Donkey Kong '94 was the first Game Boy game designed for which SNES peripheral?

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Donkey Kong ’94 was the first Game Boy game designed for Nintendo’s Super Game Boy peripheral.

Released in 1994, Donkey Kong began as a compact remake of the original 1981 arcade game before expanding into a much larger puzzle-platform adventure. Its Super Game Boy design allowed it to run in a Super Nintendo and display enhanced colors, a custom border, and additional sound features on a television. The peripheral itself played Game Boy cartridges through SNES hardware.

A common misconception is that Donkey Kong ’94 is simply a handheld port of the arcade original. It does reproduce the arcade game’s opening stages, but then adds 97 new levels, giving the full game 101 stages. The game’s careful use of color palettes and its arcade-cabinet-inspired border helped make it a showcase title for the Super Game Boy. It sold more than 3 million copies worldwide and is often regarded as one of the Game Boy’s strongest puzzle-platform games.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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