Donkey Kong et Mario, alors appelé Jumpman, font leur première apparition dans Donkey Kong, qui est l'adaptation sur NES du jeu sorti en 1981 sur borne d'arcade. Jumpman doit délivrer sa petite amie Pauline, capturée par le gorille, en grimpant sur des échelles pour la rejoindre. Attention cependant aux tonneaux que Donkey Kong vous lance. Pour les éviter, Jumpman peut, comme son nom l'indique, sauter par-dessus, mais aussi les détruire en utilisant des marteaux.
She gave my mother such a turn, that I have always been convinced I am indebted to Miss Betsey for having been born on a Friday. The word was appropriate to the moment. My mother was so much worse that Peggotty, coming in with the teaboard and candles, and seeing at a glance how ill she was, - as Miss Betsey might have done sooner if there had been light enough, - conveyed her upstairs to her own room with all speed; and immediately dispatched Ham Peggotty, her nephew, who had been for some days past secreted in the house, unknown to my mother, as a special messenger in case of emergency, to fetch the nurse and doctor.
