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Donkey Kong (1981)

Platforms: Game Boy Advance, DOS, Nintendo Entertainment System, Arcade

All-time standing

#65 of 1,392

In the top 5% of games

By scope

1980s #5 of 145 Top 3% 1981 #1 of 11 Top 10% Nintendo Entertainment System #6 of 81 Top 5%

Ballots (24)

Ranked lists

  • #3 CBR – The 10 Best Games of the 80s, Ranked 2025
  • #5 Edge – The 50 best games of the '80s, ranked 2024
  • #71 IGN – The Top 100 Video Games of All Time 2022
  • #6 Screen Rant – 10 Definitive Games Of The 1980s, Ranked 2021
  • #12 GQ Spain – Los 100 mejores videojuegos de la historia 2020
  • #83 Popular Mechanics – The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time 2019
  • #74 Museum of Pop Culture – TOP 100 VIDEO GAMES OF ALL TIME 2019
  • #33 Game Informer – Game Informer's 300 Greatest Games of All Time 2018
  • #51 GamesTM – The 200 Greatest Games of All Time 2018
  • #35 Polygon – The 500 best games of all time 2017
  • #43 GamesMaster – 100 Games That Shook the World 2016
  • #10 Insider – The top 50 video games of all time -- RANKED 2016
  • #28 Time – The 50 Best Video Games of All Time 2016
  • #15 G4TV – Top 100 Video Games Of All Time 2012
  • #36 1UP – The Essential 100 2012
  • #60 FHM – FHM's 100 Greatest Games of All Time 2010
  • #15 Electronic Gaming Monthly – The Greatest 200 Videogames of Their Time 2006
  • #45 Entertainment Weekly – We rank the 100 greatest videogames 2003
  • #42 The Sydney Morning Herald – Top 50 video games of all time 2002
  • #35 Gamecenter – The Top 40 Games of the Millennium 2000
  • #41 Flux – The Top 100 Video Games 1995

Unranked lists