Land and its sequels were rereleased for the Nintendo 3DS via the Virtual Console service in 2014. Land was followed by Donkey Kong Land 2 (1996), Donkey Kong Land III (1997), and a Game Boy Color version of Country (2000), which attempted to replicate the SNES Country games more closely.

Critics praised it as successfully translating Country 's gameplay, visuals, and music to the Game Boy, though they disagreed over whether it was an equal experience. It sold four million copies and received positive reviews. Rare retooled Country 's gameplay to account for the lower quality display, and David Wise and Graeme Norgate converted the soundtrack to the Game Boy's sound chip.ĭonkey Kong Land was released in mid-1995. Donkey Kong Land Game Boy Full Game 100, Color Palette 864 views 14 Dislike Share Project Detonado 21. Like Country, Land features pre-rendered graphics converted to sprites through a compression technique. Rare's Game Boy programmer, Paul Machacek, developed Land as an original game rather than as a port of Country after convincing Rare co-founder Tim Stamper it would be a better use of resources. Development began in 1994, before Donkey Kong Country 's completion, and lasted a year.

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