[TAS] SNES Donkey Kong Country "101%" by Tompa in

This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see tasvideos.org/3415M
TAS originally published on 2017-06-06
This run of Donkey Kong Country aims for 101% completion.
The author of this run discovered several new time-saving techniques. Some of them are small enough to go unnoticed, and others are jawdroppingly huge. The total improvement over the previous run is a tremendous 6 minutes 6.93 seconds this time around.
The in-game time of this run is about 33 minutes 10 seconds. For a detailed analysis of new techniques as well as comments about individual levels, read the author's comments ( tasvideos.org/5514S ).
If you desire more rolling primates, we recommend watching the any% movie ( tasvideos.org/3117M ).
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The author, Tompa ( tasvideos.org/Users/Profile/T... ), also provided audio commentary of his TAS along with Pichi, which is available right here ( • [TAS] Donkey Kong Coun... ).

[@aliendude99]

Diddy loves destroying his hat

[@InfernoZtorm]

20:29 this part still amazes me

[@KNGRVR]

It still annoys me. I learned about the split up glitch and the animal buddies glitch and this is one of those "i had that idea first" moments

[@terriblyterrified8742]

8:46 diddy kong gets so frustrated he ragequits by leaving the earth

[@NadisMusic]

How do people accomplish this shit man nothing but applause. TAS has some of the worlds best players. In game playing, glitch exploiting, game breaking, they just cant be touched. Insane how they figure it all out

[@TompaA]

Thanks for the nice words! A lot of effort went into this during the 10 years it was on and off development. I'm very satisfied with the result!

[@NadisMusic]

Wow! I cant believe I actually got a reply! Nothing but mad respect man! You truly are a spectacle of the gaming world!!

[@seronymus]

That Expresso glitch at 20:28 oh Lord, absolute legend

[@fabiojuniortavaresrodrigue1480]

Incrível! Disso eu não sabia.

[@KNGRVR]

Aw man i thought of that first yeesh whatever

[@starman2517]

Beautiful then, beautiful now. Love this TAS so much.

[@TompaA]

Thank you!

[@mistahkrabs5544]

@@TompaA yea, I've gotta hand it to you, you did a damn good job on your SR, GG

[@dice_block]

Toxic

[@iennefaLsh]

~10 years of work on one TAS…
That's dedication, alright.

[@ezgames6925]

This re-encode was also done for the same reasons as DKC2 any%, where playback would speed up depending on if the game was lagging.

[@IvanFranco120]

14:16 Beatitul Floating Speed Glitch...

[@Cool750Boy]

11:35
Diddy: Donkey, really? The wasp is more intimidating than you.

[@ArcherBro]

They say Necky is still waiting to face DK and Diddy.

[@waltercomunello121]

oh yes, exactly as I remember playing it as a kid.

[@Giffsen]

One of my favorite TAS, now re-encoded

[@dice_block]

Toxic

[@arthurbarros5189]

This is something Terminal Montage should see...!

[@Practicalinvestments]

Can anyone explain what happened with funkys flights at 9:07 ? Edit nvm I watched the authors commentary, lol the authors are nearly as good at the game as cranky kong used to be

[@TompaA]

Cranky is still the best, yeah. I had to die once in this run, not even Cranky had to do that!

[@Practicalinvestments]

@@TompaA hahahaha exactly! Get good u noob. But jokes aside this is an amazing tas man and was very informative and entertaining commentary thank you for this

[@magnuswootton6181]

I need to get a little pet monkey and call him Eddie Murphy.

[@LunarIvan]

Me: "I can clearly speedrun fast.... wait nvm I can't." Pretty insane what TAS can do and not only on one of my favorite SNES game.

[@dustinrogers7394]

11:17 This is the kind of DKC boss I'd be overly terrified of, if it were to be in real life. It's bad enough for me that normal bees are a thing, due to the trama I had as a kid by getting stung in the ear once, but because of this DKC boss, I'd definitely have PTSD (if that's the right description I'm looking for).

[@douglasrodrigues4780]

Fantástico esse jogo mesmo depois de 30 anos.

[@vizonex4316]

I love this game I played it as a kid, I could finish the game in about 2 hours when I was 7 years old.

[@Hyperbolic_G]

Eh........

[@grofy925]

That's pretty damn good. I'm guessing you just beat levels, not aiming for 101%?

[@Koopadoom]

That poor camera operator trying to keep up at 20:30 😂

[@mizukame]

They should make a speedrun category that involves winning the bonuses with a win animation. Poor Diddy must've destroyed several hats through all these speedrunning years.
I'm aware that's hardly possible, given the variability the inevitable reach of animal partner bonuses would introduce. Still, poor kongs :

[@Illgaia]

Watching Diddy cartwheel and somersault through the air is funnier than it should be.

[@MrEvilbyte]

45:30 "I did this using one life! And I took less than an hour!"
Guess what Cranky? This TAS somehow got "101%" without playing every level or getting every bonus stage, in less than an hour, using ....... 5 lives?

