For the better part of 44 years, Nintendo's 1981 arcade classic Donkey Kong was understood to have a single, definitive endpoint: a "kill screen" where a bug ensures that Mario will inevitably die ...

Speedrunner Kosmic allegedly discovered a way to beat the original Donkey Kong Arcade's infamous kill screen using a ladder glitch.

But now speedrunner Kosmic has figured out that this supposed kill screen doesn't have to be the end. The original arcade ... title, or a long haul in American Truck Simulator. More about donkey ...

Just over a week ago, a player with the pseudonym "Kosmic" achieved what had been considered impossible in the Donkey Kong community for decades: he beat the kill screen of an early arcade version ...

44 years after its release, you'd think that the speedrunning community would have pushed the Donkey Kong arcade game to its ... game's long-assumed unbeatable kill screen. All you've got to ...

While Mario is the main man when it comes to all things Nintendo, it was Donkey Kong who gave the plumber a leg-up in the world of video games. The ape's debut not only conquered the arcade and ...

the Kill Screen has always been an unavoidable roadblock — the definitive end of the game. Like many classic arcade games, Donkey Kong wasn’t designed to be played indefinitely. At a certain ...