Donkey Kong Land (GB) - 100% Longplay (No Damage)

Originally recorded for www.longplays.org
In contrast to the longplay of RickyC in April 2009 is this the 100% Longplay (all Bonus Barrels and also all KONG Letters) played on BizHawk.
Levels
World 1 - Gangplank Galleon Ahoy!
00:00:45 1-1 - Jungle Jaunt
00:02:18 1-2 - Freezing Fun
00:03:38 1-3 - Simian Swing
00:05:09 1-4 - Deck Trek (2 times because i must get 2 bombs)
00:10:30 1-5 - Rope Ravine
00:12:12 1-6 - Tyre Trail
00:13:34 1-7 - Riggin' Rumble
00:16:42 1-8 - Congo Carnage
00:18:26 1-9 - Arctic Barrel Arsenal
00:19:52 1-10 - Wild Sting Fling
World 2 - Kremlantis
00:20:18 2-1 - Tricky Temple
00:21:46 2-2 - Kremlantis
00:24:00 2-3 - Reef Rampage
00:26:42 2-4 - Snake Charmer's Challenge
00:29:09 2-5 - Chomp's Coliseum
00:30:29 2-6 - Nautilus Chase
00:34:05 2-7 - Swirlwind Storm
00:35:39 2-8 - Seabed Showdown
World 3 - Monkey Mountains & Chimpanzee Clouds
00:36:32 3-1 - Pot Hole Panic
00:38:38 3-2 - Mountain Mayhem
00:41:11 3-3 - Track Attack
00:43:14 3-4 - Spiky Tyre Trail
00:44:44 3-5 - Sky High Caper
00:49:10 3-6 - Landslide Leap
00:50:59 3-7 - Collapsing Clouds
00:52:21 3-8 - Mad Mole Holes
World 4 - Big Ape City
00:52:59 4-1 - Balloon Barrage
00:56:07 4-2 - Kong Krazy
00:58:17 4-3 - Construction Site Fight
01:00:06 4-4 - Fast Barrel Blast
01:02:07 4-5 - Skyscraper Caper
01:04:32 4-6 - Button Barrel Blast
01:05:45 4-7 - Oil Drum Slum
01:08:21 4-8 - K. Rool's Kingdom

[@ghallium-jv]

I remember back in 1994, i begged my parents to buy me a SNES with Donkey Kong Country for Christmas but they couldn't afford to buy it so they offered me Donkey Kong on Game Boy (the 1981 arcade game remake) then for my birthday they bought me DK Land i was so happy to enjoy this mini DKC ! Great memories.

[@TorriadTwire]

ghallium did u end up getting a snes if so that’s great and your parents are very nice

[@Vlumpty_Vonty]

You had a good childhood

[@ianalyzeeverysecondiexist]

ghallium I got a Game Boy as a birthday gift in 1993 in the official case with Tetris, a large, rechargable battery, headphones and link cable (for the games compatible with it), and later on, a bunch of other games. Great memories, playing Donkey Kong in the backseat and my sister playing Kirby's Dreamland on hers. After 28 years, my Game Boy works fine - adjusting volume isn't as precise as when it was new, though.

[@ericroundy3672]

@@TorriadTwire doubt it people are cheap

[@pompmrs.127]

ghallium i begged my parents to buy me donkey kong Jungle beat for the gamecube, but they could'nt afford it and they offfered me the GBA Port for my gameboy player. Later in my birthday, my mom bought me jungle beat. I am so thankful!

[@FrahdChikun]

Reminder that the premise of the game's plot was that Donkey and Diddy made a bet with Cranky to prove that they could still have fun even without fancy graphics and great music. I'm serious, it's in the game's instruction manual.

