Ropey Rampage

Rolling in midair through any rope, and then jumping before you land will result in you being warped back to the rope's horizontal location (vertical ropes), or to the end of the rope (swinging ropes). The vertical rope version of this warp-back glitch is easy to do, but it's a fair bit harder to find places with accessible swinging ropes. That said, it's worth trying this 'ropeswing' version, as it leads to other interesting glitches.

There are a few places in Ropey Rampage (and perhaps other levels) where this glitch can be enacted, but the most appropriate place I know of can be found at the place where the Army is guarding a platform which conceils a Winky Token (just past where you land if you exit the first bonus).

As usual, I recommend Diddy for performing this glitch, due to his agility. First, evade or defeat the Army so that you have access to his platform, then make your way up to the treetop on the right-hand side of the platform. A good roll-jump from the tree on the left is your best bet.

Okay, now that you're atop the rightmost palm tree, cartwheel to the right, so that you cross over the ropeswing. Pressing jump will warp you back to the rope, even if you are right near the bottom of the ravine. Of course, you have to press jump before you fall too far, or you will lose a life and leave the level.

For an even stranger twist on this, see the glitch below...

This is an extension of the above glitch, 'Ropeswing Warp-back', and requires extremely precise timing. Because of this, I recommend the use of an emulator with support for savestates and slow motion, however it is indeed possible to perform this on a real SNES. This glitch makes the game's camera freeze in place until you switch Kongs, and forces the lives counter to remain constantly visible.

First up, get into position atop the rightmost palm tree (see above). Now is a good time to save a state, and slow the game speed, if you are able to. Cartwheel so that Diddy crosses over the ropeswing to the right, as you did for the previous glitch, but press jump at the very last moment before you lose a life.

If you jump too early, you will just get the result of the previous glitch. If you jump too late, you will lose a life and leave the level. However, if your timing is perfect, Diddy/DK will warp back to the rope, the game's camera will lock in place, and the lives counter will appear on screen permanently (until you leave the main level area).

Playing the level without the camera following the action is mission impossible. If you want to see what's happening again, just switch Kongs, and the view will zoom across to them once more. Of course, if you don't have both DK and Diddy, that's easier said than done!