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Donkey Kong 64 - Cheats

201st Banana

Collect all 200 known Bananas so that Donkey Kong gets his hoard back After collecting all 20 Banana Fairies a message requesting you to visit the Head Fairy will appear You must have Tiny to visit her She will show you the way to the 201st Banana that is marked with a Rareware sticker

Angry Aztec Finding Tiny

In Angry Aztec with Diddy go into the temple and jump from one platform to another Shoot the target across the room then go to the bridge and play Diddys Guitar to melt the ice pond Swim to Tinys chamber and use Chimpy Charge to activate the letters and spell out KONG

Avoid damage when falling

When you are high enough to get hurt from falling press CUp just after you fall off and you reach the ground safely

Bonus levels

Find and collect forty Blueprints and bring them to Snide to unlock eight bonus levels Batty Barrel Bash Beaver Bother Big Bug Bash Krazy Kong Klamor Kremling Kosh Peril Path Panic Searchlight Seek and Teetering Turtle Trouble

Boss battle

Find and photograph ten Banana Fairies to unlock the Boss Battle option at the quotMystery Menuquot This allows any Boss that already has been defeated to be fought again

Camera

Use Tiny and shrink to enter the fairyshaped stone building in the main hub Collect the camera to start photographing the Banana Fairies hidden in the game and unlock the quotMystery Menuquot options

Cheat Mode

Find and photograph all twenty Banana Fairies to unlock the Cheat Mode option at the quotMystery Menuquot This allows unlimited items during game play

Completing the game

To fully complete the game you must photograph all twenty Banana Fairies and complete the regular game of Donkey Kong twice which is in the Frantic Factory and some other places When playing the regular Donkey Kong game use the Dpad instead of the Analogstick When dodging the barrels climb halfway up the ladders so that the barrels will pass underneath

Crystal Caves Fairies

Go to the cabins that are to the left of Candy Go to the very top one and play Diddys Guitar Gazump Defeat the two enemies with spiked mallets and use Diddys Simian Spring to get into the jetpack Fly up and collect all the bananas that are on top of the candles A Banana Fairy will appear

Defeating big club enemies

There are three ways to kill the giant club enemies The first is to blast the music The second is by using the special move where you hold B The third and most difficult way is to go close to it When it swings its club down and it gets stuck in the ground throw a bomb at it If you get hit you will lose two melons Sometimes it swings its club sideways so you will not always have a chance to hit it as it will hit the bomb away

DK Bonus stages

Find and photograph six Banana Fairies then locate Rambi the rhino and Enguarde the swordfish to unlock their bonus stages

DK Theater

Find and photograph two Banana Fairies to unlock the DK Theater option at the quotMystery Menuquot This option allows all the animation sequences to be viewed

Donkey Kong Arcade Game


Located in Frantic Factory is the original Arcade machine To activate the lever complete the blast barrel course located in the level Then use your B move Gorilla Grab to activate the Arcade machine Complete the Arcade game twice to get the Nintendo Coin



Once you have 6 Banana fairies this game will be available to play from the Mystery menu It is one of those games which cycles through the four levels getting harder and harder Good luck


Easy multiplayer kill

Allow your opponent to follow you in multiplayer mode Then teleport turn around quickly face the bananaport pads and shoot if your opponent also teleported

Fight Bosses Again


To unlock this feature you must use the Banana Camera and photograph a minimum of 10 banana fairies in any level which will then unlock this Boss Refight feature from the Mystery Menu in the beginning of the game


Frantic Factory Invincible Kong

Once Donkey has opened up the gate that allows you to enter the Battle Arena switch to either Diddy or Tiny Go down into the hole but do not kill the Kasplat or you will have some waiting to do When you are in the hole the Kasplat cannot harm you You can make it even madder by shooting at it You might try teasing it by jumping through the air between the shock waves

Fungi Forest King KRool pad

KRool pad 2 can be found In the Fungi Forest You will see a mushroom on the roof Note its color and shoot it with the appropriate character Red Diddy Blue Lanky Green Chunky Purple Tiny Yellow Donkey Kong It will be red first then another color On the fifth time that it is a different color shoot it with that character and a wall should open to reveal a Chunky pad Turn invisible and a pad will appear on the big box in the lobby

Jump Further With Anybody


If you want to jump further than the average ape for obvious reasons Just press B after you jump at its peak while holding the direction you want to go Some kongs may not go as far as other kongs though Heres my grading scale on how this small little hint works



