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From: [e-mail] (Chris Stassen)
Subject: DKC updated proto-FAQ enclosed  [LONG]
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DKC proto-FAQ                       (v0.3 of 12/16/94)

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This FAQ has two major sections:


(1) "Frequently Asked Questions" about things OTHER than bonus rooms.

    Questions:

    Q-1:  How many levels are there in Donkey Kong Country?

    Q-2:  How can I tell if I've found all of the bonus rooms in a level?

    Q-3:  How can I jump for extra distance (horizontally)?

    Q-4:  How can I grab things out of a pit without falling to my death?

    Q-5:  What's the "Diddy controller code"?  How does it work?

    Q-6:  Where are the special "2x" icons?

    Q-7:  Are there any ways to bypass parts of some levels?

    Q-8:  Does the ending change depending on the percentage of completion?


(2) A list of the locations of all 67 bonus rooms.

    Index:

    BR-1.  Kongo Jungle bonus rooms

    BR-2.  Monkey Mines bonus rooms

    BR-3.  Vine Valley bonus rooms

    BR-4.  Gorilla Glacier bonus rooms

    BR-5.  Kremroc Industries, Inc. bonus rooms

    BR-6.  Chimp Caverns bonus rooms

    BR-7.  General notes and strategy hints

    BR-8.  Sample description interpretation

    BR-9.  Kinds of bonus rooms

    BR-10.  Acknowledgements


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Frequently Asked Questions - about things other than Bonus Rooms

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Questions:

    Q-1:  How many levels are there in Donkey Kong Country?
    Q-2:  How can I tell if I've found all of the bonus rooms in a level?
    Q-3:  How can I jump for extra distance (horizontally)?
    Q-4:  How can I grab things out of a pit without falling to my death?
    Q-5:  What's the "Diddy" "controller code"?  How does it work?
    Q-6:  Where are the special "2x" icons?
    Q-7:  Are there any ways to bypass parts of some levels?
    Q-8:  Does the ending change depending on the percentage of completion?


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Q-1:  How many levels are there in Donkey Kong Country?

    There are 33 "normal" levels, 67 bonus rooms, and seven boss
    areas.  There are also six each of the "friendly" areas
    (Candy Kong, Cranky Kong, and Funky Kong).

    The first six bosses do not count towards the percentage total.
    The remaining 101 areas (33 levels, 67 bonus rooms, and "King
    R. Rool") each count as 1% towards the completion total.


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Q-2:  How can I tell if I've found all of the bonus rooms in a level?

    On the map screen, a level is marked with an exclamation point
    once there are no undiscovered bonus rooms remaining in it.

    (e.g., "Ropey Rampage" becomes "Ropey Rampage!" when all of its
    bonus areas are found.)


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Q-3:  How can I jump for extra distance (horizontally)?

    This question and Q-4 are related, because the same technique
    covers both.  The trick is that the Kongs can jump upwards out
    of a cartwheel (Diddy Kong) or barrel-roll (Donkey Kong), just
    as if they were standing on solid ground...  even if they
    happen to be in mid-air at the time.

    Example:

    In "Jungle Hijinks," there is a red balloon above the group
    of trees is just past the [K] icon.  There is a second red
    balloon over the next group of trees beyond that, and if you
    move quickly you will find a green balloon over the third
    group of trees.

    But the trees are spaced too far apart for Diddy to jump from
    group to group, even with a running start.  Also, the second
    and third sets of treetops can't be reached from the ground.

    How do you collect the second and third balloons?  By rolling
    off a tree, and then jumping from mid-air... which increases
    the total horizontal distance which can be covered in a single
    jump.

    In detail:

    (A) Position Diddy on the right-hand edge of the first group
        of trees, where you collected the first red balloon.

    (B) Press "right" on the control pad and the "Y" button
        (approximately simultaneously), and Diddy will cartwheel
        off the tree towards the right.

    (C) At any time before Diddy finishes the cartwheel move, (the
        later, the better), press and hold the "B" button to jump
        as high as possible.  (Don't forget to continue to hold
        "right" on the control pad so that you jump to the right!)

    If your timing is good, you will land on the left edge of the
    next group of trees just in time to jump up and collect the
    second red balloon (before it floats away).

