Video: Donkey Kong '94 - The 101 Level Sequel to Arcade DK

Absolutely one of my favourite Game Boy games, it’s incredibly imaginative and loaded with content. More people should check it out!

Fun but tedious game. I never beat it. Got fed up very fast -_-

I remember this being the first Super Gameboy compatible game that would play with a more varied pallet of colours and a frame around the screen. What an amazing, epic chase around the globe to rescue Pauline, and what a time to be alive. I was gutted when the game was available on the eShop for the 3DS but it was in its monochrome, gameboy tint. I would have preferred to have played it as it was intended really. Still, one of the best platforming puzzle games of all time and an arcade adaptive legacy done right.

It's one of the best platforming games ever.

I grew up with this game on my Game Boy, and it remains one of my favourites to this day. Glad to see it captured here on Super Game Boy, since it's the best way to get the full experience, something the 3DS VC release doesn't even attempt to do.

How did you not mention the "Minis" sequels on DS ?

I still love this game. I'll never forget that I went into it thinking it was like a redo of the original until the prologue stages ended. I liked MvDK too until those DAMN MINIS ruined everything later in the series. I hoped everyday Nintendo would return to the original style, but I guess that's over and done with. Too bad as I still think the original arcade Donkey Kong formula can still evolve in cool ways like DK94 did.

Wasn’t the GB app for NSO rumored to be in a Nintendo Direct tomorrow? Guess the Direct would have been announced by now.

It belongs in a museum (on the Switch)!

Alex's voice doppelganger does better videos than Alex.

This was so much better than Donkey Kong Country, and I remember replaying it to attempt to beat my times by being ever more creative in my Mario acrobatics.

@MeloMan i enjoyed the WiiU game. Perhaps the puzzles could have been more complex, but they were still somewhat difficult because of the platforming and the level creation stuff paved the way for Mario Maker.

I wouldnt mind another pure platformer like this, though.

Holy *****, this game had a 101 levels? I beat it as a kid, after getting stuck for quite a few years. Never realized there were so many levels!

I think I still own the cartridge along with samurai showdown and the dragon warrior trilogy for the gameboy as well

Ah I’ve heard a lot about Game Boy Donkey King. I’ve never played it

Miyamoto made this and Mole Mania at roughly the same time. Both were overshadowed by the SNES. Which is a pity... these are each absolute level-based puzzle masterpieces.

This and Pokémon Yellow are my favorite GameBoy games of all time. Donkey Kong ‘94 is honestly one of my favorite platformers as well. It’s just such a polished game, with Mario being fun to control and the amount of levels being a lot more than Super Mario Land 1 and 2.

This has to come to the switch! What are they even doing at nintendo? 🤪🤪

This is really an incredible game, I've played it through quite a few times over the years. The transition from the original 4 levels into the new content was a great twist back in the day.

So much great Legacy content like this that Nintendo is just sitting on these days...

I was broke in 1996 and could only afford one new GB game. I loved Donkey Kong from the arcade days and I figured I could stand to improve my skills. Holy crud! This game was like a gift for gamers. I had no idea until I beat the original DK levels that this game was so deep! You can use all the fancy jumps on those early levels, too.

Probably a top 10 GB game in my book.

This game is amazing and anyone who hasn’t played it but has a 3ds should download it.

I still have my copy of this game since i was a kid, it is such a fantastic game that I hope it gets ported to the Switch eventually (with color option)