The original Donkey Kong was released in 1981. In the original Donkey Kong, the player controlled Mario, but he was called Jumpman in this game.
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in 1987 Mario was created and there is not a single person who doesn't know Mario he's that famous
Technically, Mario first appeared in 1981, but he was known as Jumpman in the original Donkey Kong. Super Mario Bros. was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985. 2010 was the 25th Anniversary of Super Mario Bros. but Mario was in games before that.
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The original Mario Bros arcade game was developed and published in the year 1983. It was developed by Shigeru Miyamoto and also published by Nintendo.
Mario, it started with the first Nintendo then is now on the wii and the ds and has never been sold to another company. _________________________________________________________________ Definatly not Mario. The first mario game came out in 1985 wich means that the mario series has been around for 27 years now. Mario first appeared in the first Donkey Kong video game (1981) where he was called Jumpman. That means that Donkey Kong have been around for 31 years which is 4 more years than Mario has been around. But, the first Pac-Man video game came out 1980 which means that it has been around for 32 years which is 1 year more than Donkey Kong. So my guess would be that Pac-Man is the longest running video game series, although I'm not completely sure.