How to Play Donkey Kong Country online: A Prologue 24/08/2014
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After deciding to revisit Donkey Kong Country on a co-operative multiplayer mission with my friend Aldara, we set out to find out the best way of doing so. The English Channel between us means the original (and preferred) option, my slightly oxidated Super Nintendo with my trusty 20 year old DKC cartridge slotted in, is sadly out of the question. The DKC trilogy, although available on the Wii Virtual Console for a long time, is now conspicuously absent from the Wii U’s and in any case VC games do not offer online play, just local multiplayer. So yes, Nintendo’s inability to offer a truly competitive online experience for their back catalogue is forcing us to resort to SNES emulation via our PCs.
Playing Donkey Kong Country online: Gorillas in the web 23/08/2014
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Lately I have been on a vintage gaming binge, prompted by two very retro ‘current’ games I am going through, ‘Dragon Quest VI: Dreams of Reverie’ for the Nintendo DS and ‘Strider’ for the PS3. Admittedly, these games have been published in 2011 and 2014 respectively, but all the marketing in the world cannot hide their old school DNA.
That Japanese ‘Strider’ cover…
There is something comforting about retro games, whether you have played them before or not. If you have, there is an uncanny sense of reawakening, like any self-respecting 90s gay listening to Alanis Morissette’s ‘Jagged Little Pill’ nowadays. And if you come to the game with new eyes, ears and hands, you can admire the craft of a gaming era gone by, where games were simpler but by no means easier and achievements were something that existed only in your head before Microsoft spoiled it for everyone (NEVER FORGET).
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