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Yes. I found those too, but never did get around to posting them here. I didn't write the descriptions on the wiki, though. Sound 6D appears to be a frequency test. It plays all notes from the lowest to the highest. In the end, however, it exceeds the highest frequency defined in the table and plays...

Nothing currently, though I've been messing with Super Bomberman 2.

...and thanks.

I've been on Summer Break since April 27, so development has continued! http://mattrizzle.pac.am/img/dkc_boss_blitz/dkc_boss_blitz_paused.png The pause menu has been added, along with all of its functionality. You can also see in this screenshot that I've adjusted the vertical scroll values for the ...

The filename in my post wasn't meant to be a link. You have to download the ZIP at the link in Gaz's post.

One difference I spotted in those scans: tumblr_mk5p8p1UUf1rkrwaco8_1280.jpg: Look at the topmost screenshot. The sign says "KONG S BANANA HORDE " instead of "KONG 'S BANANA HOARD !" They changed it because horde usually refers to a large group of people and other intelligent liv...

To be honest, some of the notes I have related to the music format were lifted from the Japanese documents that Markster linked to in the original post. I just ran them through Google's (sloppy) translator, and tried my best to figure out what the translation said. The original link appears to be do...

Let it snow... dkc-really_gnawty-snow-1.png dkc-really_gnawty-snow-2.png In order to be able to use the layer 3 snow, I had to shift the palette lines used by everything else... Fortunately, the boss lair archetype has an unused palette line. I never understood why the GBA version added stalactites ...

You're close. The table at $BC8000-$BCB59F simply contains 24-bit pointers to all of the sprites. The topics you linked describe the actual format of this sprite data.

I don't know what $62 is, but I'm guessing it is an object slot pointer. That is correct. $62 is loaded into the Y register and used as an index into the table at $16FE, as seen in one snippet of the code you disassembled: CODE_B59F6B: A4 62 LDY $62 ; CODE_B59F6D: B9 FE 16 LDA $16FE,y ; This table ...

DKC3's equivalent to $818CB0 in DKC and $B5A919 in DKC2 is at $B3D843, with the RAM table located at $1562.

The code that generates the table at $1562 in DKC3 begins at $B78857.

Yes, that is why I mentioned that the bank byte is normally followed by FF when describing the contents of $1715. Guess I should have specified which processor bits are normally set/reset at those lines in the code. There are some cases in which bank bytes of 7E or 7F are used, but not in the first ...

:scratch: I don't know the exact answer to your question, but perhaps this info will help you get closer to answering it. This subroutine is executed once per frame: $818CB0: LDA #$1801 STA $4300 SEP #$10 LDY #$01 LDX #$00 $818CBC: LDA $1715, x BPL $818CE4 //If non-negative, skip writing to the VRAM...

When I was looking for data for DKC2: Brigand Barrage, I found one peculiarity in the level/world names. There's actually text for the "LOST WORLD", but you never get to see it in the game.

A custom level theme function for the Gang-Plank Galleon tileset, with a palette resembling the end of Gangplank Galley in DKC2.

I may actually have a use for this one...

Gimme five! (An animated GIF of D.K. holding a hand up to give Diddy a high five would go great here...) There is one other thing to note. The submap values aren't in the exact order they are encountered in-game. Vine Valley is actually the last world in the list. #$00: D.K. Island #$01: Kongo Jungl...

Raccoon Sam wrote:Might be nothing new

You're right! Look in the spoiler tag of this off-topic post.

I guess I should make this clearer...

Development of this hack is on a temporary hiatus until either Spring or Summer Break... (most likely the latter)

It's because they reuse the normal barrel sprites when picked up, in order to save space. With the Knocka family's normal palettes, the barrel sprites would look like they do in the top row of this image: dkc3_knocka_barrels.png The color index used for the mouth of Knocka/Kracka/Kuchuka/Klasp is th...

That was me. ;) Here are the animated GIFs I created for the article : Kracka http://mattrizzle.pac.am/board_stuff/dkc_beta/dkc3-kracka_out-in.gif http://mattrizzle.pac.am/board_stuff/dkc_beta/dkc3-kracka_run.gif http://mattrizzle.pac.am/board_stuff/dkc_beta/dkc3-kracka_turn.gif http://mattrizzle.pa...

This game isn't even old enough to warrant a remake. Truly a new low for Nintendo...

EDIT: Darn, I wasted my 200th post on this?!

Yeah, it always bothered me that it's Hijinx s , with an erroneous 's' at the end. It's almost as if someone used a replace function on the game's text and accidentally searched for the the text string "Jape" instead of "Japes". With that spelling, it would be pronounced like &qu...

One reason the Enguarde turning sprites look odd compared to the other turning sprites is that the animation is incorrect. Enguarde is unusual in that his animation has four unique frames--none are mirrored duplicates (all fish characters share this distinction). However, you are mirroring his sprit...

Custom palettes for Klump:

I beg to differ. kong_radials_gsubc_deformation.png Vertically stretching the top half of the text can make a world of difference. Also, try using the condensed version of the font, at 75% width. But eh, if Cyclone can't duplicate this technique with the 3D software he uses, Showcard Gothic wouldn't...

I think I've found the font! It's either Gill Sans Ultra Bold or Gill Sans Ultra Bold Condensed. Unfortunately, they aren't free, but you most likely have them if you have Microsoft Office on your computer.

i don't think it's necessary for the font to be top-heavy. It looks that way because of how it is deformed on the tire. The font in question appears to be used in several places within the first two DKC games. Here are all of the instances I could find (click the spoiler to view them): that_font.png...

