DKC Atlas Forum

I'm trying to create a DKC ROM hack composed solely of mine cart levels. I'm sure most people know of the DKC hacking conundrum where getting hit in a mine cart by most enemies/objects causes the game to glitch up and freeze. I was wondering if it was possible to either: a) Change the sprite of the ...

I just found this new hack created with DKedit by 08scatman. You need to patch it to a Japanese Super Donkey Kong rom. The difficulty is Japanese. I've been playing for a half hour and can't get past the first level, LOL. It seems he did away with the life counter, which is nice. Don't go into DK's ...

Just finished playing through the demo. The level design overall is pretty interesting and enjoyable. The foreground is obviously crazy, but I don't really mind personally. The difficulty is pretty much spot-on, it's hard but doesn't require save states. I like how there's not just one theme in any ...

Good point on the difficulty of Ice Age Alley. It's hard to determine how hard something will be for others when you're the sole tester of your hack. Of course, for me that level wasn't too hard because I knew exactly how to approach each situation. I recommend having other people available to test ...

Update: I just realized that "Mine Cart Madness" is impossible to beat with Diddy. You have to beat the first half of the level with Donkey Kong. The reason being the fact that Diddy cannot jump as far as DK out of the minecart. I hope nobody got stuck there and quit before the epicness th...

I'm not sure what you mean by lining up tiles. If you mean making it look nice, it took me a while to figure out how to modify the Jungle levels terrain so it looked good. I eventually figured out which tiles go with each other for the ground. The foliage is pretty easy to line up simply because peo...

I did just realize that "Manic Mincers" is quite easy because in a lot of segments you can kill the baddies prior to picking up the TNT barrel. I guess that's a big mistake I didn't catch before release. Not a big deal though since it was the easiest level in Chimp Caverns anyway. Platform...

It took me about two months to create the entire hack. The only reason I finished it so quickly was because it became an obsession. It was all I did in my spare time, which I had no shortage of. My main goal for the later part of the game was difficulty with savestates in mind. I just believe that a...

Simion32, so basically I have to open the modified .smc and save it as an IPS along with a unmodified, unheadered Donkey Kong Country U V1.0?

Or is my hack eternally screwed? LOL

I'm almost positive the original ROM I used was unheadered from the beginning. I originally tried to convert to IPS using DKCRE, but for some reason the it wouldn't alter a clean DKC ROM when I tried playing it. So I tried LunarIPS which worked. I don't remember if I used the same exact file when tr...

I made a new IPS patch with an unheadered rom. Download that one if you're having trouble with the first one!

And Simion32, you're officially insane for beating that in one day. Congrats, you primate.

Ah, yes. I did have some trouble with the patching process which ended up being trial and error. Thanks, Simion32.

I am pleased to announce that I have created the first full DKC hack using the DKC resource editor. Brace yourself for an all-new world of kremling chaos. A few things: 1. This hack is more difficult than the original game, and the final world is borderline-kaizo. 2. To beat this game you must be ab...