    With practice, you will be able to jump these large gaps quickly
    and easily.  This technique comes in handy later in the game --
    there is at least one bonus room that I can't reach without it,
    and at least one more that is far easier to reach with this
    technique.  But it is not stricly necessary to be able to
    cartwheel-jump, to get to the end of any level (or "win" the
    game with less than 101%).

    Unrelated note:

    This example, incidentally, is a good way to pick up lives very
    quickly.   In "Jungle Hijinks", pick up the balloon in Donkey
    Kong's tree house, and then these three treetop balloons, for a
    total of five quick lives.  Then quit the level with pause-
    select (and re-enter if desired).  I'm able to earn extra lives
    more quickly this way than with the "DYDDY" controller code
    (which is discussed later in this file).


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Q-4:  How can I grab things out of a pit without falling to my death?

    This question and Q-3 are related, because the same technique
    covers both.  The trick is that the Kongs can jump upwards out
    of a cartwheel (Diddy Kong) or barrel-roll (Donkey Kong), just
    as if they were standing on solid ground...  even if they
    happen to be in mid-air at the time.

    Example:

    In "Stop & Go Station", the golden letter [O] icon sits just
    below the level of the surrounding land, in a pit which kills
    Diddy or Donkey Kong should they fall into it and off the
    screen.

    How do you go about getting the [O] without losing a life?  By
    cart-wheeling (or barrel-rolling) into the pit and falling
    partway down, far enough to collect the [O]... and then jumping
    up when in mid-air, to get back onto solid ground.

    In detail:

    (A) Position Donkey Kong (or Diddy Kong) at the left edge
        of the pit, facing to the right.

    (B) Press "right" on the control pad and the "Y" button
        approximately simultaneously, and Donkey (Diddy) will
        barrel roll (cartwheel) to the right and slightly
        downwards into the pit.

    (C) Once Donkey (Diddy) touches the [O] and collects it,
        press and hold the "B" button to jump up to the ground
        level on the opposite side of the pit.  (Don't forget to
        continue to hold "right" on the control pad so that you
        jump to the right!)

    This is a move which requires some practice, but it isn't too
    difficult once you get the hang of it.

    Again, it is not strictly necessary to be able to do this in
    order to "win" the game, but you can't get "101%" or pick up
    some of the interesting items (e.g., also the [K] in "Forest
    Frenzy", and many other letter icons and bananas, especially
    in the later parts of the game) without it.

    Unrelated note:  Not every item in a pit requires this
    strategy.  Sometimes an item in a pit, especially a vertical
    line of bananas, is a hint that there is a hidden barrel
    cannon at the bottom of the pit.


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Q-5:  What's the "Diddy" "controller code"?  How does it work?

    It is used to get to a special bonus room that always contains
    three golden icons of each animal, permitting you to play any
    of the animal bonus games as many times as you want.  Just
    press "DYDDY" (down, Y, down, down, Y) on the controller, from
    the introductory screen where Cranky Kong cranks a record
    player.  This works even when the game is first turned on.

    If you want to collect lives in this special area and then
    play the game WITH those lives, you must first get the
    "GAME OVER" screen by losing your last life IN A LEVEL WHICH
    YOU HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED (by walking through the exit door
    -- finding all of the bonus rooms is not necessary).  Press
    "start" after a few seconds to dismiss the "game over" screen,
    and then enter the "DYDDY" sequence once Cranky appears.

    When the bonus area is entered in this manner, it becomes
    possible to exit the bonus room (with pause-select).  Upon
    exiting, you are returned to the game map at the point where
    the previous game ended... carrying along all of the lives
    (and remaining icons, if any) which were collected in the
    special area.

        Additional note:

    Some people are reporting trouble with this, saying that they
    cannot exit the bonus room except with an even number of lives,
    or except when dying with only Diddy.  I've had no such
    trouble, and in fact have been able to successfully exit under
    a wide range of conditions, including:

    (1) both even and odd numbers of lives;

    (2) the final death being Diddy Kong, Donkey Kong, or both at
        the same time (e.g., by falling off a cliff);

    (3) a game that is "101%" complete and a game that is less than
        40% finished;

    (4) dying in a level that is complete including bonus rooms, and
        in a level that is complete except for bonus rooms;

    ...and even...

    (5) going to the bonus room without the Game Over screen at all,
        after beating King R. Rool and watching the end credits.
        (In this case, all of the lives I had when winning the
        game were carried over into the bonus room, and it put me
        on the map at "Jungle Hijinks" upon exiting the bonus room.)

