Game Boy Color Longplay [091] Donkey Kong Country

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A re-release of the original from the Super Nintendo. -
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[@TrueSolunar]

Games made by Rare ALWAYS sound good, no matter what system they are found on...

[@gookawild5543]

Rare is an incredible game developer especially with 90's games.

[@skinnyjeanz5312]

Poor ps fans

[@rgerber]

@@gookawild5543 RARE IS the 90s.....

[@paxhumana2015]

@TrueSolunar, Grabbed by the Ghoulies might want to have a word with you.

[@TrueSolunar]

Every family has a black sheep...

[@yy19aos]

wow, Rare managed to shove a 16 bit game into a 8-bit game, that’s impressive

[@johneygd]

I remember once i saw those first screen shots of this game on a gameboycolor back in april of 2000, i was sooo shocked that my hearth started to beat faster,considering how a nintendo magazine from the 90’s did once said that donkeykong country could be only a spectacular game if it runs on a spectacular system such as the snes,they said that that game would push the snes to it’s limit,they called it the ultimate 16bit video game,a game wich could even compeat with 32bit and 64bit games,so i was like “whooaah that 16bit game could never run on a 8bit system” but once i saw this game on the gameboycolor,i was almost fall off my chair “it felt like a novelty as if the 8bit gameboycolor was just powerful enoigh to handle regular snes games” just the idea as if the gameboycolor was a portible snes all because of this portiblelized donkeykong country game,haha.

[@Smoon161]

@@johneygdyou wrote a whole essay 😂 but yea, donkey is a higher quality game for such small console, especially compared to the other games😅

[@sisi_life1999]

More like they shoved a 24 bit graphics into 16 but graphics and then shoved that into 8 but graphics

[@PhilMante]

Impressive, yes, but compared to the SNES version, very stripped down. The lack of colors, the music being toned down are just two things. It honestly feels like a very well done homebrew downgrade for the NES/GBC

[@Foomy425]

Bro took “just a prank” to the next level

[@1300l]

Taking in consideration it's not just an 8bit, but also a portable machine, this hand held console was a beast for an 8bit one

[@Albergarri788]

The console wasn't a beast, the game was very well programmed

[@FuZhixiang]

Impressive graphics, quite authentic to snes or gba version

[@matthewgregory8218]

Looks real

[@RebelliousTreecko]

I had this version as a kid. So difficult. Many stages had me tearing my hair out. I let a friend play it for a bit on a camping trip and he deleted my save file. I was at K.Rool and hadn't beaten him yet...

[@Trinnitus]

Damn

[@jugador398]

Tragic!

[@Lightblue2222]

I remember letting friends borrow my games. I said "ok as long as you don't delete my file" I'd show a spot for them to save and said to leave mine alone. I'd get the game back with everything re written lol.. I'd get so pissed lol. Happened more than once.

[@legonardouvv5096]

yes, it also happened with my sister with FNaF 1 I was going on night 5 and my mom told me that she will lend it to her and...she gave her a new game

[@Emperor_Atlantis]

I have never managed to beat K.Rool on gameboy 🙃

[@GamingPlayer123]

My favorite version of Donkey Kong Country. There's something so striking about this one taking advantage of the hardware in spite of limitations.

[@dragon666777]

This was the version I had growing up, I still think it's pretty impressive they crammed this whole thing onto a gameboy cart, in addition to adding even more content. I remember always trying to get into the already completed "world", the shack before the first world that's always marked with DK's head. I thought it'd let me in sooner or later... I also always thought the extra set of islands on the world map, for Crosshair Cranky, were a really nice addition too

[@Robotvike1996]

Same here never played the other versions until reacntly

[@christophersmith2068]

This translated well on the Game Boy Color. It's like NES style!

[@Nbrother1607]

The Game Boy Color has better color capabilities than the NES

[@starman9458]

I’ve had this game since summer 2003 and still have it!

[@GamingForst1]

U think the gameboy increased price?

[@starman9458]

@@GamingForst1 Possibly since the inflation has made everything go up.

[@ijustgottahotdog]

I love how instead of riding the animal companions, your character would transform into one of them instead.

[@9termunde87]

This was actually because of hardware limitations. The SNES and GBA versions have you riding these animal companions

[@ijustgottahotdog]

@@9termunde87 I see thanks. But you must admit it was really cool.

[@9termunde87]

@@ijustgottahotdog Yeah it was

[@neubro1448]

@@9termunde87 Strange that Donkey Kong Land 1 is capable of riding animal companions.

