Donkey Kong ROM Hacks - snomaN Gaming

[@ZeldagigafanMatthew]

"hold left when you start so you don't die" How not to design a game level 101.

[@TheLonelyGoomba]

Makes me happy seeing your channel do so well.

[@snomangaming]

Thanks Goomba :D Me too! It's been crazy

[@ceilingstare1536]

you really just show up everywhere don`t you??

[@bojackson3073]

@@ceilingstare1536 He really does

[@WhatsWithGames]

Hey snoman did you know that Donkey Kong Country 2: The Lost Levels is called Donkey Donkey Panic in Japan

[@snomangaming]

FRICK

[@SillyDogJoe]

snomaN Gaming Fricken Frick

[@dynastylobster8957]

chadtronic style frick

[@DaikoruArtwin]

Thanks for the info. Time to go fetch the Japanese version. Edit: Can't find anything. You're sure that's how it's called in Japan? It does not even seem to be known from the lack of result of my searches.

[@NovaBugDrayosix]

I belive it's a play on how Super mario bros 2 was calledd Doki Doki panic in japan

[@Astromontana]

As a huge fan of the DKC series (especially DKC2), it never once crossed my mind that this series had a decent amount of rom hacks. Unfortunately from the ones you showed they just looked like simple enemy spamming hacks except for the last one. That last hack you showed looked really promising and I'm tempted to try it out myself.

[@snomangaming]

yeah the last one is by far the best, I can't recommend it enough.

[@johnnycolorado6740]

kremlings revenge for dkc1 is actually decent, hard as kongcrete is a lil over the top hard for no reason, but with the lack of good rom hacks for dkc it makes them look good

[@ZiggyIsGrape]

You can tell the last one was made by a true DKC fan, as if he brought all of his dream levels from his childhood to life. Atleast I know I was always creating cool DKC levels in my head as a kid.

[@emilydioptase]

I haven't watched the whole video yet. Nice video, keep up the great work!

[@aviinthepast]

this is the best comment ive seen all day

[@wilburdemitel8468]

Grand ol time

[@thespadenetwork4552]

AnesDK is actually a really cool hack, it's more of a puzzle game.

[@Mike14264]

I heard there was a hack that restored Cranky's unused tips in DKC1. He actually had tips for every world, but a bug/programming oversight made it so that the game forgot to check in what world you were when you entered Cranky's Cabin. As such, only Kongo Jungle's tips ever appeared. Unfortunately, the site where that hack was is gone now.

[@xRocketzFighterx]

Make sure to click snomaN Gaming bell to get updated. I just clicked it so I can get notification of your DKC hack stream. Really looking forward to this mate.

[@snomangaming]

Hey thanks!

[@cakeybakey741]

Floating IPS isnt sketchy! its mainly for SMW Roms but can be used for others, besides your using the wrong things silly.

[@Chozodianemissary]

I love that you're keeping up with DK month! I don't know of anyone else on KZbin as dedicated to DK as you are, thanks for keeping this up!

[@snomangaming]

It's always super fun for me to make, so its a win win :)

[@Chozodianemissary]

That's good! You don't seem to be putting a whole lot of pressure on yourself either. I think that might be why PBG decided to tone down Zelda month. Keep it casual and fun!

[@TheGeekPunkGamer]

Nice to see these. DKC series was one of my favorite on the SNES. The Lost Levels hack looks pretty good. I might have to give these a try myself.

[@Ezzekiel73]

Dude, I fucking LOVE DKC2, and that last hack LOOKS AMAZING! I also can't believe I never thought there might be some awesome rom hacks for this game series! Gonna check that out, thanks man! Love your vids!

[@GaetanoProchilo1989]

The DKC trilogy its licterally a masterpiece!

[@SuperPeterok]

I wish they would release the trilogy physical copy for switch

[@TheStoodUpKid]

Even the soundtrack to the 3 makes a masterpiece

[@MoonSpiritChannel]

Didn't know there were any DKC rom hacks at all. Great episode as always! Hope to see you stream!

[@thomasreichert2804]

I don't know how the creators of these hacks could benefit financially, so it must be a love of great games that drives them. Great hacks like DKC2 Lost Levels (or Last Impact or Star Road based on Mario 64 for more examples) deserve more than just praise, but good on those people for giving us these games!

