Also released in 2000 for Game Boy Color, in 2003 for Game Boy Advance, in 2006 for Wii Virtual Console, in 2014 for Wii U Virtual Console, in 2016 for New 3DS Virtual Console, and in 2020 for Nintendo Switch Online.
Released in the following years for Famicom/NES, PC-88, FM-7, in 2003 for e-Reader, in 2008 for Wii Virtual Console, in 2013 for 3DS Virtual Console and Wii U Virtual Console, and in 2019 for Nintendo Switch in the Arcade Archives series (Arcade version) and for Nintendo Switch Online (NES version). The arcade version was re-released for Nintendo Switch in the Arcade Archives series in 2019. The NES version was also enclosed in the NES Classic Edition in North America and Europe. Released in the following years for Famicom/NES, Famicom Disk System, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit computers, ColecoVision, Intellivision, Commodore VIC-20, BBC Micro, in 2003 for e-Reader, in 2004 for Game Boy Advance in the NES Classics series, in 2006 for Wii Virtual Console, in 2012 for 3DS Virtual Console, in 2013 for Wii U Virtual Console, in 2019 for Nintendo Switch Online. The arcade version was re-released for Nintendo Switch in the Arcade Archives series in 2018. A version based on the NES one, but more loyal to the original called "Original Version" was released in 2010 for Wii to celebrate the game's 30th annyversary, and in 2014 for Wii U Virtual Console. The NES version of the game was also re-released in 2002 for e-Reader, in 2006 for Wii Virtual Console, in 2011 for 3DS Virtual Console, in 2013 for Wii U Virtual Console, in 2016 enclosed in the NES Classic Edition, and in 2018 for Nintendo Switch Online. Released in the following years for Famicom/NES, Famicom Disk System, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit computers, ColecoVision, Intellivision, Commodore VIC-20, Commodore 64 (in two different versions), Texas Instruments TI-99/4A, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Coleco Adam, Amiga, Coleco Tabletop, Apple II, DOS. Also Diddy Kong Racing is not included because not being titled "Donkey Kong" is considered a series on its own.
The list does not count separately re-releases of single games, considered different "versions" of the same game, nor games outside the Donkey Kong series that include Donkey Kong games (such as the Game & Watch Gallery games). This list includes every known Donkey Kong game, for a total of 30 different episodes, and 13 remakes or compilations, making a total of 43 different releases.