[@doutorbolacha1037]

Cutie plot ;)

[@naughtynaughty6102]

Proof

[@furrlipe4929]

@@naughtynaughty6102 Here's the proof: The story is told in the game's instruction booklet and features a lot of fourth wall references; it takes place after the events of Donkey Kong Country, where Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong discuss their latest adventure to Cranky Kong. Cranky admits that it was more successful than he thought, but claimed that it was only because of "fancy graphics" and that "Kids'll buy anything nowadays." As Cranky rambles about the games of his time, DK and Diddy try to convince him that Donkey Kong Country was great because it "was just plain fun." Cranky remains unconvinced, and he challenges Donkey and Diddy to an adventure on an 8-bit monochrome system (the Game Boy). After they make the bet, Cranky arranges for King K. Rool to steal the banana hoard overnight. While Diddy originally agreed to the bet, Donkey Kong was furious because he wanted to watch the Banana Bowl. However, he reluctantly decided to go on an adventure with Diddy to retrieve the bananas from K. Rool. Source: www.mariowiki.com/Donkey_Kong_Land

[@zachatck64]

@@naughtynaughty6102 Look up the manual online

[@Ray_2112]

If only the controls were as good as on the SNES or Land 2+3... don't mind the other downgrades

[@endicotttyler]

Ahhh yes. The nostalgia of riding the bus home after a long day of class and pulling this bad boy out back in the 90’s. Good shit.

[@TheBarricade32]

We peaked as a society in the 90's

[@endicotttyler]

@@TheBarricade32 facts.

[@angrymobsters1599]

@@TheBarricade32 Yeah 2001 was the nail in the coffin for us.

[@coopsunited]

The bright yellow game cartridge! 😍

[@christoast5028]

Was stolen from me on school 😢

[@johneygd]

I got sooo many good memorys of this game, it reminds me of those wonderful promising moments in 1999.

[@sirdorkster]

>1995 FIFY

[@Lightblue2222]

I was playing this around that time too.

[@PaloJaurez]

@@sirdorkster he might’ve confused it with donkey Kong country for gbc.

[@Vinster1137]

Can I save my progress after every level so if I turn it off I can play the level I was on and how do I do it

[@johneymute]

@@Vinster1137 yes you can but you have to collect all dk letters and then finish the level before to be able to save your progress.

[@jessturner6886]

I spent many hours in high school playing this instead of doing my homework. The cloud levels were the hardest!

[@mikepurdue7472]

I used to be so good at this game, and now its hard as hell. No idea how i was able to do it way back when. I was lucky enough to find it at a local used game shop. I popped it into my snes gameboy adapter cartridge a few days ago and tried it. Amazingly it still worked.

[@sandman8920]

Seem to last forever

[@sindykrish]

The sheer mastery is astounding! The kast part of world 3 was too difficult for me and I gave up after being unable to dodge the various fiends. It was amazing to watch the whole game in one sitting. Thank you.🙂

[@childofgod724]

Wooo so many close calls!! Brought back many childhood memories of playing this on Gameboy silver during looong road trips. Thank you for uploading this!

[@Vlumpty_Vonty]

You had a good childhood

[@Ann-wl8bg]

As impressive as the graphics are I can't help but wonder how much of it you would've been able to see on an actual GB screen haha. There's so much going on visually compared to the GB games I played like Tetris, Pokemon or even Super Mario Land!

[@jekylldnb]

It’s funny, I got a gameboy for Xmas one year with this game, my dad took it back to the shop because he thought it was faulty due to the graphics being bad! Haha

[@sandman8920]

It’s fantastic on the super gameboy

[@goldbigeagle6772]

Gotta admire the dedication, mans got full hearts near end game and still gets every last banana 43:30

[@Diblu64]

Man i was impressed that they achieve this on the gameboy, they even put variety like in the original series of SNES and the game has above average length in comparison to other games. Though it still has his flaws like the camera that makes getting the 100% way tedious than it should be, you also had to get all letters in a level to save, it was not a problem at all, atleast for me. The soundtrack is amazing for the capabilities of the gameboy, that's for sure. The game is very enjoyable in its beginnings but in advanced levels it becomes tedious due to the camera and the somewhat slippery controls. But still, I had fun playing this game.

[@link5605]

But this series is different

[@Diblu64]

@@link5605 The fact that they are considered as such does not remove the fact that they are basically ports of their SNES counterparts, the gameplay as much as the characters do not change between games, is the same. anyways, It was just a basic comparison between hardware capacities, thats why i said "like in the original series" .

[@OilFreak]

"fans can rejoice in what is basically an extra 34 levels of DKC" - Nintendo Life

[@donmcron3334]

@@Diblu64 I've never considered these games ports as all the levels are different. I like the quote above me that's exactly how I feel.

