Donkey Kong 64 - Beta Objects

[BanjoFella]

The giraffes in Donkey Kong Country Returns look really similar to the unused design shown here! Retro must have been inspired by it.

[rickydowda]

I just found a beta area inside dk isle with the swim through shores glitch

[dandykong1]

If this is the beta ROM there should be an Ice Key or code for reading SnS RAMBUS data in there somewhere. I really hope you are still looking.

[runehero124]

@dandykong1 Actually, the text for the "Ice Key", along with other items displayed in the game totals, is not present in the Kiosk rom(Beta). This suggests that either it was added in later or was removed to reduce the cartridge size.

[Blizzarderful]

Wait. Isn't the head of the giraffe they planned to have in Donkey Kong Country?? D:

[metakight4]

why does the tree look like the tree from mario 64

[wiiboy34]

i think that the stump thing with the kongs faces on it is a beta version of the barrel to change characters

[ChampionRevilo]

Hey I've got a question! Did you choose that music randomly? Because it was in the beta version of Banjo-Kazooie in the Fingi forest level that was put in that game instead!

[ZeonTeam08]

3:28 EPIC WIN!!! DKC over world map! :D

[eddypikachu]

why is there a picture of a jiraffe in there?

[eddypikachu]

2:10 theres a laser trying to shoot at you

[eddypikachu]

ahhh! jirafe head!

[BubbyJello]

The Donkey Kong Island picture is in the actual game. I'm pretty sure it's in the first level. It opens and there is a golden banana behind it.

[Bowserslave]

what about a friedge that had banjo and kazooie's face on it in DK's house

i heard that was in the beta version

[fleetway66]

i don't see why they didn't keep the picture of dk island from dkc.

[TrenzorZ]

Don't you think that DKC was originally generated for the N64?

[SilverEspeon26]

So that's what would have happened to the weird pad in the back of Troff 'N Scoff's room...

[NintendoFanM]

a picture of the donkey kong island map from dkc

[TiptupJr]

Wow, a lot of these look like they came straight from Diddy Kong Racing! Especially the balloon and some of the 2D trees.

[runehero124]

I could've walked freely, but the camera has to be facing the test map background, otherwise the screen will go black. That's why I couldn't get a better view of the giraffe image.

[BigOrangeSnowman88]

I haven't played this game in a LONG time.

I almost cried hearing the music.

[Mattress87]

How did you get the test map to load in the Kiosk ROM? I thought that every scene digit but the normally playable ones took you to the intro screen.

Anyway, I figured out where the picture of the giraffes was intended to be used.

Active object loader value 0D in the kiosk, which corresponds to the room where Lanky fights Zingers in Jungle Japes, has this picture instead of the DK Island one seen in the final.

Here's the code (use it in the Army Dillo battle):

815931B8 2005

815931BA 000D

[runehero124]

I made a cosmetic modifier for both versions of the game.

[Renann64]

I use this code, and there was a a picture of giraffe on Army dillo battle

[Palmerifics]

Beta Fungi Forest?

[wwwarea]

LOL, a giraffe head. And a picture of it but were that door and those pink and blue creatures were in the kiosk rom?

[hyp3rj0s3ph]

I remember rare mentioning they planned a giraffe character in DKC, but was discarded

[MPCozmo]

It's very interesting. I wonder what level it would be for? (IE, removed levels.)

[willuseonce]

some things i really dont see why they where removed...