Just as many superheroes made their first appearance in non-eponymous comic books (Superman in Action Comics #1, Batman in Detective Comics #27), everyone’s favorite mustachioed plumber debuted in a game with neither “Super” nor “Mario” in the name.
This game was more than the Italian high-jumper’s first outing, though. Donkey Kong was an early example of the iconic platforming genre and one of the most popular arcade games of all time, helping Nintendo break into the American video game market it would dominate in the 80s.
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