Donkey Kong Country games

[eves pudding]

I never played these on the SNES and they got mixed reviews

Do people think they are worth picking up (they are cheap as chips now), or would I be wasting my time?

[DJ Sack]

Get the Gameboy version if you have an advance. The first one and second one are pretty good, graphically excellent, but they are still standard platforming games. You'll tire of them very quickly.

[Random]

I'd say yes. They look beautiful, there are plenty of levels (and secrets) and the controls are responsive. About the only complaint would be that they are a little derivative but that would apply to plenty of other games. Cheaper to get them on SNES than GBA I would imagine.

[alexhighnumber]

I'd say you really need them if want to build a collection of classics, today we're so used to nice graphics it's easy to forget what an impact DKC made when it first came out with it's 'next generation-a-like' graphics.

The summer of 94 seems a long time ago

[Stroker Ace]

DKC was the best of the bunch. Get the SNES version, it looks and feels better than the GBA version.

I loved it, and I consider it to be one of my favourite games that I ever got for Christmas.

[McFly]

If you like platforms then you must get them, tehir all great (SNES i mean) The snowing level in DKC blew me away when i first saw it.

[X_2_0]

I still think DKC looks good today and it was always more about being fun to play than soul crushingly hard like Mario can be.

[DarhkFox]

id say play the original first. But dont get me wrong, i enjoyed the game - but i just didnt think it was that great. strange i know.

[the_debaser]

All are great. 3, however, is probably the best as it has a little adventure side game alongside the platforming.

[SeanR]

I'd like to recommend Crash Test Dummies and Portishead as alternative soundtracks for DKC. At least that's what I listened to while playing it

[the_debaser]

I'd like to recommend Crash Test Dummies and Portishead as alternative soundtracks for DKC. At least that's what I listened to while playing it

The Go Ape! CD

Radiohead and PWEI were my choices

[Guest Cecil McBee]

I wouldn't pay a lot for any of em.

Nice for a collection, perhaps, but not as worthy games if you lack nostalgic attachment with them.

I'm sure many who were initially blown away by the aesthetics plowed through the game to eventually beat the last boss, find out only 57% was completed, think "Bloody hell... there's loads left" and struggle to power the game up ever again. Like me.

[SomeNaiveChump]

they look lovely, but otherwise are very limited.

good for a collection. or a download

[Jim Miles]

I'm a massive fan of Donkey Kong Country myself. Admitedly if it didn't look lovely then it wouldn't be such a good game, but as it is I feel everything works together. It's thoroughly enjoyable. Play it!

[Floppy]

Certainly not bad games, but I'd never consider any of them to be classics. They are just slightly-better-than-average bog standard platformers, really. Like Donkey Kong 64, they're enjoyable enough first time round but there's not much to come back to. My brother and I really enjoyed DKC when we first played it in '94, but the game was a lot smaller than we had expected. The marketing boast of "over 100 levels" was refering to the songle screen hidden bonuses, I guess.

[Jim Miles]

The marketing boast of "over 100 levels" was refering to the songle screen hidden bonuses, I guess.

Yeah, but it was kind of acceptable then. Remember, Mario World has 96 levels! Does it bollocks, it's 96 exits!

[X_2_0]

Wasn't it a sixty quid game when it came out ?

I suppose that would be like a £75 game today with inflation, for that much I can understand why people wanted more, than just a fun platformer.

But at todays prices no real reason not to pick up the first at least

[Droo]

The summer of 94 seems a long time ago

You know, I remember being at my aunt's house and her best mate got this on import, it was like "a big event" in their house. And you know, it really lived up to the hype, do games do that these days?

D

[alexhighnumber]

and do they make you buy loads of fab lollies so you can send the sticks off for an inflatable banana!

[Pochacco]

I only ever bought and played the 1st DKC (with Go Ape! CD) and I enjoyed playing it. Granted it's been many years since I've picked up the pad to play it but I found it thoroughly enjoyable and the graphics at the time were top notch IMO.

Thing that bugged me is that I never could find the elusive 1% which I'm missing (101% being the total achievable)

[SeanR]

Even the bonus levels had secrets

[Pochacco]

Was that a hint to me?