In 1981, an interesting new game hit the arcades. The title was called Donkey Kong and it would later be regarded as an all-time Nintendo classic. Many were the factors that made it a video game unlike the rest, one of them being that it told a story. Pauline, a damsel in distress, had been kidnapped by a giant ape and it was up to a hero to save her. That hero, referred to as Jumpman at the time, was later to become a character you may have heard of – Mario. But no less importantly, Donkey Kong was the title that lead to the rise of the beloved platformer genre.

Naturally, platformers have ...