Donkey Kong Country 2 HD Edition is the fan-made native rebuild of Rare’s 1995 SNES classic: the whole game running as a PC program with widescreen 16:9 and 16:10 views, CRT and reconstruction filters, two-player team play at the same time, rewind and save slots. It plays on your desktop through the free RetroPlayers.Club Mini App, fused with the Donkey Kong Country 2 you already know from this site.
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Donkey Kong Country 2 HD Edition can be relived on your own PC through the free RetroPlayers.Club Player app — full speed, with a controller and saves just like your hardware. You confirm you own the game from your library, and no need to connect your console.
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| Action | Keyboard | Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Keyboard works out of the box; any USB or Bluetooth gamepad is detected automatically. | ||
These are the keys the RetroPlayers.Club Player app uses for PC, shown for reference. Your controller still lights up below so you can confirm it is detected — Premium members can remap here (keyboard or USB controller) and the app applies the map at the next launch.
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| Action | Keyboard | Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Up / Climb | ArrowUp | D-Pad up |
| Down / Crouch | ArrowDown | D-Pad down |
| Left | ArrowLeft | D-Pad left |
| Right | ArrowRight | D-Pad right |
| Team-Up / Pick Up | X | Right face |
| Jump | Z | Bottom face |
| Select Kong | S | Top face |
| Run / Roll / Throw | A | Left face |
| L | Q | Left shoulder |
| R | W | Right shoulder |
| Start / Pause | Enter | Start |
| Select / Swap Kong | Backspace | Select |
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How to Play Donkey Kong Country 2 HD Edition
How to Play
Donkey Kong Country 2 HD Edition runs natively on Windows, so it plays through the free RetroPlayers.Club Mini App on your desktop. Click Play on this page and the Mini App downloads the rebuild (about 9 MB with the game data), sets it up and starts it for you.
On the keyboard, the arrow keys move, Z jumps, A runs, rolls and throws, X teams up, S selects a Kong, Q and W are the shoulder buttons, Enter is Start and Backspace is Select. A USB controller plays too: the d-pad or left stick moves and the four face buttons are the SNES diamond. Premium members can set their own keys and controller buttons in the Visual Controller Mapper on this page.
About Donkey Kong Country 2 HD Edition
This is Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest translated, instruction by instruction, from the original SNES program into native PC code by the DKC2Recomp project. The levels, the music, the physics and Diddy and Dixie’s moves are the 1995 game’s own; what the rebuild adds is the presentation: a 16:10 or 16:9 widescreen view with the level edges handled properly, nearest, bilinear or reconstruction scaling, a CRT television look with scanlines, phosphor mask, glow and curvature, and a dark pause overlay for the settings.
What is new
Two players can play the game’s own 2 Player Team mode at the same time: one controller drives each Kong, either Kong can pick up and throw the other, and both can climb ropes and ride Rambi independently. The optional Characters menu lets Donkey Kong or Kiddy Kong stand in for either Kong, and the Assist Tools add rewind, fast-forward and five save-state slots. Candy’s in-game saves persist between launches.
Credits
DKC2Recomp is made by Elliott Tate and contributors on the snesrecomp framework by mstan; this is release v0.0.8, an alpha. It is a community project and not affiliated with Nintendo or Rare. Donkey Kong Country is a trademark of Nintendo.
Donkey Kong Country 2 HD Edition — Frequently Asked Questions
What is Donkey Kong Country 2 HD Edition?
A fan-made native PC rebuild of the 1995 SNES game Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest by the DKC2Recomp project, with widescreen, CRT filters, simultaneous two-player co-op, rewind and save slots.
Is this an official Nintendo release?
No. It is a community project built from the original game program; Donkey Kong Country is a trademark of Nintendo and the game was made by Rare.
How big is the download?
About 9 MB including the game data; about 39 MB once set up on your PC. The Mini App keeps it installed between plays.
Can I play with a controller?
Yes. A USB controller drives player one, and Premium members can set their own layout in the Visual Controller Mapper on this page; the Mini App uses it the next time the game starts.
Can two people play?
Yes. The game's 2 Player Team mode runs with both players at once in this rebuild; the second player uses the game's own Input menu to pick a second keyboard set or controller.
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