[@ehx3419]

Actually many hack creators have Patreons.

[@EngineerDJ_Julius]

Romhack communities are where its at. Best communities I've ever stumbled upon

[@kmjohnny]

Lost Levels restored my faith in these hacks, a rom where I was able to reach world 2

[@double-aa-entertainment]

Snowman gaming: come on this is just cruel Me: don’t you mean K Rool? :)

[@VladlustTV]

It's always cool to find out about new hacks, great video Snoman!

[@snomangaming]

Hey thanks Vlad!

[@AshnSilvercorp]

if your wondering how title was changed in the Boss Blitz, look up a guy named Sethbling. He created a hack of Super Mario World using computer hexadecimal programming, and he basically turned a cartridge in an SNES into a mini-computer. It even had it's own copy system that he could switch and use the RAM chip in the SNES to copy all the code over...

[@commenturthegreat2915]

0:21 Murder! That poor young charming banana! Noooo

[@waterwraith3334]

So don't become too big of a DK fan or else you'll, go bananas?

[@rogerklotz7737]

DKC2 is one of the best games i have ever played. I am gonna test that romhack for sure. I also like the hack that skips the waterlevel like everyone knows these are a pain.

[@snomangaming]

yeah I laughed so hard when it happened lol

[@sonicboy678]

That's not even the worst one. It's ridiculously tame.

[@Matt-gh2zm]

I got stuck on that purple parrot swamp level in Lost Levels. Now I'm tempted to go back to it

[@div7624]

It's funny to me that you call flips a sketchy program when the source code is fully available. I know that doesn't mean anything to everyone but still funny.

[@DrakesCove]

Have you heard about the fangame: 'Donkey Kong Country 4'? It's a little weird, but looks good, imo.

[@Leon--Kennedy]

Drake's Cove Are you talking about DKC4 the DK bay?

[@ehx3419]

@@Leon--Kennedy Nope, Kongs Return. Probably.

[@BrandenFudgey]

I can verify that the 8 in 1 DKC cartridge available on EBay actually works on an American SNES console! It comes with DKC 2: The Lost Levels and DKC: Kremling’s Revenge. It also comes with all three original games, 2 boss battle games, and the competition cartridge as extras. It was 100% worth it!

[@ericcartman7420]

You simply could have bought a flashcart for the SNES, like the FXPAK Pro, and would've been able to play almost every SNES game in existence, including the ones you just mentioned. That would've been the better option.

[@darkychao]

LunarIPS is "sketchy"? You don't even need to use it anyway, I'm pretty sure both SNES9X and ZSNES auto-load ips patches if both they and their respective rom have the same file name.

[@jimmyjohnjoejr]

darkychao I know right ellemayoh

[@911meltdown2]

darkychao I thought the same thing. First video I've seen from this guy and it's a big nope. I'll pass from watching his videos

[@RoyalGamingBattalion]

Well, that's a mistake. His videos are quite entertaining!

[@SuperDavidBrothers]

Wow for that last rom hack of a game franchise that came out in the mid 90s, that one was pretty dope tbh because it looked fricken sick as heck man!

[@SanteonGames]

so close to 100k subs, best of luck!

[@lifeiswonderful22]

Dude. DKC gmes are some of the best to speedrun. I'm not even good but DKC2 is one of my fav games ever. Top 3 for sure.

[@Chud_Bud_Supreme]

That Lost Levels hack looks pretty amazing. I'll look out for your playthrough of it.

[@princesscarl1656]

1:04 "sketchy programs" Um, what? Lmao Flips, XDelta are fine patchers and aren't virus laden files... They usually come with a lot of romhacks anyways lmao what the heck

[@nathangowen1888]

Um, did you know that it's possible to corrupt Squawks in Donkey Kong 64? If Squawks gets really angry, he'll betray the Kong Family.

[@PkmariO64]

Most of these hacks should have just been called "Kaizo Donkey Kong Country".

[@sariarosegold]

"Donkey Kong Kaizo" or better "Kaizo Kong Country"

[@brodymarkiel2528]

This is what I gathered from this vid: ANESDK: WTF Kremling's Revenge: at least you're not the guy who trashed it due to 3 stages. Hard As Kongcrete: Cool concept, and fittingly hard. DKC3 Unleashed: Ehh. Boss Blitz: Cool mode, AWESOME title screen! DKC2: The Lost Levels: Glorious!