DK510 He just does a karate chop so not that helpfull

Diddy810 He spins like tiny but it ends soon Helpfull though

Lanky810 He spins his arms around him which somehow is helpfull

Chunky710 CannonBall

Tiny210 This teqniuqe absolutly sucks on her Just do her spin thing with A


Krusha In multiplayer

Find and photograph fifteen Banana Fairies to unlock the Krusha In MultiPlayer option at the quotMystery Menuquot

Krusha in Multiplayer


Find and photograph 15 banana faries to unluck this feature in the Mystery Menu


Multiplayer mode

Go to the first level in adventure mode where you find Diddy Locate the big pad with King K Rools face in front of Funkys Place Stand on the pad and press Z You will be transported to a quotbattle arenaquot where you must defeat a group of small enemies Once the timer runs out you will receive a crown and have ability to play two multiplayer games a thirdperson death matchlike game and a multiplayer version of the Battle Arena

Original Donkey Kong minigame

Use a GorillaGrab to operate the lever in the Frantic Factory area then play the original Donkey Kong game Successfully complete all four stages then play once more and complete the game to collect the Nintendo Coin Find and photograph six Banana Fairies to unlock the original Donkey Kong option at the quotMystery Menuquot

Programmer test area

Unlock Snides HQ Press A B at the minigame selection screen at Snides HQ You can now play in a hidden area used by the programmers to test the game

Rareware Coin


To get this you need to get a certain score in the arcade game Jetpack You need to get a score of 5000 points to get the Rareware Coin


Receive Banana Camera


First off use the Tag Barrel to switch to Tiny Kong As Tiny Kong leave the level you are currently in and head into the water outside of DK Isle Swim through the water over to the island with a pineapple shaped face on it Once on this island you will find a Tiny Barrel near the back of the face jump in to become small While small find an opening on the face and go inside The queen Banana Fairy will tell you her sad story and grant you with the Banana Camera along with a new ability


Restore musical instrument energy

Another way to restore your musical instruments energy is to go to Candy instead of going through her headphones

Special Ending


To get a special ending collect all 201 gold bananas then beat King K Rool

You will not be able to view this extra video clip in the DK Theatre though


Strong Chunky Kong

Go to either the Crystal Caves or Angry Aztec levels with Chunky For Angry Aztec go where there is the Kersplat and two Bees Jump into the barrel Next go deeper into the ancient tunnel until you reach the giant boulder that is meant for Hunky Chunky to pick up Exit through the way you entered until the red circle not permitting you to leave as Hunky Chunky appears Let him drop it then go back into the barrel and run towards the boulder Instead of picking it up immediately wait until the exact moment the red circle disappears Then pick it up You will be small while holding a giant boulder To do this in Crystal Caves enter the room that you have to break the ice to enter that also contains a giant boulder on the ice Then repeat the same steps done in Angry Aztec

Swim faster

When swimming above water hold B to swim faster

Take No Falling Damage


If you hold the Z button and slide off of a high ledge you will fall safely to the bottom without taking any damage


Unlimited Items


Find and photograph all 20 banana faries to unlock this feature in the Mystery Menu


Unlock Donkey Kong Theater


To receive the Donkey Kong Theater option you must first have the Banana Camera and then photograph a minimum of 2 banana fairies in any level Once you have photographed at least two fairies you will find the DK Theater feature unlocked and accessible from the opening screen


Unlock Rambi and Enguarde Arena

In order to be able to unlock RambiEnguarde Arena you must photograph 6 Banana Faries on any level After you do this you can access RambiEnguarde Arena in the Mystery menu

UnlockableHow to unlockRambiEnguarde ArenaPhotograph 6 Banana Fairies

Unlocking other Kongs

If you want the other members you must do the following

UnlockableHow to unlockChunky KongUse Lanky Kong in Frantic FactoryDiddy kongUse Donkey Kong in Jungle JapesLanky KongUse Donkey Kong in Angry Aztec 2nd sectionTiny KongUse Diddy Kong in Angry Aztec 1st section

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Franchise(s)
Donkey Kong
Developer(s)
Rare Ltd.
Publisher(s)
Nintendo
Rare Ltd.
Key People
Hiroshi Yamauchi
Shigeru Miyamoto
Release Dates
Nintendo 64

Nov 1, 1999

Dec 7, 1999

Dec 11, 1999

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