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[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I know this is rage bait, but DKC was fantastic. I remember when Blockbuster video held a contest where you could play a game, and if you had the best score in the entire store you could win free movie rentals for a year. And if you did good enough, you could qualify for a “The Wizard” style video game competition in California. I played the shit out of this game to practice for weeks. I learned all the spots where you could drop down a hole and instead of dying, you get some rewards. I went in to this blockbuster ready to get my family a year of free movie rentals and possibly a trip to California. The first hole I dropped down I died. They had a modified version of the game that didn’t have these secrets in it. I was entirely unprepared. I played my 3 turns and did pretty terrible. After we left the blockbuster my parents had to run into a store and I just waited in the car. I literally cried cause I was so disappointed in how bad I did.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just FYI. I lucked out and won my local Blockbuster stores version of this contest 🙂 Made it to the state finals, but was too young to compete and got kicked out. (I was 11.) But you better believe I rented a free movie every month. Sometimes got away with 2 haha 😂

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I’m so jealous!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What do you mean a modified version? What or the point of that if they are sending people to a contest after? Unfair.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

There's a 1.2 version that fixed several bugs and glitches, including at least one warp

Edit: Actually, this completely checks out! https://www.mariowiki.com/Donkey_Kong_Country_Competition_Cartridge

The actual game consists of a few select levels from Donkey Kong Country with the addition of a point counter and a few minor tweaks to encourage scoring, the goal being to score as many points as possible. The tree house and banana cave at the start of Jungle Hijinxs have been disabled, and all of the animal tokens in the early levels have been replaced with Banana Bunches, making it impossible to reach the bonus round without the usage of a cheating device

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

TIL! At least they used the same version for everyone, including the later competition.