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I know this is rage bait, but DKC was fantastic. I remember when Blockbuster video held a contest where you could play a game, and if you had the best score in the entire store you could win free movie rentals for a year. And if you did good enough, you could qualify for a “The Wizard” style video game competition in California. I played the shit out of this game to practice for weeks. I learned all the spots where you could drop down a hole and instead of dying, you get some rewards. I went in to this blockbuster ready to get my family a year of free movie rentals and possibly a trip to California. The first hole I dropped down I died. They had a modified version of the game that didn’t have these secrets in it. I was entirely unprepared. I played my 3 turns and did pretty terrible. After we left the blockbuster my parents had to run into a store and I just waited in the car. I literally cried cause I was so disappointed in how bad I did.
What do you mean a modified version? What or the point of that if they are sending people to a contest after? Unfair.
https://www.mariowiki.com/Donkey_Kong_Country_Competition_Cartridge
There's a 1.2 version that fixed several bugs and glitches, including at least one warp
Edit: Actually, this completely checks out! https://www.mariowiki.com/Donkey_Kong_Country_Competition_Cartridge
TIL! At least they used the same version for everyone, including the later competition.
Just FYI. I lucked out and won my local Blockbuster stores version of this contest 🙂 Made it to the state finals, but was too young to compete and got kicked out. (I was 11.) But you better believe I rented a free movie every month. Sometimes got away with 2 haha 😂
I’m so jealous!