[@dudutano15]

I've beated "Lost Levels" in 102%. It is amazing, almost even better than the original DKC2.

[@tunnelmansafro]

ha I hear a pillow to catch all the stuff at the start very smooth

[@ilikecurry2345]

7:52 As in, the Klumps who are always nomming on grenades and they tauntingly salute you when they go down?

[@blockeontheleafeon]

0:09 This is also where O. C's and Mods come in. As, I don't really care enough to Love EVERYTHING In The Binding of Isaac, So I made some new Forms of Characters I liked or new Characters Entirely. And you can't forget about that Hilarious Floating Shopping List Mod. That was Pretty Funny the First Time I saw that In-Game. :3 (There's even a Separate Game Inside TBoI which is called "The Binding of Isaac Antibirth" which has 4 Brand New Levels, New Bosses and Enemies, New Music and even New Items. :3)

[@altrogeruvah]

Wow, that Lost Levels ROM hack sure is great... I'll check it out, thank you!

[@laodsave]

this was a really fun video. great job dude 🙂

[@snomangaming]

Hey thanks Adam :D

[@e-mananimates2274]

Oh, boy! That last hack is making me rub my hands in anticipation!

[@LordLevitan]

Completed ALL levels in HArd as Kongcrete. Good kaizo hack, really enjoy collecting DK coins (which is incredibly hard)

[@Christanstonir]

I liked your vid! Dumb thing I’ve been noticing lately nbd just saying. A lot of people use the word weary when they mean wary. It’s not like it bothers me but I just notice. Anyway great to see some rom hacks for these amazing games!!

[@pancholopez8829]

I'm disappointed you didn't mention DKC4. Basically a Rom Hack that titles itself to be a sequel to DKC3. But you get to play as all the playable Kongs and all the enemies! With new level design too.

[@sonypsp05]

A neat hack would be allowing Donkey Kong to be playable in DKC 2 & 3.

[@mryossarian3991]

Fun fact: The AneSDK ROM hack is actually very popular in Japan

[@RevZombagger]

For the part you got stuck on in the first Romhack, what you're supposed to do is use the prior jumping kremlin to reach the top of the left trees. From there you're supposed to roll jump past the bee to the trees above the two launch barrels and proceed along the top of the map over the oil barrel.

[@snomangaming]

You cant jump on the previous kremling, he just knocks you back because its the type of Krusha that even DK can't kill

[@RevZombagger]

I mean the brown kremling that's springing from side to side. You bounce on his head at 2:17, but you need to use that bounce to reach the treetops directly above you. The next move is a long roll jump, hence why the bee is there as an obstacle. You're to roll under the bee and take a long roll jump to hit the next treetop.

[@SQGReviewShow]

These ROM Hacks look neat. Although, it'd be cool if there was one where you play as a Kremling or something XD

[@StarRush1]

Those hacks looks awesome I can really see myself struggling while playing them

[@efrainmarin9919]

There's also a DKC2 boss rush hack called Brigand Barrage. Have you seen that one?

[@warioland523]

My favorites are Hard As Kongcrete and Lost Levels. Both hacks of the same game. XD

[@ugandancitizen9973]

That game over screen scared the heck out of me. AAAHHH!!!

[@Spike1885]

thank you, hope to see the stream if you didn't already do it.

[@ZipplyZane]

If it's just an IPS patch, you shouldn't need any sketchy software at all. There are plenty of good, clean ones. Now, you may have to go to a sketchy website to get the right DKC roms. But I find that adblock is usually enough to make them not so bad.

[@DaNintendude]

I haven't watched your videos in a while... But I'm watching one now, so..

[@kennycarter5682]

I hope u play them with no commentary. I like hearing the music in game in stuff without someone talking to ruin the exp

[@popo2k3]

Mining Melancholy

[@princesscarl1656]

Also, most IPS files work without needing a specific version of the game, so do XDeltas, usually. There are exceptions, but normally it doesn't matter.

