The Making of Donkey Kong Country & Killer Instinct / Pre-rendered graphics

[@OSW]

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[@Puretea4711]

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[@E180TEKNO]

i agree completally

[@ravager48]

@@Puretea4711 A miserable pile of secrets. But enough talk! Have at you!

[@LinktheSamoyed]

He should get a Netflix series,

[@tomservo5007]

I'm not familiar enough with this channel to know the 'voice', I thought someone found and uploaded a 'behind the scenes' featurette from some bluray. The production values on this video is indeed 'INSANE'

[@Huggbees]

I knew these games were beautiful but you showed me a whole new side to them.

[@megazillasaurus]

And diddy kong has a dream where donkey kong gets married to king k. Rool

[@Krmelj1308]

Holy shit, it's the Riddler's biggest fan!

[@tayzonday]

Thank you for helping me to re-live some high points of my childhood.

[@jasonredwine5270]

♫ Chocolate Kong

[@brokesquid]

no way

[@johnsmith-ir1ne]

Wow didn't expect you here!! This KZbinr we're watching is very underrated

[@ator2659]

@@johnsmith-ir1ne No one cares.

[@johnsmith-ir1ne]

@@ator2659 and you still replied. Me 1 you 0

[@thisisfyne]

DKC is honestly one of the best games ever made. Putting aside the technical genius behind it, the sheer amount of fresh ideas, compelling gameplay mechanics, and artistic vision all come together to create a whole insanely coherent and endlessly replayable!

[@tetsuoshima7385]

True. And THAT soundtrack!👌🏻🙂

[@somethingsomething9008]

Dkc2 is much better

[@emericask8r130]

came here to say this - all things considered, it might be the best game ever?

[@propanesalesman660]

@@somethingsomething9008 best one in the series

[@diegoleao]

Rare was able, at that time, to instill emotions to a child that he/she didn't even know it could experience at that age. All the visuals, sounds, and gameplay come together with such perfection that it seems for me like DK Country was an actual place I went to when I was a kid.

[@carnage0685]

Maybe that's why it was called Donkey Kong COUNTRY. Definitely not a stretch.

[@Rezector]

@@carnage0685 what does that matter?? lol

[@carnage0685]

@@Rezector ? They said all the visuals, sounds, and gameplay made it seem like an actual place they were visiting, and when people are on exotic trips, it's usually because they're visiting a different country. That's all- Nothing more, nothing less, lol.

[@IsakAidee]

Not unlike Hyrule Field. That place, and The Tivoli place with the carts and honeycombs were amazing.

[@zacharycardon2353]

I concur! The 1st 15 minutes in Banjo Tooie broke my heart. After seeing Spiral Mountain decimated and two key characters die, I was about to swear off the Bear & Bird. After playing it again the next day, it's still my number one game of all time!❤

[@nimascolari1508]

One of the greatest games ever envisioned and perfectly executed.

[@CactusbIah]

This is the first time I've seen a video on this channel, and the quality is incredible. Rare did an amazing job with DKC, and you did an equally amazing job telling their story.

[@strafefox]

Thanks so much!

[@Game_Hero]

go watch the other videos too!

[@MegaJessness]

'Ey, welcome to the channel! And don't forget to watch all the other videos, they're so well put-together and are super informative :3

[@no1noseme96]

Oh man you're in for a treat

[@HollowQuest_KoseiZero]

Agreed! This video made me a subscriber. I love to see this kind of informative content.

[@AlexRN]

I remember the Christmas morning of 1994 and being blown away constantly but I vividly remember me telling my dad how this game looked incredible and was 3D because I couldn’t comprehend how incredible the first factory level looked. The chains hanging from the ceiling and blocking the view melted my 9 year old mind. Awesome. Truly awesome episode. The production values are off the charts!

[@matadordeleoes]

I played this game in 1996 when I was 7 years old. I dont have words to describe my feelings about playing this masterpiece.

[@yaboijuanito1460]

@@matadordeleoes wow you guys are old cuz i was born in the year 2002

[@matadordeleoes]

@@yaboijuanito1460 haha its normal. in 2002 I was 12 , really happy playing nintendo and psone , watching BDZ. Enjoy bro , you gonna miss these days.

