Download The First Donkey Kong '94 Level Hack ROM Hack

Yes, I know the name is presumptuous, but if another level hack of DK '94 exists, I sure as heck can't find it.

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HISTORY:

I think that Game Boy Donkey Kong (also known as "Donkey Kong '94") is a decent little game, but even though a level editor for it was made back in 2014, no level hack of the game was made to go along with it, so I decided to make one in an attempt to get the ball rolling. This is a short and simple hack, only containing 4 levels (with the 5th level replaced with a "THE END" screen), so if more ambitous level hacks get released, this one will likely fall into obscurity, even among level-hack enthusiasts. I wanted to replace some of the graphics as well, but couldn't get past the compression; oh well, it's the game-play that really matters (with that said, if someone can work out the game's specific method of LZSS compression, I'd appreciate it). 

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ABOUT THIS HACK:

This is meant to be a challenge to those of you who have already beaten Donkey Kong '94, so it's likely not going to be in-line with the difficulty of the original game. With that said, it's also meant to be fair: no surprise traps or pixel-perfect timing (like those seen in kaizo hacks) will be present. There are some tricky jumps, but there's enough room for error that they're skill-based rather than luck-based.

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KNOWN BUGS:

 - Sometimes, in the fourth level, one of Mario's tiles will glitch for a few frames or so (this is most common when getting hit by a fire enemy). This doesn't affect gameplay.

 - If you select "SAVE+END" at the "THE END" screen, the rest of the game's music will be played slower until you reset the game or turn it off.

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Special thanks to Bailli, without whom the DK '94 level editor (and, by extention, this hack) likely wouldn't exist. You can download the Windows build of the level editor here: 

https://github.com/bailli/eDKit/raw/master/win32/eDKit.rar

Or, if you have another operating system, you have to download all of this and build it yourself using Qt Creator:

https://github.com/bailli/eDKit