DKC Atlas Forum

If you know of a DKC website that you'd like to share with the community, here is the spot to do so!

Anyone with a piece of Donkey Kong Country-related artwork is welcome to share it here.

I'll post a few of my own once I find an opportunity to scan them.

The warp-back effect regarding vertical ropes is well known, but I haven't heard this swinging rope variation mentioned anywhere. I stumbled upon something kinda interesting based on this glitch; If you time your return-to-rope jump a bit later, you can have the game think you died, freeze the scree...

Of course not! You warned us not to.

(Actually I must say I'd like what you suggested. He'd be a very cool blast-from-the-past.)

Okay, well shall I whip one up for Paint? You can't do all that much with Paint, but all Windows users have access to it, and with the exception of the 'scanlines' effect I used, you can certainly produce some good screenshot-based avatars, as Cody has demonstrated. If you have more fancy graphics p...

Oh I should have guessed... I was a bit of a snaking fiend in MK64, I just never heard that term.

Well I must say I'm looking forward to having a go at this take on Mario Karting. There should be some fun to be had!

You. Are. AWESOME. This will be the biggest breakthrough for the mapping project since camera positioning. Even if you can't manage a PAR code, a hack of the game or a little info on how else I can freeze sprite positions would be so very useful. I will finally be able to add the maps I've been dyin...

Haha, so I take it you haven't mastered that art just yet?

For those like myself who don't know... What is snaking, exactly?

I believe he's already stated in another thread that he doesn't want a family tree, and that instead he'll just state any know lineages in each character's bio. Thanks for that, Tiptup Jr , but what Jomingo said is quite right. I think there are too many unknowns for me to justify displaying a fami...

Okay, glad to have a consensus so far... I'll go with the original size. Many good reasons to go that way, the most important being that you, the DKC Atlas community, are in favour of that approach. Cody , I quite appreciate your generosity, and would be most appreciative. Besides, I know you have a...

Well that's exciting indeed. They've been quite the elusive company for some years now.

Makes sense, really. There's absolutely no way not to finish the level by that point.
(of course, with the exception of the aforementioned trick or some rather extreme measure...)

So I guess MCC is rather the unique level, for that reason, and a few other reasons, of course.

Thanks, lovely. I'll give it a try.

Your business/project site name (and the design & content) is great, by the way.

I tend to open all active topics in new tabs, then just flick between them - no back button required.

Perhaps an 'Active Topics' button on each and every page would be handy... You think so?

I'll add one, and we'll see.

Shifting focus towards performing tricks may sound like an illogical step to take, but (and I know the genre is a little different) the SSX snowboarding games pulled this off in magnificent style. At least I think so. Having a well-balanced speed boost reward system for risky tricks sounds great to ...

When you next... see him?

Wow, I'll have to follow this up.

Good job. Kackle looks like he belongs in a nightmare, so that's fitting. :) Does anyone have a preference between original-res and 2x res graphics for sprite-based avatars? I'm of two minds... You get more visuals packed into the small area if you use the original resolution, and the image looks sh...

Hey, I didn't realise you could start/select before finishing a level! Nice trick, which I won't spoil for those who haven't seen the vids yet. :D For some reason only half of each video seems to be loading, but that could be an internet problem at my end. I'll try again later. Nice skills, anyhow. ;)

...Haunted Mountain? Huh? Anyway, I hope that was a joke...

I'm pretty sure that RINGTONE wasn't the original source material.

Ecstatic!

I'm really curious if others have this problem... It always stays logged in for me, but I don't really use 'back' or 'refresh'. I don't think you have to use them, there should always be links available to help you achieve the same result. That said, I'd like to fix this if possible. Thanks for lett...

I really feel for both of you guys. Especially you, Ttj...

...not so much about the DK3 score. Anyway, thank goodness for Dr. Pepper, eh?

Joe, I reckon you've still got a fighting chance to bring home gold. Prong or no prong.

So Kowz , you actually don't think the Kashmir similarity is very strong? I know the instrumentals I'm talking about aren't too complex, so it's possible that it's a coincidence, but it sounds to me as though the instrument, tone, rhythm and 'vibe' are pretty close to identical. Just for the intro o...

The Donkey Kong Country games have, in my opinion, excellent soundtracks. Some of the music in these games is completely original, but other tracks were apparently inspired by pre-existing music. Of course, the DKC intro theme is based on the original Donkey Kong arcade game's theme music, and many ...

Yeah, I actually seek out over-ripe bananas most of the time. They're cheaper, and better for milkshaking!

My favourite method is simply blending banana and milk... Simple, natural, healthy, and oh-so tasty!

