DKC Atlas Forum

Jom, that's quite okay.

Cody, thanks for the effort, looks good! Yeah, the more the merrier.

Well happy birthday to you for yesterday. Hopefully you got more in the way of celebrations than just a computer failure.

You didn't lose anything important, did you?

That's really awesome seeing Winky in a factory setting, and Expresso pretending to be a penguin.
I'm not sure those posted pics need to be quite so big, though...

What a great glitch, how on earth did you work it out?

I'm beginning to look into the differences that exist between different versions of DKC for SNES. I'm aware that there are at least three different regions for which this game was adapted, so there are PAL, NTSC and JAP (perhaps more...?). There are also numerous revisions that were released for eac...

Alright, as I said I would, I've worked on creating a selection of avatars, and have put one score of them into the Avatar Gallery. Access them by visiting the Profile > Edit avatar > Display gallery links in your User Control Panel . Here are handful of them for you to preview: http://www.dkc-atlas...

Ah yes, sounds familiar.

Well, I'd better go fetch that bunch now... I can't be the last one in town!

The bg layer is there, I've just faded it to a darker look so that the foreground stands out more clearly. I'm not sure if I'll include extra graphics layers in the final versions of the maps, or not. Those effects layers are essentially useless info, but they do add to the aesthetics somewhat. Oh a...

Kowz, that should be remedied now... Could you try switching back to atlas1 and let me know? Cheers. Yeah, the DKU gave me eyestrain too, but it certainly had its own look. Hopefully people will adjust. ;) Anyway, please no more discussion about the forum colours in this thread. The topic here is th...

As far as I know, that bunch was the one and only... Awesome that you can still snag it, even though it's a glitch that lets you. Kinda funny... They accidentally put a banana bunch in an 'unreachable' area, then accidentally included a bug which allows you to get it. Those Rare chaps accidentally t...

I like your glitched Dumb Drum, too. ;) I also like cfh's wise suggestion. I think it's a very good policy actually. If people want their own avatar, and are willing to ask first by posting it in a thread (which I will create when necessary), I think that could work well. It would be a nice way to s...

The music you linked to was interesting, G41... I think the drums sound great on the Gangplang Galleon remix, and the metal guitar is fine, but the rest of the instrumentation sounds pretty cheap and synthy. The Brambles music sounds good to me, I look forward to hearing it in the game. The guitar i...

Just what I was thinking. ;) Each glitch deserves its own thread. *Done* I found this some years ago, too... but had completely forgotten! Thanks for the reminder, Ttj. I guess they used an advanced graphical technique to do the alpha/motion effects for the electricity, and the SNES wasn't capable o...

Haha, okay well done, Tompa! I... can't believe I forgot about that trick. :oops: I discovered it a long time back, but have forgotten how it's done... So you guys already knew about that banana bunch? Arne: Does that trick work on the actual console? I found it myself on emulator years back, but ha...

Thanks for your suggestions, Tompa, and for your comments, Kowz and cfh. Yeah, maps of this precision and complexity take an aweful lot of time, patience, experimentation and attention to detail. When I began this project, I did things very inefficiently, and often inaccurately. Sometimes I'd go bac...

Alrighty, I'll work on those today. I will try to prepare a small showcase of potential avatar designs, and maybe a few Kong-flavoured smilies. Hopefully it will only take a couple of hours, we'll see. Perhaps, we could vote for any current smilies that people would like to keep? I'm actually quite ...

Yeah, I'm brainstorming good ways to add a visual guide along with the instructions. Combining text and graphics into an article form is something I've only barely begun to work with, so I was a little hesitant. I'll give it a go, and you'll have to tell me what you think.

...So I guess you use Blackle instead of Google, too?

Maybe until I've changed the colours, try this approach:

Shades, baby.

Guys, sorry about the glitch on this page.
Not sure what the problem is, but I'm working on it now.

I hope it hasn't caused too many problems.

Edit: Fixed, I hope. Are things back to normal for you all, now?

Your voice is not very extremely ass. It's entertaining! I saw one of your DKC videos a little while back, and it was quite cool. The narration was the best part. :D I will take a look when I'm not on dial-up next. Hopefully tomorrow, somehow... I hope I see something new, too. Seeing new tricks and...

Yeah, that's one I do plan to add. Maybe tomorrow even? :D I think I'll be doing quite what you suggest, cfh. I want this site to be as complete as possible, so even super-lame glitches will be included, for the sake of completeness. Not saying that donkey-on-donkey action is lame... Oh no, 'tis exh...

Yeah, actually I agree. It's pretty unprofessional looking to have silly errors like those. I mean, an official Nintendo site spelling their ground breaking success's title character's name incorrectly... That's just ludicrous. And any proofreader or automated spell-checker would have picked up on '...

Wow, that's quite likely the most awesome glitch discovery I've ever heard of. I can't wait to try it for myself. I'm impressed not only that you did all of those seemingly random things, but even moreso that you managed to work out just what you did, and how to do it again... On top of that, the gl...

Okay, I've edited some graphical evidence into my first post, so Tompa, the challenge has been issued! To make matters simpler for you, the gap DK and Diddy are looking down has two bananas floating over it, and the next one (just off-screen) has three. I did use a Pro Action Replay code to lower th...

You know how in Donkey Kong Country Exposed there were beta shots with over 100 on the banana counter? Do you think they originally planned for collecting all bananas to be a part of getting 101%? Hmm, interesting thought. I tend to think not, but I've always thought there should be some mode where...

You may be right. Pastels are really harsh on the eyes, aren't they...

I do plan to keep working to improve everything, but I must say I'm lost as to what you mean.

Oh, and as mentioned above, forum discussion goes on here.

