Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country title screen
Donkey Kong Country is a video game developed by Rare and Nintendo, featuring the popular arcade character, Donkey Kong. It was released for the Super Nintendo and Super Famicom in 1994. The game was released in Japan under the title Super Donkey Kong.
In this game, Donkey Kong and his friend, Diddy Kong, have to recover Donkey Kong's stolen horde of bananas from King K Rool. Other characters include Candy Kong, Funky Kong, and Cranky Kong (who happens to be the original Donkey Kong and the father or grandfather of the current Donkey Kong).
The game was revolutionary for the fact that it was the first pre-rendered 3D game for a home video game console. It was a technique that would be used again in Killer Instinct. Many later 3D video games would also use pre-rendered 3D together with fully 3D objects.
Two sequels, Donkey Kong Country 2 and Donkey Kong Country 3, were later made. All three games were also released on the Nintendo Game Boy and Super Game Boy.
In 1999, a Nintendo 64 game was also released, Donkey Kong 64. This title featured a playable, hidden version of the original 1981 title.
In 2000, a port of Donkey Kong Country for the Game Boy Color was released, one of the new features included was the Game Boy Printer compatibility. In 2003 another port of the game was released for the Game Boy Advance.
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