    I suspect that most of the people who are reporting trouble
    exiting the bonus screen are losing their last life in an
    uncompleted level.  (My guess is that the special area is
    executed just as if it were a bonus room of the level that you
    died in.  For any uncompleted level, the pause-select exit is
    disabled EVERYWHERE -- including its bonus rooms.)

    To exit this bonus area or any level which you have completed
    already:  Press 'start' to pause the game.  Wait a second or
    two after releasing 'start'.  While the game is paused, press
    'select'.  (If you press these buttons too closely together,
    the 'select' is ignored!)


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Q-6:  Where are the special "2x" icons?

    In each animal bonus area, there is a special extra-huge icon that
    doubles the quantity of golden icons collected so far, making it
    possible to get as many as eight extra lives in a single run.
    (Actually, I've been told nine is possible, but haven't been able
    to do it.)  These icons are located:

    Expresso -- at the extreme right-hand end of the level, beyond
    where the level appears to end.  (Go to the third (last) area
    to the right, stand on the last step on the right-hand wall,
    and jump as high as possible AND flap once for extra height,
    to get through an off-screen break in the wall.)

    Enguarde -- in a hidden room straight down from Enguarde's starting
    position.  (Go through an apparently solid wall.)

    Rambi -- at the extreme right-hand end of the level, beyond where
    the level appears to end.  (Jump on top of the entrance door,
    stick to the highest ledges while moving across the whole level
    to the right, then jump over the right-hand cliff and head down
    into the special area.)

    Winky -- at the extreme left-hand end of the level, beyond where
    the level appears to end.  (Cross to the left-hand side, climbing
    up to the top of the level, and jump over the left-hand wall.)


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Q-7:  Are there any ways to bypass parts of some levels?

    - Barrel Cannon Canyon

    To skip some of the first half of the level:  Walk up above the
    entrance (bounce off the "Kritter" to get up on top of the
    doorway) and jump into the barrel cannon hidden at the extreme
    left.  Jump into the overhead barrel cannon of the tree that it
    deposits you on.  You'll be transported to the last barrel
    sequence before halfway point of the level.

    - Stop & Go Station

    To skip nearly the entire level:  Walk back through the entrance
    door to be transported to a few screens short of the end of
    the level.

    - Snow Barrel Blast

    To skip most of the second half of the level:  just past the
    golden Rambi icon that is above a rotating barrel with two
    "Zinger"s, blast straight down from the third barrel.  You'll
    land in a sequence of horizontal-blasting barrel cannons
    which kick you out just before the exit.

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    Q-8:  Does the ending change depending on the percentage of completion?

    Not in any significant way.

    If you win the game with less than 101% complete, very early
    in the endgame sequence Cranky says a few sentences about
    being sure there are some things you haven't found yet.

    If you win the game with 101% complete, in the same place
    Cranky will instead congratulate you for finding everything.

    All of the rest of the endgame stays the same.


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Location of all bonus rooms

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Following are short, semi-vague descriptions of the locations of all
DKC bonus rooms and their contents.


    Index:

    BR-1.  Kongo Jungle bonus rooms
    BR-2.  Monkey Mines bonus rooms
    BR-3.  Vine Valley bonus rooms
    BR-4.  Gorilla Glacier bonus rooms
    BR-5.  Kremroc Industries, Inc. bonus rooms
    BR-6.  Chimp Caverns bonus rooms

    BR-7.  General notes and strategy hints
    BR-8.  Sample description interpretation
    BR-9.  Kinds of bonus rooms
    BR-10.  Acknowledgements

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        BR-1.  Kongo Jungle bonus rooms
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- Jungle Hijinks

  * First right-hand wall after the Rambi crate.
    LEVEL:  red balloon

  * Right-hand wall in the pit under the tree with [G].  It's just
    after a big hill -- or just about where the first bonus room
    exits, if that route was taken instead.
    MATCH:  Rambi, Expresso, Winky, Enguarde icons


- Ropey Rampage

  * Low off-screen barrel cannon, just to the right of the tree with
    [O].  (Walk to the right off of the [O] tree, fall straight down
    into the barrel.)
    LEVEL:  [N]

  * Low off-screen barrel cannon, just left of the red arrow signpost.
    (Fall into the pit just before the red arrow sign.)
    FIND:  red balloon


