Donkey Kong 64
The Kong family's first 3D adventure featuring five playable characters, expansive worlds, and the revolutionary Nintendo 64 Expansion Pak requirement. This collectathon masterpiece pushed the N64 hardware to its limits with its massive open environments.
Platform
nintendo 64
Year
1999
Genre
3D Platformer/Adventure
Developer
Rare
Controls
About This Game
Introduced character-specific abilities - Donkey Kong's strength, Diddy's jetpack, Tiny's ponytail twirl, Lanky's stretchy arms, and Chunky's brute force. Each Kong had their own colored bananas to collect across 8 themed worlds.
Notable for including the iconic 'DK Rap' introduction and being the first game to require the 4MB Expansion Pak for enhanced graphics. Featured 201 Golden Bananas as primary collectibles with over 3,500 individual collectibles total.
Pioneered the 'tag barrel' mechanic for instant character switching. The multiplayer battle mode included jetpack dogfights and banana hoard challenges. Remains the largest Donkey Kong game by content volume.
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