Donkey Kong 64

Donkey Kong 64 is a 1999 platform game for the Nintendo 64 developed by Rare and published by Nintendo. It is the first three-dimensional game in the Donkey Kong series. The player, as the gorilla Donkey Kong, traverses themed levels in order to acquire treasures and rescue his abducted companions from King K. Rool. To earn bananas and other prizes, the player must perform minigames and puzzles as one of five playable Kong characters, each with their own particular skills. Up to four players can engage in deathmatch and last man standing games in a separate multiplayer mode.

Donkey Kong 64 earned widespread praise and was Nintendo's best-selling game during the 1999 Christmas season, selling 2.3 million sales through 2004. It received the 1999 E3 Game Critics Award for Best Platform Game, as well as several magazine prizes and nominations. The unusual size and duration were commended by reviewers, but the camera controls and emphasis on object gathering and backtracking were panned. Some compared it to Rare's 1998 predecessor, Banjo-Kazooie, citing similarities in gameplay and aesthetics (1998). Critics stated it didn't have the groundbreaking effect of Donkey Kong Country, but it was still one of the greatest 3D platform games on the Nintendo 64.

Release date: 1999

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