[@RighteousnessWillPrevail]

Loved this game as a kid and still do for all time. The Team who brought us All the Donkey Kong Country games (Exept 3) really saw Greatnes in the cosmos and had the talent to bring it all into the physical wold in video game form. We would never know who thet really are because all there first names are always like,, T. Stamper. Which is great because they knew that it0's not about them, it's about what's being presented. That's the focus. That's why a paint most well done is the one where the artist doesn't sign his name.

[@RighteousnessWillPrevail]

I guess this series there names are revealed. Probably had to happen for law purposes because the laws changed later on.

[@RangoTheMercenary]

Audiovisually impressive for a Game Boy title. Manages to go beyond what the NES was capable of in terms of animation and sprite detail.

[@gellister]

Rare was something else back in the 90s

[@bryanposson7351]

Thank you, you helped me find the 5 bonus stages i was missing

[@benjaminrodriguez4477]

This game is what I need most in my life,i love dk country port games

[@nintendontbutdo5507]

Love the music and game it takes me back for sure!!

[@Wolfdragon92584]

I just remembered that this came in a yellow cart!!! My cousin used to bring it over along with RC Pro Am and Rocket Power for GBC. Probably around 1999/2000. So much fun!!!

[@syedfahimshahriar9849]

Reminds of old memories.how much I tried to finish all these levels.I love this.thank u for uploading this

[@julien_o_67]

This was quite an impressive port, back in the days.

[@saramarie9091]

This makes me sad that we didn't get a really cool ship level before King K Rool battle in the SNES version.

[@djstephennicholls]

Aquatic ambience one of the best piece of game music ever composed

[@DragonSword227]

16:50 and 1:07:32 thanks for showing these hidden barrels, would’ve not been able to 100% this game without this video. ^_^

[@rocaw]

No one are gonna give some props to this man? 100% with not a single damage!!!

[@EmmanuelHernandez-uz3mx]

I'm a 2000's baby. In the early and mid 2010's, I used to have a Gameboy with this game, Pokemon, and GTA. This takes me back so much, jesus.

[@supermariologanfan6546]

Remember, this is the same game whose ad Oh these are pretty cool bananas came from

[@bruzey7786]

So many memories.. back in 96 i entered a contest of trying out the new N64 playing Mario 64 at my local toy store. After playing you would fill out your name and tlf number on paper.. after returning home later that day i got the call .. 🥳AND I WON🥳!!! the price was a gameboy pocket with donkey kong country.. mann i was flying high that day😎 GOOD TIMES!

[@yoman.whatisthis3698]

the songs on this game are really good. childhood favorite game on the gameboy. thank u for uploading.

[@sandman8920]

My first game and one of the hardest games I’ve ever played. Probably where my love for difficult games came from.

[@bjt5300]

One of my favorite games back in the day.

[@jaredt2590]

Ashame 100% doesn't affect the ending like it's Snes counterpart, fun game though.

[@syedfahimshahriar9849]

Now I know how the last level looks like.it was my only dream then to see how it looks

[@DarKKnightt07]

One of my favorite video games of all time.

[@lexscott2911]

My grandma always bought me a game for my birthday. She always got the right one I love my grammy rip

[@karenmazzu]

Came here for the music but reminds me: When i had this game as a kid, i could NOT get past a certain level no matter how much i played. I prayed God would help me beat the game, then forgot about it and something like 10 years went by. I misplaced the game, grew up some, completely forgot about it, and made a friend later who offered to let me borrow the game. So i played it again and WON the level i could never beat before and won the whole game then was like, "woah, God answered my prayer!"

[@southsidesaiyan8641]

Was it the cart level in the mines?

[@karenmazzu]

@@southsidesaiyan8641 can't remember... Wish I did. Isn't it crazy that we went from having handheld personal gaming devices as kids to having handheld devices that can be connected to almost the whole world and access to massive amounts of knowledge?! I miss being a kid and getting to play video games with my brother though.

[@Lee-hg4di]

Entendi,pra pegar 2 bombas tem que passar a tela 2 vezes,valew por lembrar,sua game play é muito útil,sempre volto aqui pra ver.

[@almareyes2192]

😭😭😭😭❤❤❤❤❤ nostalgia hits hard with this one..

