Donkey Kong Jr.

Donkey Kong Jr.
Donkey Kong Jr.
	North American arcade flyer
Developer	Nintendo R&D1
Publishers	Nintendo ColecoVision, 2600, Intellivision NA: Coleco; EU: CBS Electronics; Adam; Coleco; Atari 8-bit; Atari, Inc.; 7800; Atari Corporation;
Director	Shigeru Miyamoto
Producer	Gunpei Yokoi
Artists	Shigeru Miyamoto; Yoshio Sakamoto
Composer	Yukio Kaneoka
Series	Donkey Kong
Platform	Arcade ColecoVision, NES, Atari 2600, Intellivision, Atari 8-bit, Coleco Adam, Famicom Disk System, Atari 7800, Nintendo e-Reader;
Release	August 1982 Arcade JP/NA: August 1982; EU: Late 1982; ColecoVision February 1983; NES JP: July 15, 1983; NA: June 1986; EU: June 15, 1987; 2600 September 1983; Intellivision October 1983; Atari 8-bit March 1984; Adam April 1984; Famicom Disk System JP: July 19, 1988; 7800 November 1988; e-Reader NA: September 16, 2002; ;
Genre	Platform
Modes	Single-player, multiplayer

Donkey Kong Jr. is a 1982 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for arcades. It is the sequel to 1981's Donkey Kong, but with the roles reversed compared to its predecessor: Mario is now the villain and Donkey Kong Jr. is trying to save his kidnapped father. After its initial release in arcades, the game was ported to a variety of home consoles, including the Famicom/Nintendo Entertainment System (for which the game was released as a launch title in Japan). The game's title is written as Donkey Kong Junior in the North American arcade version and various conversions to non-Nintendo systems.

The game was principally designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and his co-worker, Nintendo chief engineer Gunpei Yokoi. Miyamoto also created the graphics for the game along with Yoshio Sakamoto. As with its predecessor, the music for the game was composed by Yukio Kaneoka.

A sequel, Donkey Kong 3, and a spin-off game, Donkey Kong Jr. Math, were released in 1983.