Windows Vista Home Basic SP2 (x86)
"Finished. No crash!"

(A ~$700 computer with Home Basic? What a rip-off...)

Also, Bumble B Rumble is the name of the level. Queen B is the boss's name.

@Gaz: Nice observation! The similarities are uncanny.

@Qyzbud: Not sure, but I think the pages in that book depict Mayan sculptures. The illustration on the left page appears to be a face of some sort.
I can still see how you would interpret it that way, though.

Someone in Japan had to have figured it out to create the SDK3 Editor.

You see them at 0:20, 0:21, and 0:25.

The Spanish footage has to be from a slightly later point in development than the Brazilian ad. Here's why: ⋅ In Arich's Ambush, Arich's graphics now match the final version's (the wider portions of his legs are black instead of the narrower part, and his head is larger), but the level sti...

No problem. I did try a few values in each code beyond the first six or so, but found that they only resulted in garbled sprites, palettes used by other objects, and even game crashes (in the case of the voice modifier). The tool I used to find these graphics is TiledGGD . When using this tool, you ...

⋅ Go to the Cheats menu and select "Cheat list..." ⋅ Click the "Cheat..." button. ⋅ Input the portion of the code to the left of the colon into the "Address" box. ⋅ Input the portion of the code to the right of the colon into the...

@EvangeliKong: I did. Peach and Toad also look similar to their SMRPG models. Rare probably used whatever references were convenient at the time to build the models. Also... http://mattrizzle.pac.am/img/tcrf/dkp_spaceworld_krools_gold.png ...the story mode pictures have been found and ripped, includ...

Even more unused character sprites found in the ROM: http://mattrizzle.pac.am/img/tcrf/dkp_spaceworld_chr_sprites.png There are sprites for the other angles you would see them from, but I don't have the patience (or time) to rip 372 more of these. Unfortunately, the graphics designer messed up on th...

Well, look what came out of this: http://mattrizzle.pac.am/img/tcrf/dkp_spaceworld_chr_sel_icons.png The character select icons from the Spaceworld build, including the Mario characters!!! Oddly, I couldn't find Bowser's palette with the rest. This isn't the end of it, either. There appears to be a ...

All day, the forums have been automatically logging me out very frequently, like every five minutes.

EDIT: It hasn't happened lately, strangely.

Happy (belated) Birthday, Cosmicman!
Also, a Happy Birthday to Krow111!

I'd assume this is for quality assurance; if the DKCRE doesn't work properly when used with these hacks, it could give the impression that the hacks, or the DKCRE (or both) are poorly coded, when that is far from true. Yes, though it's more about Boss Blitz (and my own paranoia) than DKCRE, to be h...

Most of the game's text is compressed in the final version, but here's the table for the DIALOGUE text : 00=\n 20= 21=! 22=" 23=© 24=<check mark> 25=% 26=& 27=' 28=( 29=) 2A=_ 2B=+ 2C=, 2D=- 2E=. 2F=/ 30=0 31=1 32=2 33=3 34=4 35=5 36=6 37=7 38=8 39=9 3A=: 3B=; 3C=< 3D== 3E=> 3F=...

http://mattrizzle.pac.am/img/dkc_boss_blitz/dkc_boss_blitz_results_rev.png http://mattrizzle.pac.am/img/dkc_boss_blitz/dkc_boss_blitz_results_1_boss.png http://mattrizzle.pac.am/img/dkc_boss_blitz/dkc_boss_blitz_best_bouts.png http://mattrizzle.pac.am/img/dkc_boss_blitz/dkc_boss_blitz_delete_record...

I can't see a darned thing from those blurry, downscaled images aside than the fact that things appear to be located at slightly different offsets.

Alright, now the options menu has been altered: http://mattrizzle.pac.am/img/dkc_boss_blitz/dkc_boss_blitz_options_rev.png Yes, that's a new team color scheme. If you don't remember, Diddy used his standard palette in two color schemes in the original release. To remedy this, I paired Red D.K. with ...

Yes. There are actually three error screens, but it seems like the region error is the only one normally accessible in the game:

Fixed another bug in Brigand Barrage. Beating the game with 99:59.99 on the timer would cause it to freeze at a black screen, because I forgot to update the pointers of a couple of jump commands. You can grab the updated patch from the link in the first post, below the "Donkey Kong Country 2: B...

90xx0FC3 Status Flags aaaat ? db b : If 1, have DK Barrel d : If 1, the active Kong is Diddy t : If 1, you become an animal buddy (which one depends on the next two bits) when you start a level or enter a different area aaaa : Which animal buddy you are transformed into if the t bit is 1: 0000: Ramb...

Let me try these out: Donkey Kong Country ⋅ ▼Y▼▼Y → Play Animal Token Bonuses ⋅ ▼AR (shoulder)BY ▼AY → Music Test ⋅ BAR (shoulder)R (shoulder)AL (shoulder) → Start with 50 Lives Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest ⋅ BAR (shoulder)R (shoulder)AL (shoulder...

I've noticed a different issue. The color of some text was recently changed to white, rendering it invisible against the white background.

After inspecting the Index page in Firefox, I found that the source of the problem is style.php, line 3683:

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html, body {
  color: white;
}