Donkey Kong (arcade game)

A light blue Nintendo Donkey Kong upright from the collection of The Strong National Museum of Play, the ape himself painted down the side and the bezel ringed with portraits of the cast. Nintendo released the game in 1981, and this is the color most American players remember, but it was not the first: the earliest North American Donkey Kong machines came in red cabinets. The controls are as plain as the game is hard, a four-way joystick and one jump button, and that single button is all you get against every barrel.