Players control Jumpman (later famously ... Kremlings crocodiles. The game was a massive critical and commercial success, revitalizing the Donkey Kong brand and introducing a whole new generation ...

Nintendo's Mario is undeniably one of the most iconic video game characters ever ... Mario made his debut in the 1981 classic Donkey Kong, initially known as "Jumpman". It wasn't until the 1982 ...

Donkey Kong, the game that ... Where it all began. Jumpman (aka Mario), ladders, barrels, Pauline, and the towering ape himself. Simple? Yes. But this game laid the foundation for everything ...

“He did not publish it in a way that would draw ... on Donkey Kong in 1982 as a 17 year old when he also became the first person to reach the “kill screen” or end of the game.

Monday marks the day that video game fans celebrate ... as a villain when Donkey Kong was first developed. He wasn’t even a plumber in 1981. Instead, pre-plumber Mario, or Jumpman as he was ...

National Day Calendar said that the Mario that we know and love started as a villain when Donkey Kong was first developed. He wasn’t even a plumber in 1981. Instead, pre-plumber Mario, or ...

Mario was an unnamed figure in the Japanese version of the 1981 platformer Donkey Kong title, only referenced as ‘Jumpman’ in the ... was written in 1993’s Game Over, detailing a ...