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What was Shigeru Miyamoto's breakthrough game?

  • Super Mario Bros.

  • Pac-Man

  • Donkey Kong

  • Legend of Zelda

Answer

Donkey Kong was the breakthrough game for Shigeru Miyamoto. This game was released in 1981 and was a major success. It was a side-scrolling platform game in which the player controls Mario, who must climb up a construction site to save Pauline, his girlfriend, from Donkey Kong. The game was innovative for its time and helped to popularize the platform genre.
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