Editing Donkey Kong (section)

==Legacy==
{{See also|Golden age of arcade video games}}

''Donkey Kong'' spawned the sequels ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' and ''Donkey Kong 3'', as well as the spin-off ''Mario Bros.''. A sequel to the original arcade game on the Game Boy, named ''Donkey Kong'', pairs Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Junior. It starts with the same damsel-in-distress premise and four basic locations as the arcade game then progresses to 97 additional puzzle-based levels. The arcade version of this game makes an appearance in the game Donkey Kong 64 in the Frantic Factory level. Nintendo revived the ''Donkey Kong'' license in the 1990s for a series of platform games and spin-offs developed by Rare, beginning with ''Donkey Kong Country'' in 1994. ''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'' (2005) is the latest in this series. In 2004, Nintendo released ''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'', a sequel to the Game Boy title. In it, Mario must chase Donkey Kong to get back the stolen Mini-Mario toys. In the follow-up ''Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis'', Donkey Kong once again falls in love with Pauline and kidnaps her, and Mario uses the Mini-Mario toys to help him rescue her. In 2004, Nintendo released the first of the ''Donkey Konga'' games, a series that involves a rhythm-based bongo controller. In 2007, ''Donkey Kong Barrel Blast'' was released for the Wii. ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' features music from the game arranged by Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka and a stage called "75m", an almost exact replica of its ''Donkey Kong'' namesake. While the stage contains her items, Pauline is missing from her perch at the top of the stage.

Its success entrenched the game in American popular culture. In 1982, Buckner and Garcia and R. Cade and the Video Victims both recorded songs based on the game. Artists like DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince and Trace Adkins referenced the game in songs. Episodes of television series such as ''The Simpsons'', ''Futurama'', and ''Fairly Odd Parents'' have also contained references to the game. Even today, sound effects from the Atari 2600 version often serve as generic video game sounds in films and television shows. The Killer List of Videogames ranks ''Donkey Kong'' the third most popular arcade game of all time and places it at #25 on the "Top 100 Videogames" list. in February 2006, ''Nintendo Power'' rated it the 148th best game made on a Nintendo System. Today, ''Donkey Kong'' is the fifth most popular arcade game among collectors. The 2007 motion picture documentary ''The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters'' explores the world of competitive classic arcade gaming and tells the story of Steve Wiebe's quest to beat Billy Mitchell's world high score in ''Donkey Kong''.

The 2012 hit Disney movie ''[http://disney.gamepedia.com/Wreck-It_Ralph Wreck-It Ralph]'' was largely inspired by ''Donkey Kong'', centred around a similar arcade game called ''Fix-It Felix'' where the characters Felix and Ralph play similar roles roles to that of Mario and Donkey Kong, respectively.