[@9termunde87]

@@neubro1448 It's even stranger that despite that, Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong aren't shown simultaneously

[@carterhurt1910]

As a kid I never had a SNES so this port was my introduction to DKC. This game, DK Land III, Donkey Kong '94 (arcade style with Mario), and DK64 were my main Donkey Kong games in those days. I remember when I finally saw the original SNES version of Donkey Kong Country, being amazed that it looked better than DK64!

[@commscan314]

That's what prerendered graphics do to ya.

[@m.m.2341]

Absolutely incredible, that they got this game running on a GBC.

[@peedipiper9048]

I got this port of DKC when I was a kid and it took me years to beat the Kaptain.K.Rool. This port of DKC is still impress me to this day and the fact that they added 2 mini games made it better.

[@detectiveblutomindpretzel6292]

You should have found K. Rool easy if you have already beaten the rest of the game.

[@Xanatos21]

Pretty good port. There's just three minor things that I don't like about it. The first one is the fact that Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong don't do their victory dance whenever they complete a level. Next, the large bananas that you get at the end of a boss fight do not fall down to the floor where Donkey Kong/Diddy Kong and the boss are (I always loved standing in the right place after delivering the final blow to each boss in order to see the large fall and crush them). I also wish the creators could have kept in the slapstick scene with Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong hitting each other at the end (which was in the SNES version). That aside, this version of the game was nicely done!

[@chillbolaggins5628]

First World Problems xD Edit: you could also take into consideration that the kongs become the animal pals, rather sitting on them

[@oceanblais4125]

Levels Kongo Jungle Jungle Hijinxs 0:49 Ropey Rampage 2:49 Reptile Rumble 4:54 Coral Capers 6:54 Barrel Cannon Canyon 10:49 Monkey Mines Winky's Walkway 12:45 Mine Cart Carnage 14:09 Bouncy Bonanza 15:40 Stop & Go Station 17:49 Millstone Mayhem 19:49 Vine Valley Vulture Culture 24:59 Tree Top Town 27:50 Forest Frenzy 29:56 Temple Tempest 34:29 Orangutan Gang 36:28 Clam City 37:41 Gorilla Glacier Snow Barrel Blast 40:17 Slipslide Ride 42:13 Ice Age Alley 44:15 Croctopus Chase 46:18 Torchlight Trouble 48:52 Rope Bridge Rumble 50:22 Kremkrok Industries Inc. Oil Drum Alley 53:43 Trick Track Trek 55:49 Elevator Antics 1:02:09 Poison Pond 1:04:06 Mine Cart Madness 1:06:38 Blackout Basement 1:08:30 Chimp Caverns Tanked Up Trouble 1:11:25 Manic Mincers 1:14:34 Misty Mine 1:16:13 Necky Nutmare 1:17:49 Loopy Lights 1:19:24 Platform Perils 1:21:09 Final Boss 1:24:03

[@johneygd]

I got good memories of this game, i clearly remember the day when it was released ,i raced to the store to get that game,, once home i was playing it immediately,wondering how faithfull it would be to the original,and at the time i was shocked at how seemingly clo it looked to the original,because since the gameboycolor screen did NOT had bright colors and since it also did blend the colors a little bit, that game almost looked like a snes game,, i was playing that game for hours that day😁🤣

[@donkeykongisytpooping3002]

johneygd Like a year or two later the gba port came out making this port obsolete but still an impressive port.

[@BrunoM321]

Wow, it isn't a bad port after all.

[@PresStar2Play]

The physics and hit detection aren't the best, but other than that, I agree it's a really good port. I definitely enjoyed it.

[@red-man7017]

Not sure if anyone noticed, but soundtrack from Donkey king land is used here

[@yordansic]

Literally everyone knows this. 🙄

[@La_Shaggy]

I’m a 2000s but my brothers had GBC and this game. Later on i got a GBA and played it on it. Loved this game so much

[@JORD4N_021]

Exactly the same for me man that's crazy

[@MrElpastor]

Saludos desde Colombia, es increíble que este juego sea tan bueno en una consola tan limitada…es una obra de arte!

[@Swampert_Tube]

This port is impressive. I grew up with the GBA port and I had no idea there was a GBC port

[@bryanguegan6937]

It was the opposite for me lol. I had no idea there was a GBA port until Slimkirby channel started a let's play of it 2 weeks ago.

