2056. My family surrounds my bedside as I die of pancreatic cancer. Tearfully my grandchildren turn to hear my final words as the doctors move to cut my life support. "What is it, Grandpa?" "I DID THIS USING ONE LIFE! AND I TOOK LESS THAN AN HOUR!!!!" *life support machine* BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeppppp
I’m 37 years old now.. this music and gameplay instantly gets me emotional. DKC1 and DKC2 were the only 2 games that ever really impressed my father. I sat in my room and played games from when I was 5, until pretty much when I moved out. My father never came into my room and actually watched me play any of my games during all of those years…. But …. These 2 games? He was fascinated. He couldn’t get over the music, and the graphics. I felt such intense happiness when he would watch me play these games. I’d go through each level with a smile on my face. Out of the thousands of gameplay videos I’ve watched on RU-vid, this particular game is the one that makes me cry. My father’s been gone for almost 12 years now, and I have 2 sons of my own, a 2 year old and a newborn. I’m going to make sure I spend so much time with my kids, and show interest in their hobbies. My father didn’t show very much interest in mine, or spend much time with me. I know I’ve gone a bit deep with this comment, but that’s how good this game was, and still is to me. It reminds me of that intense happiness I had while playing it. It reminds me of my father. This single game holds so much power over me. I absolutely need to get a retro pi set up with emulators, just so I can relive those days. 😢
I love this theme, it reminds me of the days of simpler games and inspired me to do 3d as a job, now I do it as a hobby, but it still makes me feel good to hear it again.
This game was kind of ahead of its time. I would not doubt that for a minute it seemed like the 16 bit consoles were going to hold their own against the emerging 32 bit consoles. The graphics in this game were just so good that at a short glance they rival something like Clockwork Knight on the Saturn (just a random example).
DK: Hey guys watch this. *Walks over to Diddy Kong and messes with him* Diddy: What was that? *Donkey Kong smacks him* Donkey Kong: Got ya. Diddy Kong: You no good son of a.... *Bites DK* Serves you right.
I get goosebumps and good memories when I hear the end credits music... I treasure those times. Donkey Kong Country: I am honored to have played the game in its release year. One of my favorite games ever.
Have been watching this in 2020 living abroad far away from home. Makes me feel so much nostalgic, the music at the end especially 😭 I didn't know there was a 101% ending 😳
Winter light - Linda Ronstadt Since I was a child I always connected the ending of dkc1 and the secret garden because the music is the fucking same I swear
Your reward for finding every single bonus level: Cranky mentions it. That's all. No Lost Worlds, no Krematoa, just...Cranky mentions it. And you can see 101% beside your file. That's lame.
my favorite game when i bought the snes 10 yrs ago..well mega manX, DK2, mario kart, street fighter2, and killer instincs. i love this system.. has the best game..yeah best system
I was always stuck on 99% lol, lockdown boredom made me check this out...but yeah, real anticlimax! At one point there was a rumour that the original Donkey Kong game was hidden in here somewhere..now THAT would have been worthwhile..
OMG! I heard that rumor too! About the "secret banana" level. I was just much older than you when I got that game, though. I was like 14 or something. lol
@Artificialraven Using a glitch to save often with Candy, your time doesn't carry over when you reset...so let's say you have been playing 15 minutes and 45 seconds, when you reset, you'll start at 15 minutes, so it IS possible to beat it under an hour 101% if you're a good player and can utilize this. I'm sure you could do it without the glitch, but it's extremely hard. I've beaten the game twice under an hour.
I have no idea. I know for a fact that I probably missed tons of stuff when I originally played. Last year, I found another copy of DKC (since I lost my original years ago) on EBay and tried to play it. Still no 100% and no idea as to what to do to figure out what was missed. At least with DKC 2, a good indicator that you missed something can be determined through the amount of DK coins you find, and if you open up all tolls to the lost world.
@ANBU96 I do think RKA for Genesis is arguably a better game (just finished beating that on emulator). If by bad-ass, you mean nerdy, then I wholeheartedly agree that owning the stuff is the way to go. For me, playing the stuff on emulators is nerdy enough. I have thought about buying USB controllers to play them with, but that's about as far as I'll go on the nerd-scale.
Can I imagine being old and dead in my bed in front of my wife and kids telling me...... "Yes Hon I shall miss you and so shall our children. May our children grow up to be fine adults. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢. Me? I cry before I die. Sorry but there is no way to change our past,present, future times.
@Artificialraven (and Booyakasha976) Actually, the game has been beat before using only one life and in under an hour. I Googled it and found a video speedrun. 0.o All items were collected and all bonus games were successfully done. Just decided to point that out. Very interesting. (One of the main developers of the game did so in a quicker time, too. Maybe Cranky was modeled after the guy...)
@ssjup81 i was talking about the DKC1 only ofc ... in my opinion the 2nd and the third games were the best DKs ever ... just amazing and i love almost all the levels in them ... the pirate ship, the volcano, the rollercoasters, the castle lvls in the 2nd game, the ghost forests, the secret island world amazing game.... and the 3rd game ... awesome awesome ... the rocket level the factory levels, the snow levels, the castle in the end ... ahhh sweet sweet memories :D
@ssjup81 yeah i agree... I remember i had 96% initially then i REPLAYED the whole game again and it went to 98% then i was totally mad and started playing the more "cheesy" levels like the crystal cave and the fuel ramp in the mines jumping in all the empty spaces :D :D :D i remember i was really frustrated, since someone told me there was a "secret" banana level when u got 100% It was supposed to be below your home ... I was 7/8 at that time :D
101%... I think this is the game where I got to 100% and thought that I had gotten everything. When I got to the end, nothing changed. I felt disappointed and gave the game away. If only I knew there was just one last barrel left to get...
@Artificialraven It is possible (very much so with TAS), but you have to be one hell of a dedicated speedrunner (there is a comprehensive guide for such an attempt too, which aims at around the 46-minute mark). Cranky says the same damn thing anyway.
That would be nice. DK64 was off storywise, but was still kind of fun to play, though challenging compared to the others. I also wished that Dixie would've been in the game, or at least acknowledged or referenced in-game. Kiddy Kong too. I didn't care for the third game at all. Ironically, I never owned this one. When I finally told my folks for Christmas, "Mom, dad, I want DKC 3 this year." They were all, "okay." I got an N64 instead. lol The only way I played DKC 3 was from renting it.
Seems Cranky just praises you for finding everything. If I'm remembering right, as it's been a long time since I've played and beaten this (I never had 100%), and if you are under 100%, he pretty much goes on about how you could've done better.
@Artificialraven It IS possible, but Cranky would have had to use Tool Assists. Of course, he couldn't have found all the secrets, beaten the bosses, AND not lose a life in a straight run. That's just ludicrous.
@ANBU96 I like the sequel a bit more myself. why did you buy a snes, when you could have downloaded it along with the games for free? ever played Sparkster for snes? another classic side-scroller.
also, all the raising a pet games aren't anything new. We had them 15 years ago, they were called Tamagotchi's. Aww...every day I am forced to sit back and watch as one of the best parts of my childhood (video games) gets butt-fucked right before my very eyes.
:) I wish they do another sidescrolling DKC game ... the graphics, still are really cool for a sidescroller ... I kinda wondered what happened after the 3rd game ? because as far as i know the 4th (the Nintendo 64) is not story connected...
@ssjup81 aha i see thanks. I was so a kid back then and i didnt know english sooo :D Any ideas on how to check whether you have missed anything on a given level ? like in the 3rd game: the flag...