- Reptile Rumble

  * Right-hand wall, immediately below [K].
    LEVEL:  red balloon

  * Visible barrel cannon above and left of a "DK" barrel on a hill,
    between [K] and [O].  (The barrel cannon is only visible when
    standing on the hill.  There is a second similar hill after the
    continue barrel, which does not have a barrel cannon nearby.)
    LEVEL:  only bananas

  * Right-hand wall of two-snake pit, just past continue barrel and [N].
    LEVEL:  only bananas


- Coral Capers

  <None>


- Barrel Cannon Canyon

  * Hidden doorway on the cliff-side just past [O].  (It is not
    possible to get there carrying a barrel.  It is necessary to blast
    straight into the cliff-side -- intentionally missing the moving
    "connecting" barrel -- immediately after collecting the [O] icon.)
    BLAST-SIDEWAYS:  DK barrel and red balloon

  * Right-hand wall of the pit that is between the 2nd and 3rd purple
    "Kritter"s after the continue barrel.
    BLAST-UP:  top off-screen prizes:  Enguarde icon on the left,
    red balloon in the center, and a bunch of bananas on the right.


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        BR-2.  Monkey Mines bonus rooms
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- Winky's Walkway

  * Visible barrel cannon above "Necky", just after continue barrel.
    LEVEL:  [N]


- Mine Cart Carnage

  <None>


- Bouncy Bonanza

  * Right-hand wall of the pit under a pair of "Zinger"s, between the [K]
    and the [O].
    MATCH:  banana, bunch of bananas, Winky icon, red balloon

  * Visible overhead barrel cannon, above the moving platform that is
    between [G] and exit.
    BLAST-UP:  only bananas


- Stop & Go Station

  * First right-hand wall after continue barrel.  It's a short distance
    past the steel-rim barrel that can be picked up.
    BLAST-AROUND:  only bananas

  * High off-screen barrel cannon at LEFTmost position the first movable
    tire can reach (the left edge of a wide, shallow pit with three
    "Klaptraps").  The path up to the barrel is marked with three
    bananas in a vertical line.
    BLAST-UP:  top off-screen prizes:  bunch of bananas on the left
    and in the center, and Enguarde icon on the right.


- Millstone Mayhem

  * High off-screen barrel cannon above the entrance door.  (Use the
    tire to bounce up on top of the entrance, then jump upwards from
    there.)
    BLAST-UP:  top off-screen prizes:  DK barrel on the left,
    bunch of bananas in the center, and [K] on the right.

  * Visible barrel cannon over 3rd millstone.  (Get the movable tire
    between the first and second millstones, by using the barrel cannon
    hidden in the pit to knock out the tire from the spot to its
    right.)
    SPELL:  "RARE" for Enguarde icon

  * Right-hand wall below the fifth millstone.
    FIND:  green balloon


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- Vulture Culture

  * High off-screen barrel cannon at the right edge of the land area
    with a coconut-thrower sitting on a movable tire.  The path up
    to the barrel is marked with three bananas in a vertical line.
    SPELL:  "KONG" for Expresso icon

  * Left-hand wall in the land area that is just past a sequence with
    a barrel cannon and two "Necky"s;  before the continue barrel.
    JUMP:  2 blue "Klaptraps" for red balloon

  * Left-hand wall beside a single coconut-thrower on stair-step "hill."
    BLAST-SIDEWAYS:  DK barrel, red balloon


- Tree Top Town

  * Visible barrel cannon up and LEFT of entrance.  (Can get high enough
    by having Diddy bounce off Gnawty.)
    MATCH-KONG:  red balloon

  * Low off-screen barrel cannon in the second barrel sequence after the
    continue barrel.  (From the last of the three barrels, blast low
    sideways at the lone banana, instead of trying to blast high to
    land on the platform.)
    BLAST-UP:  top off-screen prize:  only [N] in the center.


