Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Donkey Kong Jr.

Title	Donkey Kong Jr.
First release	1982
Developer	Nintendo
Publisher	Nintendo
Platforms	Atari 2600, Atari 7800, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, Famicom Disk System, NES / Famicom, Arcade ADB
Genre	platformer
Also known as	Donkey Kong Junior
Players	1–2 players
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	ColecoVision: 1983-02-01 (NTSC-U) NES / Famicom: 1983-07-15 (NTSC-J), 1986-06-01 (NTSC-U), 1987-06-15 (PAL) Atari 2600: 1983-09-01, 1983-09-01 (NTSC)
Wikidata ID	Q2264301

Climbing through a jungle of vines allows Donkey Kong Jr. to navigate vertical environments and reach various keys. Players must jump onto moving islands and evade Snapjaws to progress toward freeing Donkey Kong. This action-platformer supports up to 2 players as you fight through obstacles to unlock cages.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from REG-Vault and TheGamesDB and Arcade Database (ADB). Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.

Sources

Wikidata (Q2264301) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (nes/donkey-kong-jr) · last updated 2026-10-25 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (atari2600/donkey-kong-junior) · last updated 2026-10-30 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (1270,97499,103166,108914) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (4001) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (7613,87005) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Arcade Database (ADB) (dkongjrj) · last updated 2026-10-02 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · internal use only

Arcade Database ADB

MAME romset	`dkongjrj` · clone of `dkongjr`
Title at ADB	Donkey Kong Jr. (Japan)
Manufacturer	Nintendo
Year	1982
Genre	Platform / Run Jump
Players	2
MAME driver status	GOOD

Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (Nintendo); snaps by ProgettoSnaps via ADB. Non-free, internal use only (hotlinked, not downloaded).

Scraping using Arcade Database by motoschifo · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · romset via Wikidata P2451 (wikidata-qid) · fetched 2026-10-02 16:15 UTC · filled here: platform

Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Nintendo · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (6): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Nintendo · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art, Screenshots, Logos (5): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Coleco · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art (2): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC-U release) · © Nintendo · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (7): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Nintendo · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (1): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Nintendo · internal use only.

Sprites (2): fan rips from sprite sites, credited per sheet (ripper, site, rights) in Sprites below; internal use only.

Sprites

NES / Famicom version · 2 sheets · Donkey Kong Jr. on The Spriters Resource ↗ (2 sheets on the site; 2 stored here)

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Rip by Superjustinbros

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Videos

Commodore 64 Longplay [303] Donkey Kong Junior (Public Domain)

World-of-Longplays · Commodore 64 version · longplay · 29:55auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC

NES Longplay [012] Donkey Kong Jr

By Urien84 Longplays · NES / Famicom version · longplay · 4:37auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:41 UTC

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