User blog:ARTaylor/35 Years of Donkey Kong and Mario

Today is the thirty-fifth anniversary of Donkey Kong, one of the most popular and influential arcade games ever made. The video game featured the main character Jumpman, later to be renamed Mario, trying to save his girlfriend, later renamed Pauline, from the clutches of the villainous barrel-throwing gorilla Donkey Kong. It was the origin of the incredibly popular characters Donkey Kong and Mario, the later eventually becoming the flagship character of Nintendo. Both would go on to star in numerous video games, animated series, and even a theatrical film. Donkey Kong would go on to be voiced by Hank Azaria in an episode of The Simpsons and Fred Tatasciore on Mad. Mario would eventually be voiced by Peter Cullen on Saturday Supercade, Azaria on The Simpsons, and Seth Green on Robot Chicken.