• Donkey Kong is an arcade game released by Nintendo in 1981. It was the first game to feature Mario (then known as "Jumpman") and introduced the character of Donkey Kong, a giant ape who kidnaps a woman (later identified as Pauline) and forces the player to rescue her by climbing a construction site and avoiding obstacles.

• The game's objective is to guide Jumpman to the top of the construction site, where he must rescue Pauline from Donkey Kong. The game features four different levels, each with increasing difficulty as Donkey Kong throws more obstacles and barriers in Jumpman's path.

• Donkey Kong was a major commercial success for Nintendo and is considered a landmark in the history of video games. It helped establish Mario as a popular character and paved the way for the creation of the Mario franchise, which has since become one of the most successful and iconic video game series of all time.