Donkey Kong

All time rank: 122
1980s rank: 6
1981 rank: 1
Developers: Ikegami Tsushinki, Nintendo
Platforms: Arcade, Nintendo Entertainment System
Year of release: 1981
Genres: Action, Arcade, Platform
IGDB Link:
Donkey Kong

All time Lists

Publication Year Rank Name
Entertainment Weekly 2003 45 We rank the 100 greatest early video games
FHM 2010 60 FHM's 100 Greatest Games of All Time
Flux 1995 41 The Top 100 Video Games
G4 2012 15 Top 100 Video Games of All Time
Game Informer 2009 103 The Top 200 Games Of All Time
Game Informer 2018 33 The Top 300 Games of All Time
GamesTM 2010 1 100 Greatest Games Of All Time
GamesTM 2015 1 100 Greatest Games of All Time
GamesTM 2018 51 The 200 Greatest Games of All Time
Gameswelt 2012 41 Gameswelt Top 100
GamingBolt 2013 16 Top 100 greatest video games ever made
GQ Spain 2020 13 Los 100 mejores videojuegos de la historia
Hyper 1995 1 Top 100 Video Games of All Time
Hyper 1997 1 The 50 Best Games Ever!
Hyper 2018 1 The 200 Games You Must Play
IGN 2015 60 Top 100 Games of All Time
IGN 2018 67 Top 100 Video Games of All Time
IGN 2019 65 Top 100 Video Games of All Time
IGN 2022 71 The Top 100 Video Games of All Time
Moustique 2024 83 On a classé les 100 meilleurs jeux vidéo depuis la sortie de Pong en 1972
NA 2013 1 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die
Next Generation 1996 50 Top 100 Games of All Time
Nintendo Power 2005 148 Nintendo Power's Top 200 Games
Polygon 2017 35 The 500 best games of all time
Popular Mechanics 2014 90 The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time
Popular Mechanics 2019 83 The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time
Time 2012 1 All-TIME 100 Video Games
Time 2016 28 The 50 Best Video Games of All Time
Yahoo! UK 2005 86 The 100 Greatest Computer Games of All Time
Entertainment Weekly
We rank the 100 greatest early video games
Year: 2003
Rank: 45
FHM
FHM's 100 Greatest Games of All Time
Year: 2010
Rank: 60
Flux
The Top 100 Video Games
Year: 1995
Rank: 41
G4
Top 100 Video Games of All Time
Year: 2012
Rank: 15
Game Informer
The Top 200 Games Of All Time
Year: 2009
Rank: 103
Game Informer
The Top 300 Games of All Time
Year: 2018
Rank: 33
GamesTM
100 Greatest Games Of All Time
Year: 2010
Rank: 1
GamesTM
100 Greatest Games of All Time
Year: 2015
Rank: 1
GamesTM
The 200 Greatest Games of All Time
Year: 2018
Rank: 51
Gameswelt
Gameswelt Top 100
Year: 2012
Rank: 41
GamingBolt
Top 100 greatest video games ever made
Year: 2013
Rank: 16
GQ Spain
Los 100 mejores videojuegos de la historia
Year: 2020
Rank: 13
Hyper
Top 100 Video Games of All Time
Year: 1995
Rank: 1
Hyper
The 50 Best Games Ever!
Year: 1997
Rank: 1
Hyper
The 200 Games You Must Play
Year: 2018
Rank: 1
IGN
Top 100 Games of All Time
Year: 2015
Rank: 60
IGN
Top 100 Video Games of All Time
Year: 2018
Rank: 67
IGN
Top 100 Video Games of All Time
Year: 2019
Rank: 65
IGN
The Top 100 Video Games of All Time
Year: 2022
Rank: 71
Moustique
On a classé les 100 meilleurs jeux vidéo depuis la sortie de Pong en 1972
Year: 2024
Rank: 83
NA
1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die
Year: 2013
Rank: 1
Next Generation
Top 100 Games of All Time
Year: 1996
Rank: 50
Nintendo Power
Nintendo Power's Top 200 Games
Year: 2005
Rank: 148
Polygon
The 500 best games of all time
Year: 2017
Rank: 35
Popular Mechanics
The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time
Year: 2014
Rank: 90
Popular Mechanics
The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time
Year: 2019
Rank: 83
Time
All-TIME 100 Video Games
Year: 2012
Rank: 1
Time
The 50 Best Video Games of All Time
Year: 2016
Rank: 28
Yahoo! UK
The 100 Greatest Computer Games of All Time
Year: 2005
Rank: 86

Decade Lists

Publication Year Rank Name
Edge 2024 5 The 50 best games of the '80s
GameSpy 2009 45 GameSpy's 50 Favorite Console Games of the '80s
Edge
The 50 best games of the '80s
Year: 2024
Rank: 5
GameSpy
GameSpy's 50 Favorite Console Games of the '80s
Year: 2009
Rank: 45