[@yaboijuanito1460]

@@matadordeleoes cuz i remember in 2009 i remember the dsi and the dsi xl was coming out and brand new mario games and stuff man those are the good ol days cuz i also used to have a nintendo 64 since i was little and if you have instagram here is my instagram its @yaboijuanitominecraft99

[@AndreasBabouris]

I'm playing through DKC via Nintendo Switch Online right now, and it's so easy to forget this is a game made in 1994 for a 16-bit console. It has stood the test of time in just about every area, from game design to music and visuals. Seeing the details behind its creation helps to contextualize how much a display of pioneering technology it also was for its time. Thanks for the documentary, keep up the great work! 🙏

[@ZealKingdom]

I still own a complete copy of DKC, and a sealed copy of Killer Instinct. SNES era was the greatest. Amazing video, as always.

[@Ray-c1r]

Word, SNES had so many games

[@Ray-c1r]

I SNES agree, sorry Sega

[@Bunker278]

I remember helping tear down the shelves and such at old stores and finding brand new games, long forgotten, still sitting where they fell decades ago. One of my coworkers found a copy of Killer Instinct. We rock paper scissors for it and he wins. "Next one's yours." he says. Didn't expect to find another game, but he did. Earthbound. I knew nothing about it, but the bigger box made me curious. I didn't open it (still haven't). I bought one of those mini SNES systems that had it as one of the games. I fell in love. I wish I had bought it in 1995, but the "This game stinks!" ad had the same effect on me as it did most people. Plus, I didn't see Ness was piloting the Starman on the box art. The local game rental place had it, but you needed to put a hefty security deposit down if you wanted the guide since they only had the one copy and had sliced and laminated the pages, locking them in a binder. That wasn't cheap so I understood. I just never cared enough to drop that kind of dosh on game rental.

[@canalnerdcronico]

Man, your content is a tremendous inspiration. Thank you for investing your time in this hard work.

[@strafefox]

Thanks and really cool to hear you find it inspirational!

[@ninja_tony]

@@strafefox it really is, I was going to comment the same thing! As an artist and videographer myself, I can only imagine just how much work you put into your videos. The production quality is insane, and it really sets you apart from every other game related channel on the platform. And aside from the fact that your videos are a technical inspiration, you always have such an incredible way of discussing the games at hand in such a refreshing way. I don't know how I ever found your channel to begin with, but I am so thankful I did, and I am always so excited when I see you've uploaded a new video!

[@strafefox]

@@ninja_tony Really awesome to read Ninja Tony! Thanks so much

[@TheMissKittyStar]

The music in DKC2 was and still is magical to me, I love it so much The nostalgia vibes are hitting hard too

[@Level1Sword]

"Rare made Donkey Kong Country in a BARN! And had to use PORTABLE GENERATORS!!"

[@laziestoldman]

Cranky Kong moment

[@nonamenoname1942]

... and act as a monkey to motion capture its moves)!

[@marcianoacuerda]

“Well. I’m sorry. We’re not RARE”

[@ericandre5060]

I bet that was the inspiration for that one factory level😂😂😂

[@dun0790]

Sounds so British lol

[@Cleve_Crudgington]

Man, how can the DK Country music fill me with such a nostalgic feeling when I have no nostalgia associated with the games? It's so good.

[@jackbauer9901]

Thanks for sharing. I did not know this was possible.

[@smoothbeak]

Because it's awesome music :) The music fills the game with nostalgia in a sense, go figure out that one!

[@runningdecadeix4780]

Because the soundtrack is *brilliant*. I don't use that word lightly. It's a masterpiece, David Wise is one of the greatest video game composers of all time, everyone loves and is inspired by the music in the DKC games.

[@t_rexdiaz6778]

@@runningdecadeix4780 you gotta give credit to Eveline Novakovic she made some awesome tracks for the 1st game

[@wmvnotmp4]

Getting new strafefox videos are always the best days of the year

[@RolyWestYT]

How you don’t have millions of subscribers with all this work you put into your videos is insane to me! Thanks for always keeping everything such high quality it’s a real pleasure to see you everyone you pop up on my feeds ❤️

[@null_state]

It's only a matter of time!