[@ericcartman7420]

Getting ROM hacks to work is by no means a difficult or complex undertaking. All the things listed in the video are pretty self-explanatory. The "sketchy programs" basically do all the work for you, finding the right version for the patch to work is usually listed in the patch's ReadMe file and using Google to find it is no rocket science and outside of adding/removing headers from ROM's (which can be done with a tool called "SNEStool"), this is basically everything you need to do. Also, I was a bit disappointed that "Donkey Kong Country Reloaded" wasn't mentioned.

[@MattyGHerring]

Lets talk about that minion figure on your desk

[@snomangaming]

LOL it was a gift I swear!!!

[@AzureFlareGaming]

Hey SnowmaN. I found out recently that somebody uploaded a DKC hack on DKC Atlas that flips every stage horizontally. It's actually really interesting. Just thought I'd let you know.

[@bombalisa2724]

I really hope someone makes a hack where Diddy is playable on DKC3. And also Donkey being playable there and on DKC2 as well. I mean their sprites are already there. I can dream

[@donkeykogfunkyfresh]

I have to try out Lost Levels Right. Now.

[@tailsprower8118]

The Lost Levels Someone get Jirard to play this hack, he'll love it!!!

[@themrolimarshow9370]

the games are already torture... snow barrel blast...

[@NataliaNeeSama]

The only ROM Hack I would be interested would be a novelty I had since I was a kid: You can choose any combination of kongs you want. Kiddy and Diddy, Dixie and Donkey Kong, etc etc, and be able to play any level of the trilogy. Too bad this is a lot of work and I doubt anyone is able to do that.

[@snomangaming]

There's a hack called DKC4 I just heard about and you can play as any 4 of the trilogy kongs, but its all new levels!

[@PomLamb]

I did a 100% play through using barelax. You can start with both kong if a you finish a bonus level or b you start a new level. This can be cheesed.

[@claytongrange2137]

Oh wow. I have got to play that Lost Levels hack!

[@julianotakashi]

"Stay cold my friend" Me: I Live in amazonia, 35 degrees Celsius almost all the time

[@BluCoolKnux]

Thx for telling us that, What's With Games! :)

[@Peace_And_Love42]

Definitely playing the DKC 2 hack for the TWIOCH channel.

[@gomiakayo]

So I actually played through and beat the entirety of Kremling's Revenge. The final level is absolute hell. It even has a cross made of bananas at the beginning. Like an omen. lmao The final stage ended up being a multi-day adventure. But I didn't have a very high opinion of it overall. World 5 and 6 just had absolutely dumb and unfair design choices and physics changes.

[@snomangaming]

Yeah thats unfortunate. Rise in difficulty is good, but sometimes its way too much

[@cedjogos]

DKC2 Lost Levels: Best Brazilian Game EVER!

[@GoldenPickaxe]

Lost Levels reminds me a loit of that SMB3 hack, Mario's Adventure. Somebody should compile a list of all the total revamp romhacks out there.

[@starsroof_1633]

awesome video!

[@MCFPapa]

You should check out the recently released DKC3: Tag Team Trouble rom hack

[@muellerhans]

Title: Donkey Kong Video: Donkey Kong Country

[@ChrisCrossCrunch]

speaking of fan project I would love to see a video about sonic fangames like Sonic Classic, Sonic bts and ats and whatever you could possibly dig up

[@Plerion]

Terrible mechanics I learned from Super Mario Maker bad designers: soft-locking the player, overly populated levels, death on spawn, damage boosting abuse, and unfair/unexpected exploration penalization. All of those = automatic skip (mostly). But definitly will try some, thank you so much for the video (and for filtering the crap for us)!

[@x_.suzaku._x]

I love this guy

[@hendrikc.5984]

oh COME ON! How am I supposed to be able to sleep now, without knowing how to solve that barrel riddle in the first ROM hack?! Overall, fun video though. Just remember, kids - hacks are whacks!

[@Sentay0]

climb over using the trees and fire barrels placed in the air

[@superdemonboy]

That last one at least looks playable! I hate when people make trolling levels that just kill you at every corner. That's not how the pros design games. That said, I really wish somebody made a hack that mixed characters and stages from all 3 DKC games!!

