Q 01/05

In what year did the original Donkey Kong arcade game come out?

A) 1981

B) 1983

C) 1985

D) 1987

Answer · why

A) 1981

It launched in Japan in July 1981 and became the top-grossing arcade game in the US the following year.

Q 02/05

Which famous Nintendo character made his very first video game appearance in the 1981 arcade Donkey Kong?

A) Link

B) Kirby

C) Mario

D) Samus

Answer · why

C) Mario

He was called Jumpman at the time and worked as a carpenter, not a plumber.

Q 03/05

Who designed the original Donkey Kong arcade game as his first video game project?

A) Gunpei Yokoi

B) Shigeru Miyamoto

C) Satoru Iwata

D) Masahiro Sakurai

Answer · why

B) Shigeru Miyamoto

Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi handed the job to the rookie designer, who went on to create Mario and Zelda.

Q 04/05

The 1981 Donkey Kong was created to salvage unsold cabinets from which failed Nintendo arcade game?

A) Sheriff

B) Space Firebird

C) Radar Scope

D) Popeye

Answer · why

C) Radar Scope

Thousands of unsold Radar Scope machines were sitting in a US warehouse before they were converted.

Q 05/05

What was the name later given to the woman Donkey Kong kidnaps in the 1981 arcade game?

A) Daisy

B) Peach

C) Pauline

D) Rosalina

Answer · why

C) Pauline

She was simply 'Lady' in Japan and was named after Polly James, wife of a Nintendo of America warehouse manager.