Something that has been really bugging me about the forum is that external links use the same window, instead of openning in a new one. I always end up closing the tab I was browsing the forum with. Ahh... I'll see what I can do about that one. I usually specify 'open in new tab' for every link I c...

Tiptup Jr. posted a copy of the Wikipedia-sourced Kong Family Tree here, and discussion of that nature ensued . As Jomingo accurately pointed out, DKC Atlas is for the hard facts, not for storyline speculations. I guess some element of speculation is welcome (in regards to the upcoming 'Mysteries' s...

Yeah, I was quite sad to find that this only worked on my NTSC copy.

I was thrilled with the discovery at the time, but couldn't recreate it on my SNES.


Oh, Kowz... try to think of a better title for this glitch thread.

I think I'll disable guest posting. Sean suggested this early on, just took me a while to decide. ;) I'm glad you like it more now, and that supercalifragilisticexpialidociously long URL you posted has a more spiffy technique. Thanks for the suggestion. In some ways I like that the text re-shapes to...

Yes indeed, making a tutorial wouldn't take long, and it would be a great time-saver for me long term. Avatars from DKC-related games are a very worthwhile suggestion, and I do like the idea. My only concern is that I want DKC Atlas' site and forum to both clearly 'belong' to the DKC SNES trilogy. H...

Is this topic to help people realise that there are two completely separate outcomes to aim for?

I think that's fair enough, as while crazy stuff has merit, your other glitch thread is way awesomer. People need to know that they aren't the same thing.

My goodness!

So who found the early traces of Dixie, and how, and when, and... all that.

Bananas are great for semi-healthy desserts, but I do wonder if any good savoury banana dishes are out there... As for this one, I think I'll grab some bananas, chocolate syrup and some cream to whip up... I'll get some vanilla icecream, too - you can't have too much of that stuff. ;) I will not go ...

I must admit you'd probably enjoy it more if you found all the secret stuff yourself... I've been thrilled by many discoveries which I'm looking forward to sharing, but I don't mind providing some codes so you (and others) can go exploring without me. :) I have found many useful codes for all three ...

Kowbrainz wrote:

Qyzbud wrote:...why is the roster disappointing?

Because Dixie was originally in and they took her out...

Holy crap. Are you serious? ...Is that true?

I plan to have at least one for every character in the trilogy (I've never counted how many there are in total, but that's quite a few, to be sure). Before I make the next set, I really wanted to guage everyone's thoughts about the current style I've chosen. I like the idea of having them be small h...

Okay guys, there is now a spoiler tag for your secret posting pleasure! Captain Falcon is gay for Moleman. But seriously, having Falcon in SSB was neat because it proved that the characters could be from a really wide scope. I would never have expected him to be in such a game, and although he's a g...

I have added pictures to the warp guide now. Mouse over to enlarge them.

I'm fairly happy with it, but I'm sure it can still be improved.

Your thoughts?

I have just added a 'spoiler' tag for those of you who want to use such a technique in discussions.

Hah.

Yours are fine, Kong-Fu. I like that they don't look boxy like the ones I made. They would blend nicely with the site.

Thanks for contributing.

I think it would have been Winky. He seems much more at home in the caves... and they took him out because they decided they wanted to have 'tires' all over the place instead.

I have uploaded a not-yet-complete version of the Ropey Rampage level info page...

I will be adding to it very soon, but in the meantime...

Please post here if you have any ideas for content. Thanks.

Only if 'tyred' means being hit by a tyre...

The main value of concept-unique spelling is it avoids out-of-context ambiguity. Duh.

Ah, magnificent!

Your first post was certainly worth the wait, Bendilin.

I can't wait to try it.

Heh, yeah. Everything takes me forever. DKC Atlas was meant to be ready last November... Ahem, well you know I'm thorough, don't ya? I'm not one to leave a level unexplored. I used my PAR camera & levitation codes, and a whole lot of patience. I've found lots of neat stuff I can barely wait to s...

I would say they didn't even know about the problem, but perhaps they just really liked the technique, and there was really no way around it. Only lame-o's pause during intense boss battles, anyway!

Erm, lame-o's and me, that is.

In the words of TT... "Go for it!"

...the word "tire" was misspelled excessively. ...would it be possible to have that changed? Not all of us live in America, duuuuude. :P Hahaha, yes, what he said. I think in the country of the game's origin, 'tyre' is the correct spelling. Tyre is also the correct spelling in the country...

Cool, I'll give it a go when I get a spare moment.

Sure, I'll make it part of an update in the next few days.