[@kingozzy7075]

I like how loud the music is in this version of the game. Plus the soundtrack is full of bangers

[@NoriakiCuckyoin]

0:28 i never realized they just took the menu from DK64 and crammed it onto the gbc kinda lazy but it works ig

[@albertomassari77]

The difficulty of making a game like this, in those days, was enormous ... It's like the difference between editing an image with Paint or Photoshop. Im amazed of this godlike effort.

[@Itsscottstudios]

The gbc version of Donkey Kong Country looks almost as good as the SNES version

[@dwaynethemineraljohnson412]

Get your eyes checked

[@cntoon90skid32]

I like how they added the Donkey Kong 64 option screen at 0:35.

[@phantasmFES]

i played this around 2008 and i had a lot of fun, didnt remember it looking as different as the snes version as im seeing now 😅

[@qanwalaltaf6533]

so cute..miss old days 😢

[@GuerreiroBR]

I love this channel, congratulations on the channel, reminds me of the old days

[@chavez45able]

It would've been cool to have the extended Winky's Walkway and Necky Nutmare from the GBC version carried over to the GBA version of Donkey Kong Country.

[@discoverypoopyanoexiste]

remade this to snes version

[@k-leb4671]

0:47 It's hilarious how DK's house on the overworld map looks like a lovely two-storey North America suburban house with a garage and chimney and everything, and then in the Kongo Jungle map it reverts back to it's usual jungle shack look.

[@nahomgirma5095]

Holy crap! This looks incredible! And this was on Game Boy Colour?! I need a copy of this, since I have a GBA SP.

[@joeywelander1833]

There is also DK Country for GBA that looks and sounds exactly like the original version. I play it on my DS and on my GBA.

[@michaelrhodes4235]

There are pros and cons. SNES version has the best graphics, best sound quality, 60 fps, and runs at 224p. Game Boy Advance version has worse graphics than SNES, brightness is cranked up too high (to compensate for the lack of a backlight on original GBA), slightly downgraded sound quality, 30 fps, and runs at 160p. However, it adds new mini games, DK Attack mode, ability to save after any level, hero mode (unlockable hard mode), and photographs (which are collectibles). Game Boy Color has the worst graphics, worst sound, and runs at 144p. Surprisingly it runs at 60 fps though so frame rate is better than GBA. This version has added pictures (different collectibles than the photographs from GBA), an exclusive level, another level is extended, and added mini games (different from GBA except for fishing). So basically SNES is best on a technical level but GBA and GBC each have their own added content that is exclusive to each version.

[@TempoKong]

@@michaelrhodes4235 the GBA game runs at 60 fps

[@michaelrhodes4235]

@@TempoKong What makes you think that? I looked at it frame by frame with 60fps footage and it only updates every other frame so it is running at 30fps on GBA

[@TempoKong]

@@michaelrhodes4235 Make sure it was actually recorded in 60fps and not just rendered

[@nostalgianetwork1225]

I think the gameboy color version has more of a catchier version of the OST then on the SNES

[@detectiveblutomindpretzel6292]

The GBC version of this game impresses me so much... sometimes I prefer it over the snes one.

[@PSG51]

Damn this brings me BACK! I played the shit out of this game. I also remember the times i brought my Gameboy Color on vacations with me.

[@MiklosTamas1997]

6:55 this level's theme is just amazing

[@Toadmeister601]

The theme from 29:58 is also amazing.

[@RedTabletTalk]

Yeah it makes me think of making love to a thick blonde white woman with a donkey butt wearing a red skirt!

[@shyguy85]

@@RedTabletTalk nigga what

[@banjokazooie8124]

Yeah, it sounds better than the SNES version in my opinion.

[@JuicyJooz]

The entire soundtrack is goated!❤

[@misterk7_-]

I only found out that they managed to cram DKC onto a Gameboy Colour. That's pretty incredible

[@urheber_echt]

“Aquatic Ambiance“ !!! * - * This version is also a great masterpiece ! 🙌🏻

[@Quionol]

This is genuinely impressive for a GBC game

[@LITTLE1994]

For Game Boy Color, this is a very good conversion from the iconic SNES game.

[@MzGumby02]

Had no clue Donkey Kong Country even game out for gameboy color too. Wow...very impressive.

[@pferreira1983]

But did you have a clue Donkey Kong Land was on the GameBoy?

[@detectiveblutomindpretzel6292]

same

[@DukeOfTrains]

They also managed to shove it onto the og game boy Donkey Kong land

[@Geno2733]

I gotta say. For something meant for a console, this is pretty good on the GBC.

