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Game entry

Donkey Kong

1994 · Platformer, Puzzle, Arcade · Game Boy, Nintendo 3DS · Nintendo

Donkey Kong holds position no. 3,938 in the world ranking on GameForever, with 1,413 ELO points and 39% of duels won out of 83 played. Its best standing outside the world ranking: no. 54 out of 69 (1994).

World rank

no. 3,938

ELO score

1,413

Wins

39%

Duels played

83

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About Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong is a Game Boy game which starts out with the premise of being a straight remake of the original Donkey Kong arcade game. Although at first it appears to be just a port, the familiar levels from the arcade game are just a prelude to the real platform jumping adventure. There are 97 levels spread out over 9 worlds. These levels are much more complex than the originals, featuring scrolling backgrounds, numerous objects to collect, and enemies to avoid. Along the way, you will encounter several boss style battles with Donkey Kong, as well. When played on a Super Game Boy, the game is colorized, digitized speech is added and the ending music takes advantage of the SNES sound chip.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,413 ELO points over the last 215 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games Donkey Kong sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 3,935 Endling: Extinction is Forever 1,413
  2. 3,936 Risk: Global Domination 1,413
  3. 3,937 Turok: Evolution 1,413
  4. 3,938 Donkey Kong 1,413
  5. 3,939 Super Time Force Ultra 1,413
  6. 3,940 Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader 1,413
  7. 3,941 Goat Simulator 3 1,413

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The standing

Where Donkey Kong ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Donkey Kong stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 54 out of 69 (1994).

Where Donkey Kong ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 3,938 5,110
Platformer 481 621
1990s 525 655
1994 54 69

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