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Donkey Kong Country
| Title | Donkey Kong Country |
|---|---|
| First release | 1994 |
| Developer | Rare Ltd. |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Platforms | Game Boy Color, SNES / Super Famicom |
| Genre | 2D platform game |
| Also known as | Super Donkey Kong · スーパードンキーコング · Sūpā Donkī Kongu |
| Players | 1–2 players |
| Co-op | Yes |
| ESRB rating | E Everyone |
| Releases | SNES / Super Famicom: 1994-11-21 (NTSC-U), 1994-11-21 (NTSC), 1994-11-21 (PAL), 1994-11-26 (NTSC-J) |
| Wikidata ID | Q518987 |
Donkey Kong Country is a 1994 SNES video game developed by Rare and released by Nintendo of America in the USA on November 21, 1994. Madness and Mayhem in this 3D Gorilla Thriller! Donkey Kong is back with a new sidekick, Diddy Kong, in a crazy island adventure! Challenged by the crazed tribe of reptilian Kremlings, they endeavor to get back their stolen banana horde! Armed with lightning-quick moves, chest-pounding muscle and awesome aerial acrobatics, our duo is ready to face their cunning adversaries. With the help of Donkey Kong's quirky family and his wild animal mounts, they squabble and scamper their way through the unending monkey mayhem!
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Box art
Box art (front) (NTSC-U)
Box art 2
Screenshots 1
Logos 1
Artwork 1
Commons 1
Sprites 2
Image credits
Box art
(1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC-U release) · © Nintendo · internal use only.
TheGamesDB page
Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork
(4): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Nintendo · internal use only.
TheGamesDB page
Sprites (2): fan rips from sprite sites, credited per sheet (ripper, site, rights) in Sprites below; internal use only.
Logo: Nintendo,
Public domain,
via Wikimedia Commons (“Donkey Kong Country Logo.webp”)
Sprites
SNES / Super Famicom version · 2 sheets · Donkey Kong Country on The Spriters Resource ↗ (128 sheets on the site; 2 stored here)
Donkey Kong
#45659 · fetched 2026-09-29 17:10 UTC
Aquatic Enemies
#45619 · fetched 2026-09-29 17:10 UTC
Sprite sheets are fan rips of copyrighted game graphics (© Nintendo (developed by Rare)),
credited to the ripper and linked to their page on the source site; internal use only.
“Rip by” is the uploader credit shown on the site. Click a sheet to view it at full size (pixel-exact zoom).
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Videos
SNES Longplay [376] Super Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Country (SNES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete
