Hello guys, I am a newbee here! I used to bee good... REALLY good at SNES Donkey kong country (mostly the original cartridge). When the N64 came out, I inherited the entire SNES collection from my aunt's video rental store (long story of a bankrupted distributor that never came back to claim the older games). I even had some rarities, such as NTSC Zelda, a link to the past in French (Canada only), and the Donkey Kong Country Competition Cartridge... I never really played the competition cart as it was not the complete game and was "worthless" in my mind... So little did I know!
Time has passed and my mom gave my SNES and game collection to a family in needs at Christmas, and the console got lost in time when they moved.
Here I am, many years later, gathering some old consoles and cartridges, playing with my kids (and alone a lot!). I recently started playing some DKC and realised that I haven't lost "the touch"... Of course, my LCD TV gives me some hard time as the small delay is still noticeable, but I will have a CRT as soon as I find a nice one nearby (SONY Trinitron or equivalent).
So here I am, wondering if I could attempt some speed-running on DKC. I started to look at the categories and guides, realizing that I was doing the "rolling" trick a lot without noticing, since forever!
So here are few questions for you guys (and girls):
- Is playing on an original SNES, with a SD2SNES cart allowed?
- Why isn't there a category for the competition cartridge on this site?
- Who should I follow on Youtube for that particular game?
Oh, and also, is there a definitive guide on the setup needed to make a valid run? I have an old capture card that should do the trick (Pinacle LINK capture card) and OBS studio nicely setup with green screen for work purposes!
Thanks in advance for the (roll eye) newbee questions and patience required to answer them! :P
Hello and welcome.
Game-related questions you want to ask in the forums of the specific game. The DKC series leaderboard ( https://www.speedrun.com/dkc ) specifically don't have forums on the site, so you can go to their discord channel instead.
Just reading the game rules might also answer some of your questions.