- Forest Frenzy

  * Barely visible barrel cannon at bottom edge of screen when hanging
    on a moving rope.  It's early in the dodging-flying-"Necky"s part
    that's shortly before the end of the whole level.
    FIND:  Rambi icon

  * Last left-hand wall before exit.  (There is a barrel available at
    the extreme left end of this same chunk of land.)
    LEVEL:  Enguarde icon


- Temple Tempest

  * Right-hand wall after the first pit.  The first millstone will stop
    covering this entry.  (The millstone can be made to vanish if it is
    in the way, by walking to the right until its clicking sound stops.
    Upon returning to the left, the millstone will be gone.)
    LEVEL:  Expresso crate

  * Low off-screen barrel cannon - straight down off the middle of
    three ropes.  Just past the continue barrel and before the hidden
    [N], there's a downward-pointing arrow made of bananas marking it.
    JUMP:  one blue "Klaptrap" for Rambi icon


- Orang-utan Gang

  * Open off-screen doorway under the vine where the level begins.
    (Use Expresso to fly left from the low-lying land level where the
    first DK barrel is found.)
    SPELL:  "WINKY" for Winky icon, then "RAMBI" for Rambi icon,
    then "ENGUARDE" for Enguarde icon, then "EXPRESSO" for Expresso
    icon.

  * Right-hand wall under vines past the [N] icon.  (Use Expresso to fly
    to the right from [N], under vines.  At the rightmost point, there
    is a cliff-side with the hidden door, and a barrel which can be used
    to open it.)
    LEVEL:  bounce off of tire to reveal DK barrel

  * Left-hand wall in a small pit, under the last vine before the exit.
    LEVEL:  bounce off of tire to reveal only bunches of bananas

  * Right-hand wall past the small pit with the entry for the previous
    bonus room, just before the cliff that ends under the last vine
    before the exit.
    LEVEL:  bounce off of tire to reveal [G]

  * Right-hand wall immediately before red arrow signpost.  (The barrel
    just before the last vine can be used to open every one of the final
    three exits.  They are all in the same area, and the barrel returns
    after going through a bonus area.)
    LEVEL:  Expresso crate and red balloon


- Clam City

  <None>


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- Snow Barrel Blast

  * High off-screen barrel cannon directly above entrance.  (Stand on
    the entrance and bounce off the slow "Necky" when he gets near.)
    FIND:  Winky icon

  * Low off-screen barrel cannon in the pit a short ways left of the
    continue barrel.  (Watch carefully:  another barrel will blast
    the player past this area and onto the continue barrel -- it is
    necessary to backtrack from that point.)
    BLAST-UP:  top off-screen prize:  only [O] in the center.

  * Low off-screen barrel cannon on ledge, below the barrel with three
    bananas and a yellow "Zinger" -- the last one before the land area
    with the Rambi icon.  (Blast down from the "Zinger" barrel, and
    head to the right, along the ledges.)   On the way to the bonus
    room, the player is blasted through the [N], picking it up
    automatically.
    BLAST-SIDEWAYS:  only bananas


- Slip Slide Ride

  * Left-hand wall at top of the very first blue up-rope nearest the
    entrance.  (Have Diddy bounce off a "Kritter" to reach the rope.)
    MATCH-KONG:  red balloon

  * Left-hand wall at bottom of first red down-rope.  (There's a barrel
    halfway along the down-rope, in a small alcove on the right.)
    SPELL:  "NINTENDO" for red balloon

  * Visible barrel cannon at top of a blue up-rope.  It's the third rope
    in the group of four that are found a short distance past the
    continue barrel.
    LEVEL:  Expresso icon


- Ice Age Alley

  * High off-screen barrel cannon on a ledge;  follows a string of
    "Necky"s which sit beyond the landing point from the first set of
    ropes.  When continuing along the ground level, it is possible to
    see the bottom of the barrel cannon's ledge when passing under it.
    (Use Diddy to bounce off the "Necky"s and over to the barrel.  It
    is also possible to get there with Expresso, but necessary to
    dismount him in mid-air in order to land on the ledge.)
    LEVEL:  Expresso icon, Expresso crate

  * High off-screen barrel cannon on a ledge;  the ledge is above the
    series of downward ledges with "Klaptraps" that follow the peak
    with a steel barrel.  When jumping down the "Klaptrap" ledges as
    usual, it is possible to see the bottom of the barrel's ledge when
    passing under it.  (With Expresso, fly to the right from the very
    top of the steel barrel peak.)
    MATCH:  red, green, or blue balloon


- Croctopus Chase

  <None>


- Torchlight Trouble

  * Right-hand wall just past the continue barrel.  (There is a barrel
    sitting directly on top of the wall with the hidden door.)
    BLAST-AROUND:  Expresso icon  (Expresso crate at bonus room exit)

  * Left-hand wall just before the exit.
    JUMP:  one blue "Klaptrap" for Rambi icon;  the [G] icon is
    also in the room.


