Nintendo 64

Donkey Kong 64

Donkey Kong 64 makes Banjo seem like it's for the birds. It's large and in charge, and it's one of those precious few games that makes you want to play, forcing you to think of nothing else but completing your quest. Donkey Kong stands tall over other similar-minded action titles.

Overall this is one of the best games for N64. If you don't have it suggest you should get it. I can't wait to see what Banjo Tooie is going to be like.

Donkey Kong 64 är det första Nintendo 64-spelet som kräver Expansion Pak för att fungera. För att det inte ska bli ramaskrin i hemmen på julafton kommer det därför att medfölja en Expansion Pak när man köper det prishöjda spelet. Med tanke på att Nintendo redan är det spelföretag som tar mest betalt för sina spel är det en ganska vågad satsning. Samtidigt säger det ganska mycket om hur höga tankar de har om spelet. Efter att ha spelat det förstår man dem. Donkey Kong 64 är en given succé.

So good. So supremely good. So Banjo-Kazooie. But so good.

Donkey Kong is nu echt zo'n titel waar je een N64 voor hebt gekocht. Hoe goed je ook bent: hir ben je wel even een weekje of wat zoet mee! Deze game verdient een mooie plek in je gamescollectie tussen Zelda en Mario in. If you wanna be a monkey, be a fucking Gorilla!

A great game, but not perfect. Many glitches occur though out the game, though I only experienced a few. The game is fun, but unless you have time to collect every single object in the game, it can get old fast. The multiplayer options will keep you coming back, however. Donkey Kong 64’s graphics are indeed some of the best, if not the best on the N64. But once again, graphics don’t make the game, and it’s quite sad that we judge them as strongly as we do. After all, no one ever complained about Mario’s pixelated body back in Mario Bros. 1.

DK64 is a marvelous game. It's a gem for platform geeks like me. And it's a long, and I mean, looooooong game. It will take you at least 10 days to finish it. And that's for the most experienced gamers. Newbies will take longer, much longer to finish it. Maybe it's not a total experience like Zelda was, but DK64 it's a good enough to keep you playing for a couple months out of the year.

DK64 holds so many similarities to Banjo-Kazooie that it would have been easy for me to call it Banjo-Kazooie 1.5. Maybe Rare couldnt avoid that given their time restraints or their ambitious plans of filling the game with all kinds of gaming goodness, but nevertheless the similarities to Banjo-Kazooie are hard to ignore. In fact, DK64 would have garnered a perfect 10 from me had there not been a Banjo-Kazooie. But since I did give DK64 a good run, the games personality finally shone through and its clear that this is an excellent game that actually takes the genre forward. It has great graphics, great level design, and tons of unique and fun things to do. Its similarities to Banjo-Kazooie didnt stop it, they only tried to contain it.

Remember friends, it's yard sale time. It is a prime time to find old video game treasures. I usually find 3-5 games for next to nothing. The majority of games I find have been N64 and Dreamcast... Lower your pride a bit, hustle up a few bucks and just because it's old, doesn't mean it's bad...

In the end, Donkey Kong 64 feels more like a super-sized version of Banjo-Kazooie than it does anything else. And while that should be a great, great thing, it's bound to disappoint a lot of Nintendo 64 owners who had built the title up as the Second Coming.

Au final, Donkey Kong 64 est sûrement la valeur la plus sûre en matière de jeu de plates-formes que la Nintendo 64 ait à offrir. Une durée de vie conséquente nappée dans des graphismes au fait des performances de la console et dont la maniabilité et la profondeur de jeu laissent pantois.

That said, this reviewer feels Donkey Kong 64 offers too much solid gameplay to warrant such criticism, even though it's not the technological marvel that Donkey Kong Country had been in its heyday. Those of you who remotely liked Mario 64 or Banjo-Kazooie will be excited to the point of numbness by this game. However, for those of you averse to the "collect everything" gameplay mentality, this game might come off as a chore to complete. In any case, Donkey Kong 64 has high-quality adventure written all over it - despite its camera flaws - and it gives you many reasons to see the good-guy Kongs thrive in 3D.

All in all, this is not Rare's best work but it is still an excellent game that pulls out a lot of A material with some C material sitting off in the corners (cameras). This is a game that should be owned by N64 fans, although some will not care for the length and the controls. It is a matter of getting used to them.

You can save your game in progress at any time - a pretty nifty feature for a N64 title! Numerous mini-games are hidden within the main game, including the original Donkey Kong video game, which is a real treat to play. I also have to credit the well-written instruction booklet - it's absolutely hilarious! Donkey Kong 64 is a quality title, so if you're not already burnt out on this type of game, be sure to give it a try.

Bottom line is you will get a lot of game for your dollar. Even after the 35-40 hours to complete every single last objective the game, there's still a simple, but worthy multiplayer mode to keep you occupied. The real problem is that right to the end, it's just more of the same. There isn't the sharp contrast that DKCountry brought to the SNES as most hoped and expected. While no major ground is broken from Banjo Kazooie, Donkey Kong is still all there as a 3D platform game. Ok, I'm done with the review, can I have my banana now?

After you play Donkey Kong 64 for a while, it gets very repetitive and boring. How fun can collecting nuts be? There is really no replay value, many glitches, such as going through walls, trees, etc., confusing level designs, and it's just a plain old rip off of other classics like Mario 64. This Rare title is a huge disappointment and a disgrace to the Donkey Kong license. This is the perfect example of why Nintendo letting Rare go was justified.

Donkey Kong est non seulement intéressant mais profite d'une réalisation à la hauteur de ce que l'on peut attendre d'une Nintendo 64. Reste que le genre a été maintes fois exploré et que les jeux à venir ajouteront au concept un style beaucoup plus affirmé. En définitive, les plus jeunes profiteront certainement de Donkey Kong...