Donkey Kong Country 1994

Is it still worth playing?

Rare's 1994 side scrolling platformer for the Super NES. You play Donkey Kong or Diddy Kong and switch between them across 40 levels that each end in a boss fight, with minecarts, barrel cannons, ropes, animal buddies and bonus stages. Its characters and locations were pre rendered 3D models made on Silicon Graphics workstations and turned into SNES sprites, giving rippling water, lighting effects and changing weather in jungles, temples and snowy landscapes. Nintendo Life described the difficulty as well judged, with a steady rise and occasional spikes, and finding secret rooms raises the completion percentage up to 101 percent. Two players can take turns or team up. It re-established Donkey Kong as a major Nintendo franchise. Levels that keep changing how you move, with vines, barrels, mine carts and animals, and a difficulty that rises steadily, are the reason to play it now.