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The '''Donkey Kong Country Competition Cartridge''' is a rare  [[SNES]] game used in the Blockbuster World Video Game Championships II event and various other video game competitions, and then sold in a [[Nintendo Power]] subscribers catalogue. Due to its rarity (reportedly only 2500 copies in existence), it has become a popular collector item and sells a lot on online auction sites such as eBay.  
The '''Donkey Kong Country Competition Cartridge''' is a rare  [[SNES]] game used in the Blockbuster World Video Game Championships II event and various other video game competitions, and then sold in a [[Nintendo Power]] subscribers catalogue. Due to its rarity (reportedly only 2500 copies in existence), it has become a popular collector item and sells a lot on online auction sites such as eBay.  


The actual game consist of a few select levels from ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' with the addition of a point counter and a few minor tweaks to encourage scoring, the goal being to score as much points as possible. The [[Donkey Kong's Treehouse| treehouse]] and [[Banana Hoard]] at the start of [[Jungle Hijinxs (Donkey Kong Country)|Jungle Hijinxs]] have been disabled and all of the [[Animal Token]]s in the early levels have been replaced with [[banana]] bunches, making it impossible to reach the bonus round without the usage of a cheating device. The player is also given 50 starting [[Extra Lives]] instead of the 5 as in the original game.
The actual game consist of a few select levels from ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' with the addition of a point counter and a few minor tweaks to encourage scoring, the goal being to score as many points as possible. The [[Donkey Kong's Treehouse| treehouse]] and [[Banana Hoard]] at the start of [[Jungle Hijinxs (Donkey Kong Country)|Jungle Hijinxs]] have been disabled and all of the [[Animal Token]]s in the early levels have been replaced with [[banana]] bunches, making it impossible to reach the bonus round without the usage of a cheating device. The player is also given 50 starting [[Extra Lives]] instead of the 5 as in the original game.


The game has a time limit of five minutes, which is displayed at the center of the screen. After the allotted time, the game freezes.  
The game has a time limit of five minutes, which is displayed at the center of the screen. After the allotted time, the game freezes.  

Revision as of 09:42, September 14, 2012

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The Donkey Kong Country Competition Cartridge is a rare SNES game used in the Blockbuster World Video Game Championships II event and various other video game competitions, and then sold in a Nintendo Power subscribers catalogue. Due to its rarity (reportedly only 2500 copies in existence), it has become a popular collector item and sells a lot on online auction sites such as eBay.

The actual game consist of a few select levels from Donkey Kong Country with the addition of a point counter and a few minor tweaks to encourage scoring, the goal being to score as many points as possible. The treehouse and Banana Hoard at the start of Jungle Hijinxs have been disabled and all of the Animal Tokens in the early levels have been replaced with banana bunches, making it impossible to reach the bonus round without the usage of a cheating device. The player is also given 50 starting Extra Lives instead of the 5 as in the original game.

The game has a time limit of five minutes, which is displayed at the center of the screen. After the allotted time, the game freezes.

Levels Featured

Trivia

  • The competition cartridge is very similar in concept and execution to the Star Fox Super Weekend cartridge, another video game competition variant which has become a pricey collector item.

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Super Famicom / Super Nintendo Entertainment System games
Super Mario franchise Super Mario World (1990) • Mario Paint (1992) • Super Mario Kart (1992) • Mario is Missing! (1993) • Super Mario All-Stars (1993) • Yoshi's Safari (1993) • Mario & Wario† (1993) • Mario's Time Machine* (1993) • Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers* (1994) • Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters (1994) • Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun* (1994) • Tetris & Dr. Mario* (1994) • Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World* (1994) • UNDAKE30 Same Game (1995) • Mario's Super Picross† (1995) • Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996) • Dr. Mario (1997) • Wrecking Crew '98† (1998)
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Kong Country (1994) • Donkey Kong Country Competition Cartridge* (1994) • Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995) • Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (1996)
Yoshi franchise Yoshi's Cookie (1993) • Yoshi no Cookie: Kuruppon Oven de Cookie† (1994) • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) • Tetris Attack (1996)
Wario franchise Mario & Wario† (1993) • Wario's Woods (1994)
Satellaview Wario no Mori Bakushō Version‡ (1995) • Wario no Mori Futatabi‡ (1995) • Easy Racer‡ (1996) • BS Super Mario USA‡ (1996) • Yoshi no Panepon‡ (1996) • Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle‡ (1997) • BS Super Mario Collection‡ (1997-1998) • Satella-Q‡ (1995-1999)
Miscellaneous Nintendo Campus Challenge (1992) • Nintendo PowerFest '94* (1994) • Picross NP^ (1999-2000)
* Super NES only
† Super Famicom only
‡ Satellaview only
^ Nintendo Power only
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