[@fred6907]

He deservers millions of subs, the production value is insane.

[@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777]

not everyone is invested in the limited hang out called 'video games'.

[@Crit-Chance]

I'm so thankful to Rare for the role they played in making my childhood so beautiful. Love these guys to death, everything they did and do now as Playtonic, I support.

[@justinhunt1714]

YUP! Banjo-Kazoi and Getforce gemini hold a special place in my heart

[@Krystalmyth]

@@justinhunt1714 I still love these guys for RC Pro-Am to this day. lol

[@LittleBigKid707b]

@@Krystalmyth LOVED RC Pro Am. I don't see it get talked about as much though. Seems under appreciated.

[@skankcor3]

As an avid DKC fan, I’ve devoured every video on this subject and heard the retrospective many times yet you’ve managed to make something that feels incredibly fresh and uplifting. Thank you.

[@McCoy-00]

DKC and Killer Instinct have aged quite well in my opinion. I just can’t believe that the SiliconGraphics workstations cost so much.

[@strafefox]

I agree! I still love both games and although not everyone agrees their visuals too. The funny thing is.. SGI systems weren't even that expensive in a number of markets as the systems they replaced were more expensive (for example in pre-press and visual effects). The bulk of the production work at the company where I started my career was done on SGI. Especially in the 90s they easily made back their investment thanks to their speed and the exclusive graphics software.

[@greysky1252]

The framerate of Donkey Kong's animations are the envy of modern games.

[@mastadope397]

@@strafefox Just wondering what did you use to do for work regarding production. Etc.

[@strafefox]

@@mastadope397 I was a multi-media designer/developer doing 3D animation, video and animation for CD-roms and DVD, coding for websites, Flash games, etc. It was a pretty cool and varied job and I was able to learn so much from colleagues coming from a completely different field.

[@jonhanson8925]

Just what I was thinking. Add in Mario RPG and I'd say that the pre-rendered graphics of the era hold up better than any of the full 3D that would come out for years and years.

[@dadamj]

Rare will always have a special place in my heart. At a very young age they subconsciously set my expectations on what a amazing game should be. Everything about their work just oozes quality and attention to detail, you couldn't help but be drawn to it. Such a great video that really did their work justice. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[@DjAdam16]

Words cannot express the many feelings I had playing this game as a Kid.

[@LinktheSamoyed]

I remember seeing a tv ad and my jaw dropped.

[@MrCalverino]

I kinda teared up just remembering the awesome 16bit war... I was 10 when this game came out and I was knee deep in the war!!!!

[@evilzinabyssranger5695]

Me too! Its the platform game of my LIFE (DOnkey kong - snes trilogy). So much love. The forest, the music, the ambience , the colors and the charisma. Cant be even compared to the wii/wii u counterparts

[@electron2601]

@Craig Adams same!

[@JanG859]

@Craig Adams 10 and getting DKC 2 was my fondest memory.

[@Verlisify]

DKC is my favorite series on the SNES. Amazing video to go into details I wasn't aware of

[@dykodesigns]

Donkey Kong Country is one of my favorite SNES games for it’s sound. The music of underwater level in particular is very mesmerising and made a lasting impression to me. As it happens, the Korg Wavestation is also one of my favorite synths.

[@Skyforger23]

Yes and the "mine shaft" song from the 2nd.

[@tommyzorera]

Its, not it's.

[@Ainnem]

So please listen to this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6vRo4madtl4eqs

[@of-Rivia]

Beautiful work. DKC1 is a masterwork of game design. DKC2 and Killer Instinct are two of my favorite games of all time. I learned a lot from this video even though I already knew a lot about Rare and these games previously. Superb work, mate, thanks for making this wonderfully informative video.

[@The8BitDuke]

Killer Instinct is so underrated, no idea why! Another excellent job!

[@BLINDCABBY]

Absolutely one of my all time favorite games.

