How could I have missed that? After some back and forth, we agreed that I would bid on the game. I thought it was just a plain old DK3 port. After learning of the game, I remembered the past times I’d seen photos of the cover without even looking twice. I heard about this game from a FamicomWorld forum post made by user aitsu124, who first issued the rallying cry on several sites to preserve the game and make it available to the public. It was first mentioned in the April ’84 issue of Micom Basic Magazine and a few other magazines, but the ad didn’t include any screenshots, and the logo strongly resembled the arcade game’s logo, causing readers to overlook the ad. A possible reason for the game’s rarity may be that it was poorly advertised. Prior to this endeavor, the game has been unavailable to the public on all platforms it was released for, and there has been no footage online of any levels for the Sharp X1 version past level 7. Similarly to the the other Hudson-Nintendo games, the X1 version of DKDG runs really smoothly and does so with a coherent palette, likely making it the definitive version. You still have to make sure the parachuting DK doesn’t make it to the ground, or else! The point is to clear the waves of incoming enemies, like any typical shoot ’em up. In other words, the story is totally subjective! The game’s mechanics are somewhat simpler than the original DK3 arcade game Stanley no longer has the ability to jump and is free from the responsibility of defending his plants. Apparently, according to the manual, Hudson was interested in hearing the players’ interpretations about the progression of the stages, and wanted them to send in their own stories. There are 20 unique stages, which loop around upon completion until game over. Not unlike other Nintendo spin-offs developed by Hudson in the mid 80s, DKDG was created as sort of a sequel to the Donkey Kong 3 arcade game. Following an intense marketing campaign, Donkey Kong Country received critical acclaim and more than nine million copies were sold worldwide, making it the second-best-selling SNES game.Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushuu (ドンキーコング3 大逆襲 ) or DKDG, for short, was released in October ’84 for the NEC PC-8801, PC-6601, and Sharp X1 computers by Hudson Soft. It was directed by Tim Stamper instead, although Miyamoto was still involved with the project. The Stamper brothers expressed an interest to create a standalone Donkey Kong game, and assembled a team of 12 to work on the game over an 18-month development cycle.ĭonkey Kong Country is the first Donkey Kong game that was not produced or directed by Shigeru Miyamoto, the character's original creator. Nintendo became interested in Rare's work and soon acquired 49% of the company which culminated in the production of a new title using Alias and SGI technology for the SNES console. Development of the game first began shortly after Rare's Tim and Chris Stamper ran experiments with a Silicon Graphics workstation, rendering realistic 3D sprites. The game is set on "Donkey Kong Island" and centres around Donkey Kong and his nephew Diddy Kong, who must recover their stolen hoard of bananas from King K. The game was later re-released for the Game Boy Color (2000), Game Boy Advance (2003), Wii Virtual Console (200 7), and Wii U Virtual Console (2014). It was first released in November 1994, and under the name Super Donkey Kong (スーパードンキーコング Sūpā Donkī Kongu?) in Japan. The game is one you have to add to your collection if you had it growing up, and it brought back memories playing it just like when I played Super Mario Brothers on NES.ĭonkey Kong Country is a 1994 platforming video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Modern machines that play this game like the Retron 5, and older SNES machines will show you how fun the game play is though. This was a great time for its time and had great graphics, but compared to modern games the graphics are not nearly as good.
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