/vr/ - Retro Games

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One thing I remember from the manual is follow the bananas if you get lost

Just play the fucking game.

>>2713876

hold right on your d-pad and occasionally jump.

>>2713876

You can jump out of a roll even if you roll off a ledge. This is necessary to get some letters and shit.

That's the only non-intuitive thing I can think of

Every single level has a missable, OP. Better hope you get it perfect every time or you gotta reset!

HEEEEYYOOO
LOOK OUT DOWN BELOW
HERE HE COMES
BANANA SLAMMA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTGMS3jDxV0

The only valid complaint about the game is that there is no reason, ever, to NOT always be running.

Once you beat DKC2, download a save state where someone already collected all the bonus coins. The extra levels are totally awesome, but hunting for every last secret coin is so tedious that it drains the fun out of it.

>>2713896
The heck? The bonus coins are the most fun part of the game you faggot. You don't even need the DK coins, they don't do anything.

>>2713876
It's a 2D platformer, just fucking play it

run at all times, the game just flows well

It's a poor 2d platformer with the sole gimmick being that it was advertised as "3d" at the time when 3d rendered games were up and coming.

2d sprites made from 3d renders somehow made a "3d" game. Sure, Nintendo.

Ugh. The early signs of the mid-90s downfall of gaming into shit.

>>2713985

I can definitely tell you're underage because the DKC series was off the fucking hook.

>>2713985
It was a gimmick, but if it was actually a poor platformer, people wouldn't be praising it to this day. Get real.

>>2713876
You can do a secret warp once you get in the airplane barrel

Not really, OP, just play them.

Well, the first game has a percent completion based on how many bonus rooms you've found, but the only difference is some dialogue at the end.

DKC2 has extra levels for finding all the collectibles, so it's worth it in that game.

>>2713896
Bruh, there's a built-in "cheat" to get all the bonus coins right from the beginning of the game.

>>2713986
>complaining about the downfall of gaming in the mid90s
>underage
Are you fucking daft?

I was there for Pong, son.

Fucking PONG.

Meanwhile you grew up with shitty N64 crap corrupting your brain as to what made games good. Mario 64 was shit, okay? Any game where you have to fucking direct the goddamn camera just to see how to jump straight and then not be able to jump straight because some idiot made a platformer using a fucking imprecise analog joystick is a shit game.

Get over yourselves, kids. Gaming died in the mid-90s.

1 has a lot of secret entrances, nearly every level has one.

2 has bonus barrels in every single level except for boss fights, 2 in each stage, i think some have even 3 bonus. You have to find each and every one of them if you want to get to the secret island and complete the full game.

>>2714002
so you're underage AND trying too hard. good to know

>>2714002
Seriously, you kids thinking your childhood games were good would be the same as me having some horrible delusion that ET for the 2600 was good.

(It wasn't.)

>>2714005
>tryhard
Oh look, you've just proved you're underage by pulling out this gem spouted by eight year olds.

Try listening to your elders for once instead of crying about how your shit games were good.

>>2714002

>this nigga trying way too hard to rewrite history

I already know you're underage and probably read that interview where Miyamoto was salty about DKC turning out so good and called it a weak platformer, claiming he could have done better.

>>2713985
>>2714002
>>2714007
>>2714010

>>2714007
ET being bad is just an AVGN meme anyway, kiddo. It's roughly on the same level as every other Atari 2600 adventure game, if you actually played the console you would know. Stop trying to fit in.

>>2714034

AVGN actually said ET is not a bad game and that hating it is a meme.

>>2714051
How would you know? Did you actually watch that shitty movie? Dayum, stop trying so hard, kid.

So why wasn't DK playable in DKC 2 and 3? It would be like it Mario wasn't in Mario bros. 2 or 3.

>>2714057

You got me

>>2714064
Probably Rare being eager to create new characters in general and Nintendo wanting to quickly expand the scope of the franchise. DK should have at least been playable in 3, though.

>>2714064

Diddy and Dixie was the perfect duo in DKC2, but then babby kong came along in 3 and fucked everything up.

donkey kong is slow but can jump on some of the bigger enemies and reveal hidden bananas. diddy kong is faster but cant jump on some of the bigger enemies but you can cartroll into them.

>>2714094
I kinda always thought that maybe Nintendo wanted them to make more DKC games but for some weird reason they didn't let them use Donkey Kong himself anymore. Nintendo has done stranger things.

>>2714002
>I was there for pong, son.

that would make you at the very least 43, why the fuck are you on 4chan you dirty ol' fart.

>>2713985

We're talking about DKC anon, not Vectorman.

