May Retro Community Playthrough - Donkey Kong Country 1 & 2

[singlebanana]

I'll join in.

[douglie007]

I have all 3 I just can play it more if its portable and not taking up the tv

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[tactical_nuke]

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Checkpoint 1 reporting in. This is usually where I'd stop and come back to it as a kid. Incidentally this world is where the difficulty ramps up.

Tips to help with achievements:

Can't get that missing letter in the very 2nd level of the game?

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Drop down through the first gap in the trees.

Want to rack up some lives early on for the rest of your trip?

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The snake pits in Reptile Rampage will get you tons of banana bunches if you ground-slap them.

Also:

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Each golden animal bonus level has at least 1 hidden room.

Beavers in giant millstone wheels getting you down?

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Roll attacking a string of enemies in a combo gives you crazy speed.

Missing a lot of bonus rooms?

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Carry barrels as far as you can, you'll be surprised as to how many entrances you're missing.

Also:

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Free rolling tires can of course roll forward and backwards. (Keep an eye out for lone bananas.)

And lastly, don't forget

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Orang-Utan Gang has the most bonus levels in the whole game. 5 of them are strewn about.

[techwizard]

great tips Flee, lots of stuff i didn't know! this is my first time playing the game

[singlebanana]

I have all 3 I just can play it more if its portable and not taking up the tv

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Portable you say???

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[RetroRage]

I'm in!   Sorry for the late sign up.

[techwizard]

awesome! no worries with signing up late, anyone can jump in anytime of the month as long as you keep the discussion to the current week's checkpoint or earlier. those playing past the checkpoints should try and hold onto their thoughts until the rest of us catch up to avoid spoilers, but the late-joiners will just have to sort of deal with them

[Raidou]

Up to Snow Barrel Blast. So far I have gotten all of the hidden exits and all of the KONG letters for each level, which meant an embarrassingly long time at Orangutan Gang because I could only remember 3 of the bonus room locations.  As you can see it's taken me 1:38 so far  As a point of reference, I beat this game a few months ago in under two hours (save file 2).	[img width=300 height=225]http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r534/Blood-Spattered_Angel/dkc-progress01.jpg[/img]
I also came across this amusing glitch. The gnawty-wheel appeared about half a body-length ahead of its original position when its pursue trigger activated, causing it to stop farther forward than it normally should.	[img width=300 height=225]http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r534/Blood-Spattered_Angel/dkc-funnyglitch.jpg[/img]

[techwizard]

gotta love glitches like that! if anyone needs help with the gnawty-wheels:

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when you're below them and jumping they didn't seem to hit me (at least not after bouncing off an enemy) even though it looks like they should have

[RetroRage]

Haven't played this game in over a decade and forgot how irritating Mine Cart Carnage was.  I probably died 15 times or more

[Shadow Kisuragi]

You guys should look up some of the "haunted" DKC videos. SRAM corruption is hilarious.

[tactical_nuke]

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[Raidou]

Haven't played this game in over a decade and forgot how irritating Mine Cart Carnage was.  I probably died 15 times or more

The good thing about Mine Cart Carnage is...

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... if you jump over the barrel cannon at the start of the level you get transported to the end of the stage.

[Disposed Hero]

I played through the first 'world' over the weekend.  It's been ages since I've played this game.  It definitely feels good to revisit this classic from my childhood after all this time.  I've been spreading myself way too thin lately when it comes to my gaming time, but I'm gonna try to make some time for this one sometime today or tomorrow.

[RetroRage]

Checkpoint get!

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