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April 10, 2023
For Immediate Release<\/strong>
Contact: Shane Rhinewald, srhinewald@museumofplay.org, 585-410-6365<\/p>\n

ROCHESTER, NY\u2014The Strong National Museum of Play<\/a>, home to the World Video Game Hall of Fame, will create the world\u2019s largest, playable Donkey Kong<\/em> arcade game. The game, which will stand nearly 20-feet tall, will be a prominent feature in The Strong\u2019s 90,000 square-foot-expansion, dedicated to the history of video games, opening on June 30, 2023. Nintendo of America is providing input on the project.<\/p>\n

\"Rendering\u201cDonkey Kong<\/em> is a true titan in the video game world\u2014both in terms of character size and the iconic status of the game\u2014so it lends itself perfectly to this playful, whimsical installation,\u201d says Jon-Paul Dyson, PhD, vice president for exhibits at The Strong. \u201cThe museum\u2019s expansion will provide a new and bigger home for the World Video Game Hall of Fame<\/a>, and fittingly, Donkey Kong<\/em> was inducted into the hall in 2017. We\u2019re thankful to Nintendo of America for providing guidance as we create this unique game feature as authentically and true to the original game as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

The world\u2019s largest Donkey Kong<\/em> arcade game will be visible from the first-floor welcome atrium of The Strong\u2019s expansion<\/a> and be playable just outside the ESL Digital Worlds<\/em> gallery on the second floor. The game will be about 370% bigger than the original and constructed from an aluminum frame with MDF fiberboard. Players will stand at a pedestal beneath the towering screen and use a regular-sized control panel that replicates the original joystick and buttons. It will run on a motherboard from an original Donkey Kong<\/em> cabinet, mirroring the original gameplay and experience as closely as possible.<\/p>\n

The giant Donkey Kong <\/em>is expected to be completed this spring and available for play on June 30, 2023.<\/p>\n

About The Strong<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Strong is the only collections-based museum in the world devoted solely to the history and exploration of play. It is home to the International Center for the History of Electronic Games, the National Toy Hall of Fame, the World Video Game Hall of Fame, the Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play, the Woodbury School, and the American Journal of Play<\/em> and houses the world\u2019s largest and most comprehensive collection of historical materials related to play.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":18908,"template":"","class_list":["post-18907","press_release","type-press_release","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Strong National Museum of Play to Create the World's Largest, Playable Donkey Kong Arcade Machine - The Strong National Museum of Play<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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