[@snomangaming]

Actually there IS one that I didn't find out about until after I did this video called Donkey Kong Country 4 that has all 4 playable kongs and a totally unique world. I think it wasn't ever finished though. You could find a demo somewhere on Google, pretty certain

[@heavenlymalachie8238]

@@snomangaming Important update to date: So far the game created by fans called "Donkey kong country 4: the kong's return" is 70% complete. Note that it is a group of fans who are dedicated to another project simultaneously: "Kiddy kong's show time". Also, if I'm not mistaken, these Donkey kong fan boys are the same ones who created: "Donkey kong country trilogy" which is a fangame that uses all the elements of previous games and even new assets.

[@deanthe3684]

the kong letters look like those cookies from ikea right?

[@MaxxMinton]

Good stuff man.

[@onlybrad8434]

DK needs a fighting game

[@lolrus5555]

So is anyone else disappointed that there doesn't seem to be any attempt at a rom that ports a playable DK into DKC2 and 3?

[@deyvantwo5426]

4:45(Boss rush) TAKE THAT!

[@LazyGyro]

6:58 How was the entire game "made from the ground up" if it is a rom hack?

[@ryanamberger]

flips and ips patcher have always been great patching software for me. Haven't had any problems....yet. LOL like that water level too. Haha that shit had me rolling.

[@ilikecurry2345]

It's as short as those "MLP Speedpaints" that are just a 5-second picture of the completed product.

[@4eedomNation]

I started playing Lost Levels recently and I had a feeling it was going to be included in this video. It's fantastic and I recommend it to all DKC fans. Also Check out thr hacks on the user ma ryu's channel, They're insane!

[@Accrovideogames]

2:41 Come on, it's pretty obvious that you have to take the upper route on the treetops.

[@jackhamstertoontown]

you actually need to grab the tnt to kill the necky and bee past the bottom barrel

[@orsonzedd]

I have a Donkey Kong doll, I'm sure I could get you one. Also yeah, LunarIPS is not sketchy at all

[@thekingslayer1831]

A little late, but will you be doing ROM hack videos for other games? I’ve got a Super Mario RPG hack in the works right now...

[@uno_SSBM]

Imma download lost levels rn. Also, u need to check out a DKC fan game called DKC4 The Kongs Return. It isn't a rom hack, but it is made using the same engine as the original trilogy. And btw, u can play as all four Kongs! It also has really good level design, just it only has one world finished, but it's SUPER good! Just look it up and you should find it online.

[@xXBlueSheepXx]

It's not the same engine, its completely programmed in GameMaker I think

[@uno_SSBM]

Blue Sheep 123 - I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure it is made from the ground up in the same engine. That's what I read online at least. it sure does looks like the same engine tho.

[@snomangaming]

someone just sent me the link to it, I'm gonna check it out! But the download link didnt work :(

[@uno_SSBM]

I gotchu covered. Now I do not know why it is so hard to find a working download link, but the newest update came out in 2016 and i have seen posts about this hack going all the way back to 2011. But here is a website that I got mine off of. archive.org/details/dkc4kongsreturnfangame The download comes with some other folders as well, but the one that has the most updated game is the "DKC 4 - the Kongs Return [2016 Demo]." Setup ur controller with the controller setup file and then the other one will play the game.

[@kennycarter5682]

sounds like one of those games that will never be finished.

[@ShadwSonic]

That last one was really fun, but I didn't learn about it from here... rather, there's a site I frequent called retroachievements.org, which, using specialized emulators freely available from the download page, allows you to earn achievements made by other users (including me!), all of it adding points to an overall leaderboard. Anyway, DKC2 The Lost Levels is, at the moment, the only DKC hack with cheevos developed, and there's an easy source for both the patch file and Floating IPS (think Lunar IPS but more versatile) in the game's forum page. That means the only thing the site DOESN'T directly link you to in order to play is a ROM of the base game, which... yeah, they don't want to risk being shutdown because of paranoid game companies, so linking THAT part would violate site rules.

[@uhhh_adam]

I wish I knew how to rom hack ;-; I can't even figure out Lunar Magic

[@k-leb4671]

The color palettes of the Lost Levels are turning me off from it. It seems great otherwise, though. Also, how could you be such a huge fan of DKC to the point that you make lots of videos about it, but didn't know that there was a cheat section in DKC2? Cranky even talks about it at some point in the game.