[@BLINDCABBY]

@@Wilma_Dickfit_huh you mean street fighter?

[@richmlvcable]

KIMMM WOOOOO!

[@deepcloudsmusic]

Thank you this was incredible to watch!

[@SRC267]

Can't wait to watch this later today! I know this going to be epic.

[@elm4nsuri]

same here!

[@Pokemon60660]

Hello again ! Found you on another channel and commented about your profile picture. What are the chances lol

[@TentacleShark]

"Rare was situated in a 300 year old barn and suffered frequent power outages due to that." This is my favorite kind of useless trivia to learn.

[@mattb9664]

Pausing the video right now so that I can stream it to the TV- way more worthy than just a phone or tablet view!

[@GameplayandTalk]

Amazing stuff as always! I love the additions to the original video on Donkey Kong Country, and the added segments with Killer Instinct are just icing on the cake. That game is still one of my favorites.

[@strafefox]

Thanks Austin! Yeah Killer Instinct is also one of my favorites. It's actually the game that I put the most money in of all arcade games :) It was such an amazing game to witness when it first came out and got me really hyped for the Ultra64 at that time.

[@McCoy-00]

I’ve seen other videos about SiliconGraphics and Rare, but your productions always make the videos miles better.

[@BloodoperaBlackvomit]

Summoning Salt AND Strafefox on the same day. Love it.

[@Don-jt7ch]

107k views? Glad to see this channel made it. More than deserved.

[@SteveEricJordan]

strafefox + dkc, the ultimate combination. i will ALWAYS be in for that. dkc 2 is my favorite game of all time and my favorite soundtrack of all time hands down, period, full stop. and strafefox makes the best gaming documentaries on youtube and maybe my favorite videos on this platform. btw. i still miss the old narrator. (even though the new one is great too)

[@Altercate]

Great job as always! I can't believe my eyes when I see the production values in your videos! You're an inspiration, for sure 😀

[@TokoWH]

Man these videos are always insanely high quality. It's an actual crime that KZbin isn't promoting them more.

[@BerryMitchels]

I love how much effort you put into not only the information on these videos, but the custom stunning and nostalgic visuals as well. This one in particular might just be my favorite! Simply awesome

[@DragonMasterSubo]

Rare really innovated a lot, their SNES games still look and sound great. It's a shame the company isn't anywhere close to what it used to be, but I bought pretty much everything they released growing up.

[@somethingsomething9008]

Donkey kong countrys graphics look ugly today espically without crt

[@tjp_real]

Rare is back. They have their one new company now. Playtonic games. They have made Yooka Laylee. It's like Banjo and DK64.

[@joaonitro5149]

@@somethingsomething9008 No, they don't. Actually, imo the models being pixelated hide the fact that they look outdated.

[@NintendoPsycho]

@@somethingsomething9008 Obviously.

[@NintendoPsycho]

@@tjp_real lol Rare is a shell now.

[@mikekhoshaba4452]

Fantastic video, Donkey Kong is one of my favourite games of all time, the audio in that game is super memorable to me, especially the water theme. Cool to see how it all came together.

[@Jesse__H]

Strafefox is right up there with Ahoy in the absolute top echelon of YT videogame documentaries.

[@CasualGamers]

For sure. It's a shame this isn't more promoted by YT

[@CasualGamers]

@Marc Carran such as?

[@Jesse__H]

@Marc Carran Of course there are. It's not harsh at all - I wasn't _excluding_ anyone in particular. Some other great videogame documentarians on KZbin include Gaming Historian, Indigo Gaming, Jacob Geller, Summoning Salt, and many others.

[@RayzaNC]

@@Jesse__H Also noclip, gvmers, digital foundry retro, slopes games room

[@ninja_tony]

@@Jesse__H Exactly, there are several fantastic ones out there, but I certainly didn't think you were excluding anyone either. Rather, you were pointing out that this channel is really on another level for what a video game documentary can be.

[@seraph4581]

I'm happy to see this channel is finally getting the recognition it deserves! Some of the best gaming content I've ever seen.

[@jannevaatainen]

Segas answer to Donkey Kong Country was Vectorman. Also an excellent game.

