| Released By | marc_max |
|---|---|
| Category | Improvement |
| Platform | GBA |
| License | N/A |
| Patching Information | No Special Requirements |
| Genre | Action > Platformer |
| Mods | G |
| Patch Version | 1.1 |
| Hack Release Date | 03 July 2018 |
| Readme | Readme File |
| Downloads | 8499 |
| Last Modified | 04 July 2018 |
Description:
Here it is: a real restoration project for the infamous Donkey Kong Country for GBA. It wasn’t a bad port after all, the gameplay was completely intact and also had the new Hero and Attack modes.
It’s still a little behind from the SNES version due to the resolution reducement and soundtrack (which sounds worse, but still sounds good!). But it’s an undeniable improvement.
This wasn’t the typical SNES to GBA palette restoration. This was hell. After Rare reduced all sprites and tilesets, none of the palettes matched so they had to be repaletted manually using Photoshop and a custom tool made exclusively for this.
What’s missing:
- probably a few bonus rooms
- all new palettes not coming from the SNES version (basically, minigames and map)
ROM / ISO Information:
- Donkey Kong Country (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It).gba
- CRC32: 41d277fe
- MD5: c1fb9badf816b6d7836f4990f8119815
- SHA-1: 8995f0be99a9cff66474a8975b8499bd69fb4c45
Links:
Screenshots:
Credits:
| Contributor | Type of contribution | Listed credit |
|---|---|---|
| marc_max | Hacking |
Amazing work
Reviewed By: r1ggles on 25 Jun 2018Makes it feel like a totally different port altogether looks great on a backlit gba, even looks better on my non backlit one! Now my wish is to see DKC3 on GBA color corrected someday, that version has the soundtrack made by David Wise which in my opinion is much better, just a wish. This color correction is really impressive and much more than just turning down the color saturation.
Version 1.0 Recommended - Yes
| Headline | Author | Date | Version | Recommend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Looks great on every screen i've tried | badcat | 28 May 2021 | 1.1 | Yes |
| Looks far FAR better! | Kippykip | 02 Dec 2018 | 1.1 | Yes |
| A already good port made even better! | Dee-jay_Luig-jay | 27 Jun 2018 | 1.0 | Yes |
| Amazing work | r1ggles | 25 Jun 2018 | 1.0 | Yes |