[@Vednier]

Wow. This version, actually, quite close to SNES one, with simplified graphics, of and music. But, considering fact that most GBC\GBC games made not by Nintendo was rather poor shadows this one is very good. Strange why Zelda on GBC is so-so...

[@lkrauss100]

This was so much harder since I didn't realize holding B made you run and jump further lol.

[@gergerger5888]

This is the version I grew up with. Even if, as an adult, I am finishing now the original SNES version in my SNES mini, in my headspace this is still the true one.

[@Mac14329]

This was the version I played the most as a kid. A lot of memories of looking at the cartridge's artwork and messing around in the game. Never got far, though. I didn't understand what I was supposed to do. Also, interesting how Klump has his color scheme from the cartoon.

[@dillonkinder9296]

Funny how Nintendo and Rareware didn’t remake DKC2 and DKC3 for Game Boy Color before they remade the whole trilogy for Game Boy Advance

[@Noir_Baa]

It still amazes me to this day how accurate this game is to its 16-bit counterpart.

[@Meta77]

Woah. I had no clue dkc what on gbc. And I'm highly impressed. This looks amazing, sounds amazing, and has just as much content from the looks of it.

[@srirammohan9809]

This is probably the only somewhat 3D 8 bit game I’ve ever seen.

[@sweetpataterz8738]

Sonic Blast on Game Gear

[@Bellevue_hc]

This game was one of my childhood favs. Wish I still had a gameboy

[@greensun1334]

Really good for 8bit! ...add Parallax-Scrolling and better Resulution and - you have the SNES-Game!

[@EMDA91]

Omg this was my favorite game to play. The music is so damn good.

[@hugoarboleya884]

The best soundtrack of all!!

[@dillonkinder9296]

This is just like playing Donkey Kong Land but it’s remastered in color

[@IvanFranco120]

Yes, and it has the SNES levels.

[@gabrielmanzano4914]

I used to have this game 4 the SNES & GBC but the one for the SNES was stolen by one of my so called friends

[@EricSimoneau]

gabriel manzano that sucks

[@donkeykongisytpooping3002]

gabriel manzano What happened to your “friend?”

[@jinkaku_2008]

@@donkeykongisytpooping3002 He got to finish the game.

[@607]

This is as of yet the only version I played, but it's really good!

[@MrAndreKey]

suddenly there are so many memoriers

[@Rarestgameplayer]

Wow, Donkey Kong was released in GBC !!

[@joshcarter9660]

6:56 somehow the underwater levels in Donkey Kong Land looked more like the original

[@RickyIcecubes]

Seeing this reminds me of how far Nintendo took the original Game Boy technology. GBC is no more powerful than an original 1989 GB, it just has a color display. They ultimately squeezed more power out of the Game Boy than they did the NES, and Nintendo had an absolute stranglehold on the handheld market. They didn't even have any legitimate competition until 2005 when Sony launched PSP.

[@normalbowserguy]

It is a bit more powerful, such as it has a double speed CPU mode.

[@RickyIcecubes]

@@normalbowserguy This is better looking than any game they ever released on NES. The Zelda GBC games look almost as good as ALTTP.

[@aprilpartain6633]

This is probably the best dkc port i've ever seen, i like it more than the orginal lol

[@mariofan98]

I've doned gba version 100%

[@The_Fireball]

The hours I spent in my grandma's countryside house, playing this in game boy. I could never defeat K.Rool

[@pmktsh]

Looks like improved version of NES bootleg (Hummer Team)

[@NewController01]

Impressive for an 8-bit conversion, kinda reminds me of the GBC port of Rampage World Tour...but one thing that hampers it, is the controls

[@fernandoschilipackramos5541]

The game of my childhood

[@KingConradVI]

I used to have this game, it was actually my start of playing handheld games. I would later get the GBA version of Donkey Kong Country 2 and i was too young to even begin to wonder why DKC2 had better graphics. I'm much older now and can't even remember a lot of playing this, and that makes me a little sad

[@milkshakemonkeyfan2009]

0:22: the main menu just like Donkey Kong 64

[@sinistermaniac966]

I was in 7th grade back then when this came out. Blew my mind they ported this to Gameboy.

[@IAmCLG]

Sharing sounds and music from Donkey Kong Land?

[@umilol18]

Winky walkway is is longer than in the SNES version

[@madisuku396]

I remember this growing up. I had no use for a phone when I had this thing😂

[@Postaldude__]

Had this as a kid, wow im having a crazy nostalgia trip rn

[@robboscamp104]

I hope Nintendo adds this to their 3DS Virtual Console.

