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[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 25 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Donkey Kong 64 has a widescreen toggle in the options which I don't think you're using. This looks like 4:3 stretched to 16:9, you'll have a better time with real widescreen.

Rare were pretty good about this, after the first few games (Blast Corps, Diddy Kong Racing, Banjo-Kazooie?) they started putting widescreen support in most of their N64 releases.

[–] PoscoBumbleroot@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah I'm gonna switch it, I forgot all about that option!

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

GoldenEye had widescreen mode too.

I always wondered, who had a widescreen TV in the 90s? I never even knew they were a thing till I saw the options in the games for them.

[–] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 1 points 3 weeks ago

Banjo-Kazooie did not have widescreen but Banjo-Tooie did

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Admit it, you've just been getting down to the DK Rap.

[–] PoscoBumbleroot@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

I usually do let the song play for a little bit before starting

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago

April, hit it!

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

Take it to the fridge!

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

is that a VHS/DVD combo unit? You are really going into the retro thing.

[–] PoscoBumbleroot@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Hell yeah it is!

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago
[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] chellomere@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

DK! Donkey Kong!

[–] bluelander@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That game seems to get picked on these days, but back when it came out my brother and I were all about it. How's it hold up?

[–] PoscoBumbleroot@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Still a ton of fun to play but I forgot how frustrating it can be. Some janky controls but that's part of it's charm

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

There's a mod that lasts you switch characters instantly which makes the game a whole lot more fun

[–] KittyCat@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

The only way to play this game is Kong barrel anywhere code, it fixes 95% of the games tedious backtracking

[–] DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Ste41th@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

Ngl that’s cool but what’s cooler to me is the light up LG logo