>>2714002
>Gaming died in the mid-90s
try mid 80s kiddo

>>2714353
>mid-80s
>when gaming reached new peaks with home consoles, arcades and PC engines

>>2714357
>missing the meta Cranky Kong joke
pls

>>2713904
>You don't even need the DK coins, they don't do anything.
Enjoy being beaten by a plumber, a stupid dinosaur and some poofter elf. I'll be here at the top of the podium.

Play DKC3 as well

>>2713876
That DKC1 is pretty good (7/10), and that DKC2 is one of the greatest games ever made (10/10).

>>2713896
>>2713904
But the secrets are very intuitive and perfectly mesh with the pace of the game.

>>2713876
As someone who grew up on DKC(GBC version) and never played DKC2 or 3, I have to say it's just pretty straight forward just like any other platformer.

The most important thing to remember is that somersaulting is Donkey Kong's best friend. They have a stronger friendship than Sonic and his spindashing.

Diddy is love
Diddy is life

DK and other characters are just for specific spots, or if you manage to fuck up based Diddy's sick moves.
DKC2 is best game of all times

>>2714879
This guy knows what's up.

Dixie is for plebs. Diddy is for veterans.

>>2714815
Best DKC ever!

Am I just shit at DKC or is it really difficult to tell where a platform begins?

Dkc is one of the comfiest games ever if you just go for a simple play through.

>>2717613
It's the slanted perspective, I know what you mean.

>>2714348
But I like Vectorman

The only advice you'll ever need

2's harder than one. throw barrels and walls. might find a cave. nothing kills the red zingers nothing will keep the lights on in the cave. the octopus cannot die from Engaurde... what else...3 is actually better than both imo

The main character is based off of Al Sharpton.

>>2718182
Fat Sharpton is the best Sharpton.

>>2714815
Agreed.

>>2718181
>nothing will keep the lights on in the cave
That level will never not scare the piss out of me.

>>2713891

make sure to also hold down Y so u run

>>2714348
Kill yourself

I should try to get a 100% file on DKC1.

Is there a way to know which levels have undiscovered secrets on my file?

I assume also in order to get a complete file, I need to get the KONG letters in every level, right?

>>2718691
When the level title ends with an exclamation mark, you've found all the secrets.

KONG letters are meaningless to the %. You just need to enter all of the secret rooms and barrels.

There's a few that are pretty much impossible to get unless you know about them before hand. You might want to watch a 100% on youtube or something before you try it.

>>2713985
>DKC SUCKS YOU GUYS
eat a dick nigger

Open your ears. This game has fucking amazing music.

>>2718691
It's 101%. Also this >>2718753

>>2714002
Sorry gramps. Maybe your old age is claiming your mind, because DKC2 has some of the most consistently high quality level design in a platformer game.

>>2718753

Good to know, thanks. I guess I'll try to find all the stuff I can on my own and when I get stuck with the remaining secrets I'll consult some walkthrough

>>2718901
I imagined

>>2718753
there's only two that gave me trouble, the one in the first industrial level that requires you to spawn a barrel INSIDE the bonus room to go into another bonus room, bonus room inception. And the one in the first ruins world level, the one with the mankys, that require you to jump behind the wall where the bonus room is. Everything else was straight forward. Believe it or not I found them all without help when I was underaged.

ITT People from /v/ have nothing better to do

>>2719551

Have you been reading the last posts in this thread? We're actually discussing DKC instead of shitposting.

>>2719565
Oh good. I was reading the first half and assumed the whole thread was like that

Donkey Kong Country is truly perfect. If you do not get this amazing generation of Donkey Kong madness, you are stupid. Yes, I know. That's insulting, but it's also the truth.

>>2719941
PLAY IT LOUD IN STEREO, DUDE

>Anything I should know going in?
What kind of question is this, OP? Just play the game, you don't need to know anything going in. This is like asking if you need to know anything going into Super Mario Bros.

oh wait.
>>2713897

>>2713876
As someone that only tried them when I was an adult, the hit detection seemed pretty bad.

>>2713876
Always keep your eyes open, you never know when a secret may appear. Keep sharp!

>>2713896
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRwZ_l4kOVA
You're welcome.

>>2722102
Thanks for removing all challenge from this already-easy game, I'm much too stupid to figure out even the simplest things by myself

>>2717613
>>2717801
This is what always put me off of it, though it's become less of a problem as I play it more.

>>2713896
But finding the secret coins is fun and gives the game replay value. Damn casuals.

>>2713876
Use L+R.

DKC2 is hard as fuck

>>2713876
don't throw barrels at walls to open secret passages, instead just walk into them while holding the barrel. if a passage is there, it will break open, if not, you still have a barrel

>>2714815
here here

>>2713985
Shouldnt you be working on your high scores Grandpa?

>>2722926
Said no one ever.