Donkey Kong Country Competition Cartridge: Difference between revisions

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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 consist 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 [[Donkey Kong's Treehouse| treehouse]] and [[Banana Hoard]] at the start of [[Jungle Hijinxs (Donkey Kong Country)|Jungle Hijinxs]] have been disabled and all of the [[Animal Token]]s 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.  

 

*The competition cartridge is very similar in concept and execution to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Fox_(video_game)#Competition_version Star Fox Super Weekend cartridge], another video game competition variant which has become a pricey collector item.

==External Links==

[[Category:Donkey Kong Country]]

[[Category:Super Nintendo Entertainment System Games]]