie.^[52]

• The game was developed jointly by Namco and Nintendo.^[54]
• Copies of the game came packaged with the DK Bongos peripheral.^[53]
• It is a rhythm game in the vein of the Dance Dance Revolution series.

• The game was developed by Namco.^[56]
• Copies of the game came packaged with the DK Bongos peripheral.^[55]
• It plays similar to its predecessor, but features a different track list.^[56]

• The game was developed by Nintendo EAD.^[59]
• Players can control the game with a GameCube controller or the DK Bongos peripheral.^[59]
• Some copies of the game came packaged with the Bongos peripheral.^[57]
• It was later re-released for the Wii with New Play Control! and widescreen support.

• The game was developed by Namco.^[61]
• Played with the DK Bongos peripheral.
• It was released exclusively in Japan.^[60]

• The game was developed by Paon.^[62]
• It is a kart-style racing game.
• The game was originally developed for GameCube and then moved to Wii.^[63]

• The game was developed by Retro Studios.^[64]
• It was re-released on the Nintendo 3DS as Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, and later on the Nintendo Switch as Donkey Kong Country Returns HD.
• Based on the Donkey Kong Country games that were released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.^[65]

• The game was developed by Retro Studios.
• It is a sequel to Donkey Kong Country Returns.

• The game was developed by Nintendo EPD.
• It is the second 3D platformer in the Donkey Kong series, following Donkey Kong 64.^[67]

• The handheld was developed by Nintendo.
• Like the arcade Donkey Kong, Mario must climb a building while avoiding barrels; however, beating the game is different from the arcade version. The player must trigger a lever on the upper screen, activating a hook, which Mario must then jump on to and catch. If the player succeeds, a peg will be removed and Mario will return to the starting point, but if the player does not, Mario will fall to the ground and lose a life. Removing all available pegs in this manner will cause Donkey Kong's platform to collapse, and he will fall to the ground.
• Donkey Kong was released in a dual-screen format.^[69]
• This Game & Watch version was later re-released in Game & Watch compilation games for the Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance.^[68][70]
• It was included as one of the games in Game & Watch Collection, a Club Nintendo exclusive release for Nintendo DS.

• The handheld was developed by Nintendo.
• Donkey Kong Junior was released in a widescreen format.^[69]
• This Game & Watch version of Donkey Kong Junior was later re-released in Game & Watch compilation games for the Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance^[68][70] and as DSiWare download in 2010.^[71]

• The handheld was developed by Nintendo.
• Donkey Kong II, a Game & Watch sequel to Donkey Kong Junior, was released in a wide-screen format in 1983.^[69]

• The handheld was developed by Nintendo.
• Donkey Kong Circus was an original title developed for the Game and Watch series.^[73]

• The handheld was developed by Nintendo.
• A version of this game was included in Game & Watch Gallery 4 for the Game Boy Advance.

• The handheld was developed by Nintendo.
• Donkey Kong Hockey was an original title developed for the Game and Watch series.^[75] It was developed by Nintendo R&D1 and released in 1984 as part of the Game & Watch Micro Vs. series. The game features one LCD screen and two attached control pads. The hockey features Donkey Kong as one of the players and Mario as the other.

• The game was developed by Nintendo.
• The game is based on the original Donkey Kong; it features the first four arcade levels, but from there, features ninety-six more levels and becomes a hybrid between Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., and Super Mario Bros. 2.^[1]
• The game was later re-released for Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console download.
• On March 7, 2025, the game was re-released as part of Nintendo Switch Online's Game Boy application.

• Like the arcade Donkey Kong, Mario must climb a building while avoiding barrels.