[@four-play]

The amount of research you do and the old footage you find is always impressive. Always a pleasure to watch your videos.

[@PeterLawrenceYT]

Production is unbelievable. You really went through all that effort to do those classic 3D modelling and rigging shots. That's out of this world dude.

[@dontletmebrown]

Simply unbelievable production value. Thank you for the video!

[@arthurcuesta6041]

This documentary was amazing for many reasons. Thank you for this work and the massive nostalgia hit.

[@paulnewhouse5126]

I was just thinking about this channel, good to see you back since i love these videos! Still a highly criminally underrated channel.

[@mrob0989]

Dude. This channels quality is just way too good. This is one of those channels that when they upload a video I go out of my way to set time aside to watch regardless of what the video is about. They could legit make a video of a grandfather clock swinging for 30 mins and I would watch the whole thing.

[@odinsplaygrounds]

Amazing video as always. Now this makes me want a uncompressed 4K release of these games, with highest quality assets! Would look so cool.

[@blackwalls8126]

DKC2 is how you nail a sequel.

[@laziestoldman]

You dropped this, your majesty 👑

[@afailable]

These developers are so creative. Very impressive. Thanks for the video, new sub here

[@BladeShadowWing]

Well this is a surprise! Always glad to see new videos from you.

[@serkanunal4784]

These were the days! I really like the era of 8-bit & 16-bit but the RARE story from super NES into N64 does give me goosebumps to relive the moment when I bought my N64 and played those memorable games such as Killer instinct gold. The SNES peaked with the Donkey Kong country series and KI and thankfully it was not all over for Nintendo. Again amazing video by Strafefox!

[@trenthoward6800]

Your follow up videos are always so much more informative and entertaining than your first attempts, its an incredible show of improvement. Please, please take another swing at the Mana series sometime in the future now that squenix has pulled the series out of the back of the freezer.

[@strafefox]

Thanks that's great to hear! And yeah Mana is on my list in combination with ChronoTrigger. I will start working on it soon.

[@trenthoward6800]

@@strafefox Now that's some incredible news to start June with! For Chrono Trigger will you be covering Yuji Horii's involvement in the project? I ask because most other historians tend to gloss over him for Sakaguchi, when it was a team effort every step of the way in the game's development cycle.

[@strafefox]

@@trenthoward6800 Yeah sure! Plus I've hardly mentioned Dragon Quest so far, so I have to set that right :)

[@trenthoward6800]

@@strafefox Great news, definitely looking forward to it!

[@tist006]

First time recommended to the channel. Amazing work.

[@strafefox]

Thanks! Great to hear!

[@edwardota1991]

THANK YOU!!

[@haramaschabrasir8662]

You only realize what masterpieces these old games are when you see documentaries like these.

[@combeechan]

inb4 Donkey Kong's color pallet were chosen from samples of real life barn wood.

[@dtech5066]

this video is better put together than my life

[@WasatchWind]

This video was good enough that I decided to make a game documentaries playlist.

[@unseenhues]

Quite possibly the highest quality KZbin doc I have ever seen. Truly incredible work. Thank you.

[@雪鷹魚英語培訓的領航]

DK2 is a masterpiece. I'd love to see a high res rendered version without all the aliasing.

[@Matt-gh2zm]

I would pay $60 for this without question

[@razeezar]

Just like 'Empire Strikes Back' or 'Ride the Lightning' (Metallica) - It's the second one where the magic really happens!

[@3DSage]

I get so excited when you uploaded! Time to watch and enjoy :)

[@MagisterHamid]

Imagine if Rare still have the original SGI rendered Donkey Kong, the version before they downscaled it to SNES.

[@DatBoiRatchet]

What happened to the original SGI renders? I always ask this but I never get a reply 🤔

[@majinya6199]

@@DatBoiRatchet They lost most of the models and the ones that did survive were on obsolete programs that the newer devs at Rare didn't know how to access them, Rare had to remake the sprites for the GBA port frame by frame using the SNES version as reference.

