Donkey Kong (40 Years)
Big Video Game Anniversaries in 2021
If this one doesn’t make you feel old, I don’t know what will.
The original Donkey Kong game was released in arcades in July 1981. It was one of the earliest platformers known, and it even predates Mario himself (he was known only as ‘Jumpman’ in that game).
This was Donkey Kong’s debut, and the game’s success helped to make him one of Nintendo’s most recognizable characters. Donkey Kong is considered to be one of the most important and influential arcade games of all time.
40 years later, Donkey Kong has appeared in dozens of platformers, racing games, party games, and more. There has been no announcement of a new game in the works, but it wouldn’t be surprising if Nintendo honors this franchise with something exciting in 2021.
A Few Other Anniversaries to Make You Feel Old…
In addition to the ones above, here are a few more game anniversaries in 2021 that we feel are worth mentioning:
- Pokemon GO turns 5 years old
- Overwatch turns 5 years old
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim turns 10 years old
- Pokemon Diamond and Pearl turn 15 years old
- Super Smash Bros. Melee turns 20 years old
- Runescape turns 20 years old
- Animal Crossing turns 20 years old
- Fatal Frame turns 20 years old
- Tomb Raider turns 25 years old
- Super Mario 64 turns 25 years old
- Dragon Quest turns 35 years old
And some consoles:
- Nintendo 3DS turns 10 years old
- Wii turns 15 years old
- PlayStation 3 turns 15 years old
- GameCube turns 20 years old
- Nintendo 64 turns 25 years old