[@TompaA]

I died once. While all normal levels were played, the only thing I didn't do was the World 2 boss, as bosses don't count for the % counter. All bonuses were entered, even though you can use start+select on the frame when entering to have them count.
But yeah, Cranky is stroooong!

[@Binchilling575]

Kranky would be proud

[@TheOfficialofEvasLearning]

I like to Donkey Kong Country 👍 Good Trying TAS Player

[@chibi_jojo9000]

Grubhub 👀

[@TheOfficialofEvasLearning]

Yes i am grubhub kid

[@Itsme-wp1iq]

12:29 eeehh

[@segagenesis1871]

Nice

[@Vee_H.]

45:31 I always laugh when cranky says that in this TAS.

[@TompaA]

To be fair, I actually died once in the TAS at 20:13. Cranky is still the winner!

[@MetalRythm07]

The TAS is not deathless, I still don't know if there is something special when we respect his rules

[@TompaA]

@@MetalRythm07 You mean if there is a special message from Cranky? No, there is not. The only difference is that he will mention if you found all bonuses.

[@MetalRythm07]

@@TompaA And nothing more if you 101% deathless under 1 hour?

[@TompaA]

@@MetalRythm07 Nothing at all.

[@user-zy9bn7jg7s]

Cool

[@freddie5571]

I like tas😍!!!

[@nvisible123]

20:28 bruh?

[@brunocesar7871]

how to make that infinite roll

[@ScrambledAndBenedict]

07:19
Diddy: Like I give a fuck

[@djpunkIIDX]

that diddy's faster than sonic

[@evaldo6017]

20:40 wath kkkkkkk

[@AwesomeHairo]

Diddy Kong Country

[@temeltoplu5422]

THESE SHORTCUTS

[@lucianothewindowsfan]

Title: 101%
Me: Impossible

[@chibi_jojo9000]

👀

[@LANBobYonson]

I'm 1000000000% sure 101% is 1% too much.

[@WagnerSandr0]

diddyy kong wins the sonic yhaaaaaaaa

[@maior357]

Usa na bastante glich no jogo

[@YPG47]

7:18 WtF 😆

[@TompaA]

For some reason, you can just roll through those enemies and they won't hurt you =).

[@marcossoares9307]

Original não dá pra fazer isso

[@evaldo6017]

14:30. Kk^kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[@lakonatomas]

Hi

[@renan8966]

Ja vi ?

[@DiboHugo23]

this is no 101% run because he did not kill the boss of world 2.

[@TompaA]

101 = 33 stages, 67 bonuses and King K Rool. The other bosses don't count towards the %.

[@DiboHugo23]

@@TompaA he did not kill the boss of world 2. for me this count towards the % even if the game does not count. when you 100% a game, you have to kill all the bosses /fact

[@TompaA]

@@DiboHugo23 "He" being me, I made this run =).
But yes, I agree that it can be a bit controversal, I suppose. Some also have been complaining that I don't finish all bonuses nor collected the K-O-N-G letters. Again, I went by what the game counts. I got the "Best Ending" by Cranky mentioning that I "found everything" and the game file select shows "101*", indicating that everything has been taken.
So yes, others, like yourself, may have other definition of what they think should be 101%, though the game will disagree /fact =).

[@DiboHugo23]

@@TompaA i do not care about the K O N G or finish bonus games. i only care about the bosses.

[@DarkFlameVee]

@@DiboHugo23 And the the game disagrees with you

[@gilbertgood9970]

So what's the point of speed running? You more likely are tense rather than having fun

[@TompaA]

For normal speedrunning: It's fun because it gives you a new challenge and huge reply value to the game. You test your skills to the max. People who speedrun have already "enjoyed the game the normal way" several times before speedrunning, doing it casually provides nothing new and no general entertainment for the player. I assure you that speedrunners enjoy this a lot more than regular gameers.
For Tool-Assisted Speedrun, and as the author of this specific run: As TASes are very different in comparision, so are the goals, purposes and skills needed to finish one. You need a great game knowledge to make a fully optimised TAS. One of the challenges and enjoyable parts is to get a better understanding on how and why things work in the game, and what you need to do to fully optimised your movements. For this run, I constantly learned new things about the game which resulted in my having to restart the run, which is one of the reasons this run took 10 years to finish. It wasn't really worked on daily for those 10 years, though, but still an on-going project.
It's extremely satisfying to see the result of what you have been struggling with for a very long time, that alone is worth it to me.

[@seronymus]

There should be hotter anime girls in the intros.

[@xxEzraBxxx]

That's Maya Fey from Ace Attorney

[@seronymus]

@@xxEzraBxxx she cute

[@xxEzraBxxx]

@@seronymus She’s not a anime girl tho.

[@seronymus]

@@xxEzraBxxx anime-inspired aesthetic

[@xxEzraBxxx]

@@seronymus i can see that

[@lakonatomas]

Hi