Donkey Kong was not only responsible for Nintendo breaking into the American market but also featured a protagonist that would become one of the companies’ most iconic figures. The game also looked to set milestones in the industry for technical innovation, it pioneered new game development techniques and was one of the earliest examples of multileveled games with only Midway’s Gorf proceeding it. It helped define the platform genre of games which it would later return to in the Spin-off Mario Bros games that helped lift the company to legendary status within the video game community. Continue reading →