- Rope Bridge Rumble

  * Visible barrel cannon in center of the second pit.
    LEVEL:  Winky crate

  * Off-screen barrel cannon above the second tire beyond the red arrow
    signpost.  It is marked by a single banana at the very top of the
    screen.
    MATCH:  Rambi, Enguarde, Winky, and Expresso icons


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        BR-5.  Kremroc Industries, Inc. bonus rooms
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- Oil Drum Alley

  * Off-screen barrel cannon under the first flaming oil drum.  (Blow up
    the drum with the TNT barrel that is available by jumping off the
    rope very near the entrance.)
    BLAST-UP:  top off-screen prize:  only a red balloon in the
    center.

  * First left-hand wall after the [K], a very tall wall.  (Open the
    door with the barrel that is available from jumping down off the
    top of the tall wall.)
    MATCH:  banana, bunch of bananas, Winky icon, red balloon

  * Right-hand wall of the previous bonus level.  (Match the single
    banana in that bonus level, to get a barrel which can be used for
    breaking the wall.  Have Diddy carry the barrel and jump against
    the wall.)
    SPELL:  "DONKEY" for red balloon, then "KONG" for green
    balloon, then "COUNTRY" for blue balloon.

  * Right-hand wall of the pit under the first mid-air flaming oil
    drum.  It is shortly after the second "Manky Kong" following the
    continue barrel.  (He has a barrel on his platform, which can be
    used to open the area if the player does not have Rambi.)
    BLAST-SIDEWAYS:  [N]


- Trick Track Trek

  * Visible barrel cannon under the wooden ramp at the midpoint, just
    before the continue barrel.  (Use Diddy and cartwheel-jump from
    the left as the first-half moving platform falls away.)
    LEVEL:  only bananas

  * Visible barrel cannon up beside a platform with two "Gnawty"s.
    The platform is about halfway between continue barrel and end.
    (Jump to the "Gnawty" platform while the moving platform is still
    left of it and on a higher section of track;  then jump from there
    to the barrel cannon.)
    JUMP:  one purple "Klaptrap" for red balloon

  * Off-screen barrel cannon below the Manky Kong on the exit platform.
    (Once he is killed, just walk past where he was sitting -- off the
    edge to the right -- without jumping up to the level of the exit.)
    MATCH:  red, green, and blue balloons


- Elevator Antics

  * Off-screen open door, reached via the first rope that is just to
    the right of the entrance.  (Use Diddy to jump left from the second
    rope, which can be reached from the ground.  The second rope moves
    slowly back and forth a short distance -- jump when it is at its
    leftmost point.)
    MATCH-KONG:  red balloon

  * Off-screen open door in a hidden off-screen hallway, up and to the
    right of a three-rope segment with one ascending/descending "Zinger"
    along each rope.  It's the next-to-last multi-rope segment before
    the continue barrel.  (Jump up and to the right from the top of the
    third rope -- landing on an off-screen ledge.  Continue to the
    right while off-screen, to get to the bonus room.)
    BLAST-SIDEWAYS:  [O], Expresso icon, green balloon

  * Off-screen open door, reached via the last "elevator" before the
    exit.  (Stay on the elevator and ride it down below the level
    of the exit.  Jump off into a small alcove on the right-hand side.)
    BLAST-UP:  only bananas


- Poison Pond

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- Mine Cart Madness

  * High off-screen barrel cannon at gap in bananas on upper track.
    (Reach the mine car on this high track via the rope.)  It's
    shortly before continue barrel, I think.
    LEVEL:  Rambi icon, red balloon

  * Visible barrel cannon just past the big downhill which follows the
    [N] icon.  (Jump from the mine car while it's still up the hill a
    ways, to reach a mid-air tire;  bounce to the barrel.)
    MATCH:  Rambi, Expresso, Enguarde, and Winky icons

  * Visible barrel cannon under the peak of the big hill immediately
    before the exit.  (Jump from the mine car on the downward part of
    the hill, to reach any of three mid-air tires under the track;
    bounce up and left to the barrel.)
    LEVEL:  only bananas


- Blackout Basement

  * Low off-screen barrel cannon under the last falling platform -- the
    fourth of a group of four -- beyond the continue barrel.  It is
    marked with a low banana.  (Just stand in the center of the platform
    as it falls.)
    BLAST-AROUND:  [N]