[@vahn_legaia]

I only had 1 and 2, and 1 felt like a brand new game whereas 2 felt like a clone of DKC2

[@verastaki]

1995 was the first time I played this specific game, Donkey Kong Country, on my brother's green Gameboy back in middle school. I remember the game cartridge was yellow.

[@emprrah]

This is absolutely too notch for the gb. Considering all the other types of games. This looks stronger n sounds better than most gbc and gba games. Just that it has no colour

[@kimzchaos]

In the HD remake, enguarde the swordfish and squawks the parrot will be included

[@johnny_skill]

56:09 the soundtrack to this stage is one of my favourites

[@videostash413]

Underrated game

[@SolarFarle]

Oh These Are Pretty Cool Bananas: The Video Game.

[@brownpaste]

44:43 i dont believe anyone has actually finished this level on real hardware, ever. i've been attempting it for 28 years and i still cant finish it

[@brownpaste]

ok i just finished it thanks to this video... wow

[@sandman8920]

@@brownpaste😂well done 👍

[@AndDeathForAll82]

A blank credits roll after all that bullshit, is an insult!

[@ecernosoft3096]

Between this and sonic blast, I'm going w/ sonic blast (this should've been on gbc). But it's still a great game!

[@hectorcollazo8845]

My 2nd playthrough with this made it into one of my fav Donkey Kong games. Can't believe I used to ignore thinking it might not be as much fun as SNES Country series but I was WRONG when I found out its silly story (oh, Cranky Kong 🤣).

[@tinashesimbini5800]

That underwater stage was a nightmare, some huge snake used to chase the shit out of me Game over😢😢

[@arekusu.]

1:07:37 that has got to be the dirtiest trick pulled in this game. It's the only secret I didn't find on my own becaue I didn't know you could blow up the oil drums...

[@almareyes2192]

Good old days..❤😭😭

[@bonesjackson6522]

This and Kirby’s Dreamland 2 stood out from the other Gameboy releases

[@firemastergaming4235]

Donkey Kong Looks Like You Pissed Off But He Has Grapes In His Cheeks

[@ivancho1659]

Amo esa musica. mi juego preferido. Me da nostalgia como olvidar cuando lo jugaba en la game boy color

[@TheBarricade32]

Congratulations. LOL

[@LaidBackAnimals]

I remember playing this game all the time, on the third file screen

[@alejandrobueno631]

Dichoso Cranky... Estoy aqui atrapado por culpa de una estupida prueba que nos esta haciendo. Y lo unico que tenemos que hacer es "Ir a la Ciudad de los Monos para vencer a K.Rool" en esta especie de mundo monocromatico.

[@kirbylover2.038]

so many Game Boy games had land in the title

[@SK8Jensen]

I loved this game

[@PawnHeart92]

the level at min. 45:00 was a total nightmare for me, that damn moving platform!!!

[@kusanagibonjet]

CLOUD STAGES ARE MY MOST HATED STAGE IN GAME. XD Oh nostalgia... XD

[@BillyBob_McSanchez]

Man these graphics are both nostalgic and scary af

[@generfeld]

This game gave me very strange feelings as a kid- it was hard, I liked the SNES better, and 0:45 the sound of getting that coin really creeped me out and still does. That sound compared with the dark sad sounding music (for gameboy) gave this game a serious and odd feeling. I didnt get far since I sucked at this type of game, and I never knew how I felt about the game. I still dont......obviously a good game objectively. But it still creeps me out

[@eduardorabelo6407]

This whole time I thought I was playing donkey Kong country as a 5 year old back then 😂😂

[@JSRphones]

Did nobody tell these guys to just STOP? So many levels look like optical illusions made to fuck with your eyes... Just watching this game is giving me a migraine!

[@IronMonkAwesomO]

Def getting on gb. Seems fun. And imma play on my gameboy pocket.

[@dillonhall7514]

That is impressive for a Gameboy, it's like putting a chip from a SNES cartridge into a Gameboy one, how can it handle this much?

[@kaylanroyal116]

Why wasn't I poppin when this game came out????😭😭

[@valerioalese3677]

Fantastic Song..

