Donkey Kong Land: New Colors Mode

Hack of Donkey Kong Land

Description:

This is a GameBoy to GameBoy Color conversion for Donkey Kong Land. It also includes some new features: A Time Attack mode, level names from the manual displayed in the corner of the screen on the overworld, unused music restored, and quality of life updates: an icon now appears in the bottom right of the screen when you have a Kong in reserve, and you can change your Kong’s palette. Some new features are accessed by pressing Select on the overworld. Please see the readme for more details.

ROM / ISO Information:

  • Database match: Donkey Kong Land (USA, Europe) (SGB Enhanced)
  • Database: No-Intro: Game Boy/Color (v. 20210227-015730)
  • File/ROM SHA-1: 4E6D8F085CA197479D59912C1D58E4F3B40C28AC
  • File/ROM CRC32: 49DC0D37

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Credits:

Credits
ContributorType of contributionListed credit
SpecialagentapeHackingPrimary hacking, colors
kkzeroHackingMinor hacking

User Review Information

A solid colorization with new features that make it the best way to play DKL1!

Reviewed By: ScottRubin on 01 May 2023

Donkey Kong Land is a game that gets criticised often for feeling a bit rough to control (it’s not even that bad, i got used to it pretty quickly) and for the inability to properly distinguish sprites from the background (unless you’re playing on Game Boy Color, which uses a game-specific palette that makes it more readable), things that for most people is a deal breaker despite the game’s strong points (originality, music, gameplay). This hack’s objective is to fully colorize the game, while also adding level names from the manual, a menu to easily check your progress, and a speed hack to remove slowdowns (only works in specific emulators, though). This largely fixes most of the drawbacks, making it more easily enjoyable and bringing it to its best form yet. I have beaten and completed this hack and I absolutely recommend it! Huge thanks to specialagentape for bringing this underrated game to its best form yet!

Version 1.01 Recommended - Yes

User Reviews
HeadlineAuthorDateVersionRecommend
More than just a colorizationPowerPanda11 Mar 20241.01Yes
A solid colorization with new features that make it the best way to play DKL1!ScottRubin01 May 20231.01Yes
Lovely.BlazeHeatnix27 Aug 20221.01Yes
Improves this Gameboy title by 200%Supergamerguy08 Jun 20221.01Yes
A hack I was looking forward toSolid One23 Jul 20211.01Yes