Donkey Kong 64 (N64)

Donkey Kong country on the SNES was one of one favourite so I had high hopes for it's N64 debut. To be honest I was a little disappointed when I started playing it as it is very similar to Banjo-Kazooie, which is not bad thing but I was expecting something a bit different. You start off as Donkey Kong and work your way from then. On the first level you set Diddy free to join you and then free more of the Kongs as you go along. Each level contains 4 big bananas for you to find, plus you get one extra banana if you manage to find the blueprint for each person. On top of that you must find 100 normal sized bananas. There are five characters in total, each ...  Read the complete review

*A review of Donkey Kong 64 for the N64 which primarily focuses on the single-player experience.* King K. Rool is on the verge of destroying the Kong Isle with his Blast-o-Matic, when it fails. Thankfully, his underlings have a plan in which they capture the Kongs and their Golden Bananas, so that if the Kongs escape they'll not do so without their bananas, hence buying them time to fix up the Blast-o-Matic. Cranky's right kids - the story is a load of rubbish! And the cut scenes fail at being funny. When I first played this game I made it to the second level - the size had overwhelmed me and so I put the game on hold. Over a year later, I went back ...  Read the complete review

I first played this game at my friend's house and even with our combined gaming skills we still haven't managed to complete it yet. There is a lot to do on this game, which means you get many hours of playing time out of it. One of the first things I noticed about this game was it's similarities to Banjo-Kazooie as they were both made by Rare. This was because I'd played Banjo-Kazooie first. The music is very similar, and some of the characters look alike eg. Tiny Kong and Tootie (from B-K) look alike, although Tiny Kong is a monkey and Tootie is a bear! The similarities aren't a bad thing, they actually made me feel nostalgic. The game ...  Read the complete review

Donkey Kong hit the market on December 3rd, and many gamers rushed out to buy it after the mastery of Banjo Kazooie. Most were disappointed. Despite the N64 mags lashing out praise just because it’s a Rare game, I know several people who have the game and have got bored with it after a day or two. Maybe Rare got so much money through sales, they were ableto bribe everyone… The Expansion Pak is included (I think its obligatory, and Nintendo won’t even let you sell it back to them, you have to trade it for an extra game) – which doesn’t do much. Banjo looked great without one, and instead of better enemy AI, a sharper (higher ...  Read the complete review

Donkey Kong is the best platform game for the best console for platform games it's got five different characters with five different special moves theres lots of other special moves. You can get of old characters like cranky Kong there's still those great barrel games but this time in 3D. There's 8 levels with 25 golden bananas on each so there's a huge total of 200 to find also there's battle arena's faries and much more to find. An excellent platformer. There are two multiplayer options both rubbish. ...  Read the complete review