Donkey Kong Country Competition Cartridge

The Donkey Kong Country Competition Cartridge is a rare SNES game used in the Blockbuster World Video Game Championships II event and various other video game competitions. Cartridges of the game used during the competition were sent back to Nintendo after it was over, and then sold in a Nintendo Power subscribers catalogue. Due to its rarity (reportedly only 2500 copies in existence), it has become a popular collector item and sells a lot on online auction sites such as eBay.

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 treehouse and Banana Hoard 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. The player is also given 50 starting Extra Lives instead of the 5 as in the original game. The game has a time limit of five minutes, which is displayed at the center of the screen. After the allotted time, the game freezes.

Levels Featured

 * Jungle Hijinxs
 * Reptile Rumble
 * Ropey Rampage
 * Coral Capers
 * Winky's Walkway
 * Bouncy Bonanza
 * Orang-utan Gang
 * Snow Barrel Blast
 * Slipslide Ride
 * Ice Age Alley
 * Croctopus Chase

Trivia

 * The competition cartridge is very similar in concept and execution to the Star Fox Super Weekend cartridge, another video game competition variant which has become a pricey collector item.