[@Thatapsguy12]

My grandma bought me this game in 2000 for my birthday- never beat it it was really hard

[@ballah1937]

The mine cart level man.. My 6 year old self has nightmares about that level.

[@bolt2056]

I agree, it looks hard

[@wreiad]

Weird seeing Donkey Kong Country visuals with Donkey Kong Land music.

[@cauanalvesgarcia3650]

Visual GBC DKC Color

[@Nbrother1607]

This is a demake of the Super Nintendo game using several music tracks and possibly a modified engine from Donkey Kong Land, with some extra content

[@IvanFranco120]

I'm surprised despite how the GBC version is similar to the GB Land game, they have some different levels in the original game. Here, they have an closest recreation to the SNES levels. Good representation...😅

[@LxcasOnYT]

I was looking through the basement for our old teal and kiwi gameboy color and pokemon carrying case. but only found 1 game and that was donkey kong country. trying to look through everything and going to start in the garage to find them. we had every pokemon game for gbc.

[@clockwork4190]

Back when Rare was good

[@JuicyJooz]

Peak humanity right here

[@robboscamp104]

Shame this version wasn't ported to the 3DS Virtual Console, with the DKC (SNES) and DK Land trilogies.

[@bennel3588]

I got all level names highlighted in orange (including Candy's Challenge, and except for boss levels), went through the game with DK Barrels off, and went through the game with star barrels off. I still do not have 100%. What else am I missing? Even Cranky Kong is telling me that there might be bonus rooms that I'm missing.

[@dillonkinder9296]

I like how they use that same main menu screen from DK64

[@IvanFranco120]

Yes

[@JoseDanielCosenzadkfan]

Thats my favorite port of dkc

[@matheusperes_goodgames]

This version is kinda good for a GBC port!

[@catsrule0535]

imagine DKC2 on game boy color

[@IvanFranco120]

Yeah, but Rare was too tired for doing an GBC sequel...

[@TheHeavyWing74]

I ordered this game in elementary school off of eBay. I don’t remember why, but I really wanted it. I remember it being extremely difficult. Was my favorite GBC game until I recently played Wario Land 2.

[@johndiggle4229]

Have you played 3 yet? They're all good even the 1st one!

[@TheHeavyWing74]

@@johndiggle4229 I actually bought all 4 games. I played WL1 on my 3ds in elementary school and actually loved that game and still do. It has a very special energy for me. The music and the somewhat Metroid-ish gameplay made that a very fun game for me. 3 was alright. I still haven’t beaten it. Lots of back and forth and back and forth. Music was really nice though and the updated graphics were a plus. I played a little bit of four and it wasn’t my favorite. 2 on the other hand is one of my all time favorite games ever. For me there isn’t much that can top Wario Land 2. It’s right there with Ocarina of Time and LittleBigPlanet.

[@johndiggle4229]

@@TheHeavyWing74 lol you make me feel old playing the 3ds in elementary that came out the year I graduated!

[@TheHeavyWing74]

@@johndiggle4229 this October marks 10 years since I got my 3ds, at age 9. Still have it. I clocked over 300 hours on OoT 3d. Good times.

[@Kunglampan]

Better music than dk3 still.

[@parkerraus3402]

I should be sleeping right now lol

[@inesr.7928]

Same 😂

[@WillScarlet1991]

Amazing :)

[@RyneMcKinney]

I still don't get why this was even made if Donkey Kong land existed already

[@PinchedCake6]

Most likely due to the clueless people who didn’t know any better. Or maybe they wanted to take advantage of the game boy colours hardware. Ignore how I spell colour I’m British and that’s how we pronounce it.

[@Yassoune]

​@@PinchedCake6i know this has nothing to do with your answer but there is actually people that care about how "color/colour" is spelled?

[@PinchedCake6]

@@Yassoune I do, just to make sure people are aware.

[@PinchedCake6]

@@Yassoune also regional differences

[@yordansic]

@@PinchedCake6Except saying “colour” in that context is wrong. It’s spelled Game Boy Color (without the U) everywhere in the world.

[@Swgstve]

never played the gbc version of this but was always a fan of the snes version and donkey kong land

[@magnus00125]

4:35 and here i sit playing donkey kong tropical freeze

[@TheGrossMeta]

The reaction in the beginning to the empty banana hoard has me weak af 💀😭

[@Deathtrooper-kn7cr]

Siempre me pregunté si hay alguna diferencia entre este DK Country de GBC con el DK Land de la GB clásica.

[@jordansweda5958]

I remember playing this 😁