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Donkey Kong Country Critical Mash

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"We had never seen anything quite like DKC when it first came out. The graphics are simply the most impressive we've ever come across in a 16-bit game."
- Bitstorm

"This is definitely the best Super Nintendo game I have ever played: probably even funnier than the famous and fantastic Super Mario World."
- Games Domain

"Imagine Super Mario World with all its levels and terrific platform gameplay. Then make the graphics much better, the animation more fluid and the sounds more rhythmic. Let's hear it for Donkey Kong."
- Daily Mirror (94%)

"The game is created by some boys from Warwickshire, where there's not much to do except drink beer and play computer games. The graphics are the best yet on Nintendo and and show what can be done with hi-tech equipment and a pint of real ale."
- Loaded (9/10)

DKC Screenshot "The game that puts all others to shame... it's a work of art."
- Bad Influence! (5/5)

"DKC has completely restored this writer's faith in the platform genre. An instantaneous classic."
- Time Out

"DKC boasts a massive 32-meg fighting weight that will have a certain blue hedgehog running for cover... Long live the Kong!"
- Games World

"It sports positively unreal detailed backgrounds, wildly inventive play mechanics, eerily-animated SGI- rendered characters that move better than most cartoons and a healthy dose of whimsical monkey business."
- Video Games

"Have no fear, for gameplay shows no shyness in Donkey Kong. It is Mario World in an ill-fitting hairy costume, and flaunts the same fine playability. That similarity isn't a bad thing, though, because what you've undeniably got is a superbly-structured game set in a superbly-rendered world."
- Ultimate Future Games (94%)
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"Hit your hard earned savings right now and get the next generation on your SNES."
- GamesMaster (95%)

"You really really ought to think very hard indeed about buying it if you have even the slightest interest in games."
- Computer & Video Games (90%)

"No other game in EGM's history has ever taken Game of the Year with so many votes!... Many people say that this game is a good indication of where video gaming is going in the future... Nintendo should be very proud of Donkey Kong Country."
- 1995 EGM Video Game Buyer's Guide

"Above anything else it is necessary to point out that you must own Donkey Kong Country. It transforms the Super NES into a new machine and is worth twice the asking price for that much alone."
- NMS (97%)

"The fact is, even if you take away the fancy visuals, you've still got an ultra smooth, and highly compelling game which you'll want to play to death."
- Super Gamer (96%)


Game Boy (Donkey Kong Land)

DKL Screenshot "Rare's ACM techniques work miracles at the Game Boy level just as they do on the Super NES... This really is incredible stuff."
- Nintendo Power

"You know this one's special the first time you look at it - the bright yellow game cartridge gives it away. And there are barrels of fun packed inside."
- Bitstorm

"The gameplay is really what makes this small screen version of DKC stand out."
- Game Players (81%)

"If you haven't already overdosed on DK Kookiness and you're in the market for a portable, world class diversion for your scratched-up Gameboy, you're really going to love this one."
- Electric Playground (9/10)

DKL Screenshot "Old-fashioned platform action it may be, but thanks to the sheer playability it's far from tired."
- Games World (87%)


Top Quote

"Oi! Where's the bleedin' donkey?"
- Ultimate Future Games

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