Donkey Kong Land: Game Boy Adventure
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Donkey Kong Land (1995) is a Game Boy platformer where Donkey and Diddy Kong retrieve stolen bananas from King K. Rool across 30 levels, featuring adapted gameplay and visuals from Donkey Kong Country for the handheld system. Its success spawned sequels and re-releases on modern consoles.
Mid-1995
Rare
Nintendo
Game Boy
A condensed version with different level design and boss fights, not a direct port
Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong
King K. Rool
Recover stolen banana hoard from King K. Rool
30
One year (starting in 1994)
Paul Machacek (Rare's Game Boy programmer) and Tim Stamper (Rare co-founder)
Pre-rendered graphics converted to sprites via compression
David Wise and Graeme Norgate
3.91 million copies
Positive, praised for successfully translating Country's gameplay, visuals, and music to the Game Boy, but opinions varied on whether it equaled the SNES original
Donkey Kong Land 2, Donkey Kong Land 3
Game Boy Color version of Donkey Kong Country (2000)
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console (2014), Nintendo Switch Nintendo Classics (2024)
Super Donkey Kong GB