Feature: How A Donkey Kong Clone Almost Scuppered Nintendo’s Ambitions In The West
The following feature is an excerpt from Ken Horowitz’s excellent Beyond Donkey Kong: A History of Nintendo Arcade Games and has been reproduced here with the kind permission of both Horowitz and the publisher. 1981’s arcade smash-hit Donkey Kong created a surge in revenue that lifted Nintendo’s prospects for its North American office and reaffirmed … Read more Feature: How A Donkey Kong Clone Almost Scuppered Nintendo’s Ambitions In The West