[@gozinta82]

It would look like garbage in comparison to today's standards. If you look at most of RARE's work on the SNES and early N64 games, their anatomy is pretty crappy, and purposely hidden by their poses and things like that. Take Killer instinct 1 and 2 for example. Watch a segment of their FMV's to get an idea of how well those clanky meshes were rigged (probably non-inverse kinematics setup for animation).

[@matadordeleoes]

@@gozinta82 I played this game in 1996 when I was 7 years old, it was a top game back then. we did not have so criticism about it , it was just revolutionary ...

[@gozinta82]

Robert Spiller agreed it was, i played it too. But now u can see some of the faults. Completely normal for any decent game.

[@EZO.FUZZ.IS.OFFLINE]

What an amazing visual production! Captivating!

[@jsmooth1126]

Hats off to you for the quality of production in your videos. The editing, story blocking, graphics are all unparalleled for this type of subject matter.

[@SceneComparisons]

the 2d pre rendered snes game looks a million times better than the shitty 3d version of the n64

[@Bonegrinder]

A lot of the 2d games from this era has aged better than their N64 counterparts or even the Gamecube.

[@brunoguitardreamer]

LOL Agreed. It's strange jump from an incredible visual art to replace it with empty green polygonal fields and triangular faces just to explore the Z axis.

[@SceneComparisons]

@@brunoguitardreamer yes, everybody wanted to be mario 64

[@chadmorton9259]

Well obviously….it was pre rendered lol

[@SceneComparisons]

@@chadmorton9259 not every pre rendered game was beautiful. so, you are wrong. take your stupid "lol" elsewhere

[@ImmundaDeus]

Whoa, this is some of the best editing/producing I've ever seen on KZbin. You put in hard work. Much respect.

[@pedrovieira3407]

This video is pure GOLD

[@ZakHooiTM]

This is maybe one of the best video's about the use of SGI hardware and how these kind of graphics where done. Keep up the good work!

[@thejunkmanlives]

its just depressing when u see just how much they could do back then with the hardware available. but today they cant even finish the game.

[@mrwhopee]

Exactly, now it's just push it out half finished, roll out some extremely heavy bloated patches sometimes 10's to 100's of gbs in size, and immediately start charging them for dlc/add-ons/cosmetics and the game will be mostly forgotten about in a couple months.

[@Popcornpower]

While I can see where you are comig from: Games have become more complex and the tech/workflows behind them as well. Additionaly you have to make sure everything has a nice performance, even on older machines.

[@Skitz0frenix]

Back then it was more passion driven I guess. Nowadays it's the publishers that's calling the shots

[@thejunkmanlives]

@@Skitz0frenix passion is something thats missing from most media now.

[@razeezar]

@@Skitz0frenix Believe it or not, there was a time when the 'A' in EA actually meant something within their catalog of games.

[@hedron1985]

This is a crazy detailed and well put together vid. Well done.

[@VintageRetrogames]

Your videos are gorgeous!

[@westonkenyonmusic]

He called Aquatic Ambience "Ambient Aquatics." This was such an interesting video. I'm glad he covered the score, too.

[@Xale007]

Imagine a HD version of Donkey Kong Country

[@matadordeleoes]

there are 2 levels from DK2 remake by a developer and published in some random ytube channel. If nintendo had the interesting of make the remaster it would be like printing money

[@Canthatcrazy]

Yeah! Seeing it in the original form before they had to downscale it for the SNES. I'd buy it day 1

[@VicDrums83]

Have you played tropical freeze? Granted it wasn't a Rare title, I would say it's the closest thing we're going to get to a dkc experience with current gen consoles.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

It does. It's called Donkey Kong Returns and Tropical Freeze.

[@BingBangPoe]

As usual, you guys deliver a MASTERPIECE. Production value is jawdropping. This channel needs way more subscribers.

[@RootVegetabIe]

"Myst and Rise Of The Robots" It's great that both of these games went on to be huge hits.

[@AzafuseKingTora]

oh yeah my favourite DKC track, "ambient aquatics"

[@jonathanfaber3291]

Return of the king!