  * Left-hand wall, the last one before the exit.  (Easiest way to get
    here: ride the steel barrel that appears upon exiting the first
    bonus area, and never get off.  The barrel will automatically bounce
    off the right-hand wall before the exit, open the opposite left-hand
    wall, and send the player into the bonus room.)
    FIND:  red balloon


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- Tanked Up Trouble

  * Off-screen barrel cannon below the first vertical track section.
    (Avoid the first fuel can and stand in the middle of the moving
    platform as it runs out of fuel and falls off the track.)
    FIND:  red balloon


- Manic Mincers

  * Right-hand wall of a pit with a single "Krusha", shortly after the
    continue barrel.
    JUMP:  three blue "Klaptraps" for red balloon

  * Right-hand wall under a stacked pair of stationary mincers, which
    are just before the exit.  (It is possible to get a barrel by
    going up and through a doorway shortly before the mincers.  I
    don't think the upper-doorway-to-get-the-barrel counts as a bonus
    room, but it acts like one in some ways -- for example, when
    "dying" in there, the player is returned to the level without
    losing a life.)
    FIND:  red balloon


- Misty Mine

  * Open off-screen door beside the bottom of a long rope.  The rope is
    just past the continue barrel, and its path crosses a DK barrel.
    (Climb down to near the bottom of the rope and wait until it stops
    moving.)
    LEVEL:  [K], [O], [N], [G], and Expresso crate

  * Right-hand wall near the end of the level -- the first right-hand
    wall beyond:  the Expresso icon, a tire jump over a high wall with
    a "Klaptrap" drum halfway up, and a TNT barrel.  (Carry the TNT
    barrel to the right, being careful to avoid enemies, over to the
    first right-hand wall.  Unlike some other levels, the drums won't
    spit out anything while the player is standing on them.)
    MATCH:  Rambi, Expresso, Enguarde, and Winky icons


- Loopy Lights

  * Off-screen barrel cannon in the first pit after the entrance.  The
    pit is marked with some bananas in a vertical row.
    BLAST-SIDEWAYS:  [K]

  * First right-hand wall after the coconut-throwing "Necky".  (Carry
    the barrel, avoiding coconuts which could shatter it, down the
    steps to the right;  jump one pit, and avoid the one "Klaptrap"
    just in front of the wall.  Alternative:  carry a DK barrel from
    earlier in the level, to kill the coconut-throwing "Necky" so
    that he can't destroy the barrel.)
    LEVEL:  Expresso icon, [N]


- Platform Perils

  * Visible barrel cannon underneath the entry walkway.  (Once the
    moving platform has moved about its own length, jump from it to
    an off-screen moving platform that is directly under the starting
    position of the visible moving platform.)
    MATCH-KONG:  red-balloon

  * Off-screen barrel cannon underneath the exit walkway.  (Jump as
    far to the right as possible from one of the moving platforms that
    is near the exit and just below its level.  The lower walkway
    doesn't stick out to the left nearly as much as the exit walkway
    does.)
    FIND:  Enguarde icon


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+ Entries to all bonus areas are:  (1) doorways -- either needing a
  barrel to break a wall to expose them, or ones which are already
  open but not visible because they aren't usually on the screen; and
  (2) barrel cannons, which may or may not be visible on the screen.

+ The skill of putting down a barrel (other than TNT, which explodes
  after a while when set down) is helpful because it lets enemies
  be dispatched without losing the barrel.  To set a barrel down:
  press and hold "down" on the control pad before releasing the Y
  button.

+ If it is necessary to carry a barrel (especially a TNT barrel) a
  long ways, it's easiest to go ahead and kill the enemies first,
  then backtrack and pick up the barrel.  (Providing that it is
  possible to backtrack in the level.)  Then there are no worries
  about losing the barrel by touching an enemy while carrying it.

+ Since Diddy carries barrels low and in front of himself, they will
  automatically break when he brushes up against a breakable wall.
  When having trouble finding a breakable wall, go through the level
  once to kill off everything, and then backtrack and have Diddy
  carry a barrel around.


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        BR-8.  Sample description interpretation
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The description of the first "Ropey Rampage" bonus area reads in part:

    "* Low off-screen barrel cannon, just to the right of the tree
       with [O].
        LEVEL:  [N]"

    This should be read as:

    The first bonus room is entered via a barrel cannon that's not
    visible because it's off the bottom of the screen.  It is
    immediately to the right of the tree where the golden letter
    "O" icon is found.