...and you know you do. Admit it.

Yeah, that's somewhat a joke. Gives the forum a bit more character... besides, I like bananas. Recipes are very welcome.

Alright Tompa, I like your style.

I'll issue a screenshot or three tomorrow, then your challenge will be to snag the unobtainable fruit!

Thanks for that, Kong-Fu.

I've created an official guidelines thread now, so all related discussions can be carried out here: Avatar and Signature guidelines

You'll notice that, for now, Genius is safe with what he has.

Sweet glitch, I didn't know that one.

That will be a nice one to add to the site when I finally get stuck into the DKC3 section.

Cheers, great find.

Welcome, glad to have you here. :) Your first two posts have left me wondering how on earth you got to be banned, even from the DKU... I can assure you that I/we will not be dealing out the bannings, name calling or ridicule anywhere near as liberally here at DKC Atlas. Thanks for the introduction, ...

Correct*, excellent work.

The unobtainable bunch of bananas in the original DKC is one I certainly wouldn't expect anyone to know about... I'll reveal my findings by this time tomorrow, for those who are still curious.

* ...although there are actually three.

Dear Members, I appreciate freedom of expression, but I have some guidelines I would like everyone to follow when creating/choosing avatars and signatures for use on this forum. Avatars I am planning to create a DKC avatar gallery for you all to choose from soon, but for the time being, I just ask t...

That's exactly what I was thinking and hoping.

Actually, the site's name comes from this project; an atlas is, by definition, a collection of maps.

Please discuss the DKC Atlas warps guide here. Any recommendations to improve the formatting, clarity, accuracy and general appearance & usefulness of this guide are most appreciated. Okay, in preparation for an installment to the Warps/Shortcuts page on DKC Atlas, I'm creating a quick guide to...

Jomingo, thanks for pointing out those things. It's no good having a feature if people can't find it. I'm always looking into ways to make things more user-friendly around here, so thanks for letting me know. Any more thoughts on these matters are appreciated.

Yeah... an archetypal marathon. That would be a pretty sweet hack to develop. Remove all the DK Barrels and voila! Sounds like a challenge to me.

Tiny Kong is personally responsible for Kiddy Kong not appearing in 12 years. If he was in DKRDS, then they wouldn't have made Funky into the strong guy, and Kiddy would've had a spot in DKBB. And then Candy would've been in instead of Tiny. Mmm... and the world would have been a better place, I ag...

All of DKC Atlas is important to me, but perhaps the most unique and significant feature on show here is our collection of level maps. An atlas is, by definition, a collection of maps ... so it's no surprise that these level maps are a big part of what makes DKC Atlas tick. :) Below is a linked, col...

Well, I'll just use that 2nd DKC VC purchase to negate any trace of guilt I've ever had for using a non-purchased version of DKC via emulator. No biggy, I don't like to think I'm ripping off my favourite companies. It's certainly not a Wii hardware/software glitch (I don't think so, anyway), because...

My query here is pretty specific, but feel free to post anything here about the VC version of DKC that you have noticed differs from the SNES. On DKC for Virtual Console, If I'm holding a barrel and jump on a baddie, the barrel shoots straight up, off-screen, at a very high speed. Obviously, this is...

Yes, it's true that the basic colours are set by CSS, which certainly helps. I've found it a little confusing just how the complex .css file of phpBB3 is structured, though. I'll play with it again when time permits.

If you have suggestions for how I can improve the DKC Atlas Forums, please post here. Please note: I already have a list of ideas, including... ⋅ Avatar gallery ⋅ DKC related buttons/smilies/icons ⋅ Make the forum look more like the site ⋅ 'Quick reply' and 'Q...

I agree that the forum needs to look more like the site, and I do intend to work on that. This forum is coded in PHP, which I'm only beginning to understand, and I have to be online to develop it, unlike the site itself. I don't have much internet access at the moment, but in two weeks I'll have int...

Good job taking the initiative on this one. For those who don't know the purpose of this video ad, it's basically a commercial for DKC Atlas to be posted on YouTube. I'm guessing it would be around 30 seconds in duration, and would basically be a quick video to appeal to fans who don't know about th...

I'm sure it does... actually, the 'Post Message' sign on the forum here uses a similar technique to do the image swapping effect, and one single image file is indeed a smaller filesize than two half-sized images, I guess due to file header data and other such things. Must be the same for all/most ot...

Kong-Fu , would you mind editing the subject of this topic to indicate that this 'glitch' is code-based? I haven't written up the guidelines for posting in these specialised sections yet, but I want 'glitches' to refer to errors in the game's code (ones that anyone can recreate without the need for...

Thanks for all the support guys, it means a lot to me. I think I'll make a video ad and post it on YouTube. Is that alright with you Qyzbud? I'll talk to you about this, perhaps you/I could start a video ad topic in the main DKC Atlas Website Discussion board. I wish I could stay and do all of this ...

If you have any ideas to help make DKC Atlas a more attractive, useful, accurate and definitive resource for the Donkey Kong Country trilogy, please post your suggestions here. For those not yet aware, DKC2 and DKC3 will receive just as much attention as DKC, but until the DKC section is a bit more ...

I haven't even played Barrel Blast yet, as much as I'd like to. Jomingo, I like your suggestions. Kiddy missing out on a spot in this game is sheer insanity. Sounds like they willfully avoided including that portly youngster. I think he'd have been great for the game, even if I did find him a nuisan...

I loved Donkey Kong Land. It was great fun to play, and added a lot of unique and memorable characters and concepts to DK's world. The level types were a mix of familiar terrain and new locales, and all-in-all i felt it made an excellent bridge between DKC and DKC2. The second and third DKL installm...