• The game was developed by Rare.^[1]
• Donkey Kong Land is a platform game in the vein of Donkey Kong Country.^[1]
• The graphics are enhanced if played via the Super Game Boy.^[1]

• The game was developed by Rare.^[81]
• It is extensively based on Donkey Kong Country 2, but due to the limitations of the Game Boy system, it is missing several features and has radically different level designs.^[81]
• The graphics are enhanced if the player plays via the Super Game Boy.^[1]

• The game was developed by Rare.^[82]
• The game is extensively based on Donkey Kong Country 3, but lacks the exploration aspects seen in the home console game.^[1]
• The graphics are enhanced if the player plays via the Super Game Boy.^[1]
• An enhanced version for the Game Boy Color, titled Donkey Kong GB - Dinky Kong and Dixie Kong was released exclusively for Japan on January 28, 2000, over two years after the US and EU releases.

• The game was developed by Paon.^[83]
• The character uses pegs to swing to the end of levels instead of using traditional platforming methods.^[84]

• The game was developed by Paon.^[85]
• It is the sequel to DK King of Swing.^[86]

• The game was developed by Nintendo Software Technology.^[88]
• It is a spiritual successor to the Game Boy version of Donkey Kong, which was a hybrid of the arcade game Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., and Super Mario Bros. 2.^[88]
• A remake was released in 2024 for the Nintendo Switch.

• The game was developed by Nintendo Software Technology.^[89]
• The game is a sequel to Mario vs. Donkey Kong for the Game Boy Advance.^[90]
• It expanded on the previous game by using touch screen controls.^[90]

• The game was developed by Nintendo Software Technology.^[91]
• The game was released exclusively through DSiWare download.^[92]
• The gameplay is similar to that of Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis.^[92]

• The game was developed by Nintendo Software Technology.

• The game was developed by Nintendo Software Technology.
• The game was released exclusively through Nintendo eShop download.

• The game was developed by Nintendo Software Technology.
• The game was released exclusively through Nintendo eShop download.

• The game was developed by Nintendo Software Technology.
• The game was released exclusively through Nintendo eShop download.

Sega obtained the license to develop a Donkey Kong game, but it was canceled after Sega's David Rosen and Hayao Nakayama arranged a management buyout from Gulf and Western Industries in 1984.^[96][97] The game featured a playable Donkey Kong as a parking attendant who had to avoid and guide parking cars.^[96]

Return of Donkey Kong was advertised in the 1987 Official Nintendo Player's Guide, but was never released,^[98] and the advertisement remains the only evidence of its existence.^[99] It mentioned that Donkey Kong would have been the playable character.^[98]

A CD-i Donkey Kong game was developed by Riedel Software Productions between 1992 and 1993.^[100][99] It was part of a deal that granted Philips the license to use Nintendo characters in CD-i games, which resulted in Hotel Mario (1993) and three The Legend of Zelda games (1993–1994). The Donkey Kong game was canceled.^[99]

Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers was a Rare-developed puzzle video game that featured the ability to switch between top-down 2D graphics and a 3D isometric layout.^[101] It was scheduled to be released on December 7, 2001,^[102] but after the Microsoft acquisition, Rare reworked Coconut Crackers to remove Donkey Kong elements and released it as It's Mr. Pants in 2004.^[101]

Diddy Kong Pilot was a Rare-developed kart racing game that was intended as a handheld sequel to Diddy Kong Racing.^[103] It was scheduled to be released on March 4, 2002,^[104] but remained unreleased when Microsoft acquired Rare in September 2002.^[105] Diddy Kong Pilot was reworked to remove Donkey Kong elements after the acquisition and released as Banjo-Pilot in 2005.^[103]

Donkey Kong Racing was developed by Rare as a console sequel to Diddy Kong Racing.^[106] It was a racing game in which players rode on animals rather than vehicles.^[108] Following the Microsoft acquisition, Rare attempted to rework Donkey Kong Racing as a Sabreman game for the Xbox and Xbox 360 before canceling it entirely.^[108][109]

A Donkey Kong game, codenamed Freedom, was co-developed by Nintendo and Vicarious Visions for six months. It was a 3D platformer that emphasized traversal, with grinding on vines as a core mechanic. The game was canceled in 2016 after Activision Blizzard, Vicarious Visions' parent company, redirected its developers' focus to the Call of Duty franchise.^[110]