    The type of bonus room is a "LEVEL" (see Section 9 for a
    description of different kinds of bonus games and the names
    I've assigned to them).  This bonus room contains the golden
    letter "N" icon.

    It also probably contains some bananas -- but bananas are so
    easy to find, they are present in so many of the bonus areas,
    and they are worth so little... that they aren't mentioned
    specifically in this list.


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BLAST-AROUND - four or eight rotating barrels in a square (if there are
     four, they are arranged as the corners of the square;  if there
    are eight, they are arranged as a tic-tac-toe board excluding
    the center square).  There are various objects in between that
    can be picked up by blasting from barrel to barrel.  (There may
    be an exit platform in the bottom right-hand corner of the room,
    which may also have something useful to pick up.)

BLAST-SIDEWAYS - a horizontal string of barrels that blast left-to-right,
    with various things in between that can be picked up.  For those
    barrels which don't rotate when the player is in them, it is
    possible to zip through the levels collecting everything, by
    quickly and constantly tapping the "B" button.

BLAST-UP - starts with the player in a barrel at the bottom of the
    screen;  the barrel may be sliding back and forth, or spinning,
    or both.  There are bananas on the screen, and up to three
    hidden objects just off the top of the screen (left, center,
    right).  These objects can be reached by blasting straight up
    (when the barrel is at the left, center, or right).

    It isn't always possible get all three top items -- only one
    at a time can be collected, and the player must fall back into
    the barrel or the bonus level is over.  It is useful to know
    the position of the item that is the most important to have,
    in order to pick it up first.

FIND  - an object flashes among four barrels; once it stops flashing
    around and vanishes, pick the barrel in which it last appeared
    (by jumping up to touch that barrel).  Upon guessing correctly,
    the object is awarded to the player.

    There are eight "FIND" bonus rooms.  Four award red balloons,
    and the remaining four each give a different reward:  a green
    balloon, a Rambi icon, a Winky icon, and an Enguarde icon.

LEVEL - a mini-level (generally not-reused for any other bonus rooms)
    in which there are various things to collect.

JUMP  - bounce on one or more "Klaptrap"s (the mini-alligators with
    big mouths).  They spit up bananas when hit, and also move
    more quickly after each hit.  The bunches of bananas stay on
    the screen for only a few seconds, then disappear.

    The first bunch PICKED UP will be worth one banana, the second
    worth two, and so on.  The object of the bonus game is to pick
    up ten bunches (the last being worth ten bananas), at which
    point the "Klaptrap"(s) vanish.  Then the player is rewarded
    with something more significant.

    There are five "JUMP" bonus rooms.  Three of them give red
    balloons for completing the game, and the other two award
    Rambi icons.

MATCH - objects flash on three barrels in a rotating sequence (e.g.,
    banana, bunch of bananas, banana, Winky icon, banana, red
    balloon, [repeat]).  Each barrel freezes on what it is
    displaying when touched by jumping up against it.  If all three
    barrels are frozen displaying the same object, that object is
    awarded to the player.

    There are eight "MATCH" bonus rooms.  Four match any animal
    icon (Enguarde, Expresso, Rambi, Winky).  Two match red,
    green, or blue balloons (one, two, or three extra lives).
    The two others match a single banana, a bunch of bananas, a
    Winky icon, or a red balloon.

MATCH-KONG - similar to MATCH, except there are four barrels and the
    rotation is [K]-[O]-[N]-[G]-banana.  The object of the bonus
    game is to spell "KONG" across the four barrels.

    There are four "MATCH-KONG" bonus rooms.  All four award a
    red balloon for winning the game.

SPELL - jump and hit the flashing letter from among several letters
    that are flying around in a circle;  the sequence of letters
    spells a word.  If the letters are hit in order without error,
    a reward is given (which may be related to the word).

    There are five "SPELL" bonus rooms, each with a different
    reward.  Three of the rooms play the spell game for only a
    single word (Enguarde icon, Expresso icon, red balloon).
    The others give the player chances at each of the three
    colors of balloon, and at each of the four animal icons.


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        BR-10.  Acknowledgements
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Thanks to...

* "Big Bad Harvey" ([e-mail])

    ...who helped me find two exits (one each in Forest Frenzy
    and Orang-utan Gang) so that I could write up this list


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