Thank you for this, I´ll always remember my childhood when watching dedicated DKC or Killer Instinct content. I got a Wii and a Wii U to play newer DK installments, and a Xbox One to (finally) play the arcade versions of KI, I didn´t have the chance of playing it because of $$$. THANK YOU :)

[@KryticalmindRises]

Much love from Brazil

[@Andrew_Haase]

A stellar job, this was brilliantly researched, edited & presented…keep up the fantastic work

[@walterjr9702]

"I cant believe you're still watching" 😀😀😀

[@benbarley917]

Dude,I could of sat for another hour and listened to you on this subject!!...your production value is absolutely top notch and you don't know how much I appreciate your content!!!..really hope your channel continues to grow n grow

[@jvogler_art4708]

Imagining how this game would have looked if they never had to downscale the assets... It would look like nothing you'd ever seen before. It would look so strange.

[@razeezar]

With the NTSC and PAL television standards only being of 480 and 576 rows of pixels respectively, the graphics were down-scaled primarily to match the old CRT TVs that the games would be displayed upon. Although now that you mention it ... All three titles in the DKC series do actually display higher-res (albeit static) renders of the same 3D models of playable characters during the credit / game over splash screens. So in a way, we do still get an in-game glimpse of how it the characters looked in higher-res. As for the overall low screen res, it is part of that era's charm but I would still be very curious to be able to see an upscaled version of the games using the exact same models :-)

[@gozinta82]

@@razeezar I think what he may have been getting at is the resolution, which makes sense why they scaled it down, image-wise. They probably couldn't fit much more onto the cartridge given that everything was taking up sprites being pre-rendered.

[@JoshLightWork]

oh man. I grew up with the Donkey Kong Country games (my brother and I first played it when I was 6 and he was 8) and still listen to the soundtrack on a regular basis. that was fascinating and extremely well put together. thank you for the 25 minutes of fantastic entertainment and a trip back to my childhood. cheers!

[@ricardocantoral7672]

YES ! MOAR SPLASH WAVE !

[@pyro-millie5533]

Man what a fascinating game development method! I’m here from the “Low Poly” video about the progression of Donkey Kong models. When he showed the High Res Donkey Kong Country version that wasn’t even made out of polygons, and then mastered for 16 bit graphics on a freaking NES!?! In freaking 1994!?! I was like “Damn. I have to know more!” So I’m so stoked that you’ve explained the production process of this game! How cool and experimental, and damn it had such a beautiful result with the 16 bit pallet and smooth motion too. I grew up loving Donkey Kong Country Returns for the Wii, and now I need to break out the NES pack for the switch and play the OG.

[@NoraTSS2077]

Oh, it's that time to drop everything again ?

[@MisterLiker]

Awesome documentation, I really liked it. ^^ But I want to mention, I am really grateful for not only naming each individual music piece at the end, but also giving them a timestamp. Not a lot of creators do such a pleasant extra. Thanks! :D

[@lilyounggamer]

Wasn't expecting this today now I just need nakeyjakey to upload and ill be whole again

[@SeanandOreo]

I just found your channel today. As someone studying computer graphics right now, I find these really fascinating. Subbed almost immediately.

[@backup368]

Did you know? Diddy Kong's shirt is meant to be a different shade of red from his hat?

[@joesudela8796]

DKC is an absolute masterpiece. Thank you for making this video.

[@abelcarrion7256]

Disliking a video from this channel should be considered a sin.

[@GrayFoxRJ]

Consider a patreon perk for multilanguage subtitles. More people deserve to consume this content beyond English speakers

[@strafefox]

It's really unfortunate that KZbin removed the functionality that allowed community members to translate scripts. Some of my older videos had extra subtitle tracks created by awesome viewers using that functionality.

[@MSOGameShow]

"Not on Sega" "Not on 42X Adapters" The 90s and the console wars were great.

[@theSato]

This channel is still so underrated. I hope you're at 1 million subscribers by mid-2022 at the *latest*. You put so much more effort in than most people doing game retrospectives or 'what happeneds', it shows and I love it.

[@Liquidcadmus]

absolutely phenomenal documentary. very clear, informative, deeply researched, and well produced.