A legal battle between Nintendo and Universal over Donkey Kong would change gaming forever.

Donkey Kong Jr. swings on a vine as Mario holds a key over him on the cover of "Donkey Kong Jr." (1982) - Nintendo The arcade scene was alive and thriving for much of the '80s, with titles released ...

The arcade scene was alive and thriving for much of the '80s, with titles released during the decade that changed gaming forever. That distinction is certainly true of 1982, which featured its own ...

Getting a video game to connect with an audience is a lot of hard work, even for some of the most recognizable franchises and developers in the industry. Games regularly fail to meet publishers' sales ...

Today's younger generations associate Nintendo mostly with portable gaming, but for much of the 1980s and early 1990s, Nintendo was almost synonymous with the home console. Without the Nintendo ...

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Chris has been playing video games for most of his life, and writing about them off-and-on for a significant chunk of that time. He has also gotten involved with the industry more directly by working ...

A one-of-a-kind, first-production Gloss Sticker sealed copy of the 1986 NES video game “Donkey Kong” sold for a shocking $370,880 at Goldin Auctions on Saturday night, crushing the previous record ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about video games, technology and pop culture. But all these years later, Nintendo has finally beat Midway to it, and to ...

The hard-headed hero is back for more side-scrolling action in the third installment of the popular Bonk series. It’s up to Bonk once again to spoil the plans of the relentless evil King Drool. There ...

Like the humble banana, Donkey Kong has been the good, old trusty treat in Nintendo’s overflowing lunch box of mascot-driven games. Yes, the big ape has carried some noteworthy classics prior to the ...