Donkey Kong illustration
Project: promotional piece(s). 1 of 3 illustrations Matt is creating to pay tribute to the Donkey Kong video game franchise. Donkey Kong Junior is up next.

Few Facts on Donkey Kong:
Donkey Kong was created when Shigeru Miyamoto was assigned by Nintendo to convert Radar Scope, a game that had been released to test audiences with poor results, into a game that would appeal more to Americans. The result was a major breakthrough for Nintendo and for the videogame industry. Sales of the machine were brisk, with the game becoming one of the best-selling arcade machines of the early 1980s. The gameplay itself was a large improvement over other games of its time, and with the growing base of arcades to sell to, it was able to gain huge distribution. READ MORE