[@harrypieface]

Nice work

[@Tropixify]

I thought this game would be different from DKC… the only difference I see is the lack of color. I’m going to emulate this now

[@RPGFlare64]

3rd tier number 1

[@BohepansTheThird]

Wait...where's the ending, Rare? "CONGRATULATIONS"? Wha...?? Given the 101% (such as it was), 103%, and 105% endings in the DKC games, even the *normal* endings to those games...the ending here (does it even change for 100%?) is "CONGRATULATIONS"? Uh...um...err...okay.

[@gabysky6829]

i thought this was a bootleg but its actually real, I'd would like if it wasn't black and white

[@randomland9088]

Still in 2022 emulators struggle!

[@ghostspirit1855]

i remember this game but i gave up on it cause i only made it to the second stage of level 2 on world 2 and i couldn't get past it and i wasn't into the water levels

[@punpun2966]

I'm 13 and i got a Gameboy in a garage sale when i was like 5 or so and this was the game that came with it, its so good man i remember every little thing in the game because i played it so much the game was just a 10/10 i still have a random Powerpuff girls game somewhere for gameboy.but i lost my actual console so I'm pretty sad

[@donmcron3334]

Get another one man! That's what I'm currently doing. I'm getting all my childhood gameboy games back and than some. The analogue pocket would be a cool thing for you to look into probably.

[@punpun2966]

@@donmcron3334 i would bro but i don't have a ton of money and for some reason all of em are like 100+ when i got the garage one prolly for 5

[@h8GW]

Like legit *NO ONE* had any problems with the rushed ending and have no lingering bitter feelings? Is there some kind of collective Mandela Effect since its release that I missed out on??? Dammit! That would've been some nice Mandela Effect!

[@sandman8920]

My very first game

[@TrentHuggins]

This game was so frustrating. Can't see anything. Can't tell the difference between backgrounds and enemies lol.

[@rumbletumble94]

At 43:15 the barrel isn’t there for me? I’m playing on 3ds. Anyone explain why?

[@Andrei29438]

This is a old version bc its a land

[@ianalyzeeverysecondiexist]

Gotta mark @ 52:05 because this jump is hard as fuck...

[@sandman8920]

Remember rare?

[@casasbenavidesjoseandre8980]

Una joyita

[@derindiren7183]

52:20 arghh! That mole was always tilting me in my childhood😂

[@jumpnshootinmansredolderbr5031]

Ah yes, a game fully made with no extra DLC that was supposed to be in the game to begin with, or gender bullshit. Just a challenging platforming game.

[@blastproces]

When boys were rough and tough and came home dirty and bruised 👍

[@h8GW]

Made without an ending, too, despite what Super Mario Land gave us *6 years earlier*. I wish I could be a IRL nostalgia-goggles-nazi.

[@Vinster1137]

Is there a way to save my progress every level so if I turn it off I can continue the level I was on

[@ianalyzeeverysecondiexist]

Vinsterz The only way to save your progress is if you get all 4 KONG letters in a level, so these are important.

[@Bomber2125]

41:58 😆

[@hendrysumadi824]

Almost drop down..

[@blossom6309]

Good game

[@Poltersito]

Ojalá pongan este juego en el Switch Online

[@colinm5548]

1:05:40 and 1:02:00 amd 52:20 cant find the letters secrets have almost 100n% on savefile 44:19......

[@sladkinable]

This looks like a bootleg tho...

[@2buckgeo843]

That final boss was easy as fck wtf 😂

[@stefanpoirier6810]

Dennis Haysbert and I once played this together. No jk Now anyways

[@emeileomafi6373]

Whos here for the delta app emulation

[@gustavocabanas3848]

That's based on pbskids.org

[@OilFreak]

No, not in the slightest. Where did you get that idea?

[@gustavocabanas3848]

That's from June 25, 2010

[@jakethesnake0192]

Man this game looks like it would have been awful to play on that good old brick with a 2 by 2 screen

[@zimtak6418]

It was actually very enjoyable and played better than most game boy games. The leading camera really helped.

[@Practicalinvestments]

@@zimtak6418 but it was still absolutely bs in a lot of the later levels with leaps of faith and dying cause the screen doesnt wanna scroll down, but ye the early levels were hella fun

[@jorgeperez-nk8gt]

Alguien tiene este juego por favor él apk