DKTV (partially found promotional Donkey Kong 64 material from defunct Nintendo website; 2000-2001)
This article has been tagged as Needing work due to its lack or no information whatsoever on other DKTV shows listed in this article (with the exception of The DK Gorilla Project).
DKTV was a microsite made by creative agency experiencepop[1] and published by Nintendo to help promote the release of the game Donkey Kong 64 by RareWare (now known as Rare Limited).
It featured many promotional materials such as web-series, flash animations and games, however, since the website's shut down, outside of the flash games, the majority of the content from the microsite is now completely lost.
List Of Material
The DK Gorilla Project[2]
# | Episode Title | Status |
---|---|---|
1 | Hitting The Road | Lost |
2 | Are We There Yet? | Lost |
3 | Off The Map | Lost |
4 | Whimpering | Lost |
5 | Waking Up To Terror | Lost |
6 | Answers in the Basement | Lost |
Premise
The web-series is a spoof of the horror film The Blair Witch Project about a group of friends lost in the woods with VHS cameras investigating a mystery, except instead of trying to find the Blair Witch they are trying to find Donkey Kong.
A testimony from gamefaqs.com[3] recalls a few moments from the series, such as what can be described as the crew reacting to a pile of bananas they found on the ground and other clues that lead them to a cabin where they play DK64 in the end.
DK64 Beatdown[4]
A newscast-like series about the main playable characters.
# | Episode Title | Status |
---|---|---|
1 | Donkey Kong | Lost |
2 | Diddy Kong | Lost |
3 | Tiny Kong | Lost |
4 | Lanky Kong | Lost |
5 | Chunky Kong | Lost |
Buy! Buy! Buy![5]
Videos about promotional content around Donkey Kong 64.
# | Episode Title | Status |
---|---|---|
1 | DK 64 Bundle | Lost |
2 | DK 64 Jungle Pak | Lost |
3 | DK 64 Player's Guide | Lost |
The Games Channel[6]
Simple flash games, with Donkey Konk and Kremling Krunch being whack-a-mole like games[7] [8] and the last one being a huge lore quiz on Donkey kong 64. [9]
All of these games have been archived on Flashpoint Bluemaxima, a massive archive for flash games and animations.
# | Game Title | Status |
---|---|---|
1 | Donkey Konk | Found |
2 | Kremling Krunch | Found |
3 | DK 64 Lore Quiz | Found |
DK Island's Most Wanted[10]
A parody of "America's most wanted " about the main bosses.
# | Episode Title | Status |
---|---|---|
1 | King K. Rool | Lost |
2 | Army Dillo | Lost |
3 | Dogadon | Lost |
4 | Mad Jack | Lost |
5 | Puftoss | Lost |
6 | King Kut Out | Lost |
The Real Jungle[11]
A sitcom like series, not much is known.
# | Episode Title | Status |
---|---|---|
1 | Earning a Living | Lost |
2 | Episode 2 | Lost |
3 | Trouble At Home | Lost |
4 | Episode 4 | Lost |
5 | The Big Date | Lost |
National Kongagraphic[12]
A parody of "National Geographic" about the main levels of the game.
# | Episode Title | Status |
---|---|---|
1 | Jungle Japes | Lost |
2 | Angry Aztec | Lost |
3 | Frantic Factory | Lost |
4 | Gloomy Galleon | Lost |
5 | Fungi Forest | Lost |
6 | Crystal Caves | Lost |
7 | Creepy Castle | Lost |
Monkey Mail[13]
Flash animations you could e-mail them to friends with a customizable message.
# | Animation Title | Status |
---|---|---|
1 | Donkey Kong | Lost |
2 | Diddy Kong | Lost |
3 | Tiny Kong | Lost |
4 | Lanky Kong | Lost |
5 | Chunky Kong | Lost |
DK Rap Attack[14]
A rap contest where people could submit their versions of the DK rap, as of December 2023, only one of them has been found.
# | Episode Title | Status |
---|---|---|
1 | Runner Up 1 | Lost |
2 | Runner Up 2 | Lost |
3 | Runner Up 3 | Lost |
4 | Runner Up 4 | Lost |
5 | Runner Up 5 | Lost |
6 | Grand Prize Winner | Found |
Availability
As aformentioned, most of the material from the microsite has gone unarchived, with the grand prize winner of the DK Rap Attack being the only video material that has resurfaced.
The original link to the experiencepop website has since gone down and is no longer available. However, the company is still around under a new name: POP.[15] Although, in their website, they don't mention any collaboration with Nintendo or any of their past projects, whether or not they still have the promotional material for the microsite is currently unknown.
Gallery
Images
See Also
- Diddy Kong Racing Adventure (found build of cancelled Nintendo GameCube sequel to "Diddy Kong Racing"; 2004)
- Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (lost build of cancelled Virtual Boy port of Super Nintendo sequel platformer; 1996)
- Donkey Kong: Coconut Crackers (lost build of cancelled Game Boy Advance puzzle game; 2002)
- Donkey Kong no Ongaku Asobi (lost build of cancelled Famicom educational game; 1983)
- Donkey Kong Plus (lost build of cancelled Game Boy Advance puzzle platformer; 2002)
- Donkey Kong Racing (lost build of cancelled Nintendo GameCube racing sequel game; 2002)
- Return of Donkey Kong (lost build of cancelled NES game; existence unconfirmed; 1987-1988)
- Untitled Donkey Kong game (lost builds of cancelled SNES-CD and CD-i platformer; 1992-1993)
References
- ↑ Pop experience page on works for Nintendo. Retrieved 29 Nov '23
- ↑ The DK Gorilla Project. Retrieved 29 Nov '23
- ↑ Did anybody remember IGN's Donkey Kong 64 Blair Witch Project parody series?. Retrieved 29 Nov '23
- ↑ DK64 Beatdown. Retrieved 29 Nov '23
- ↑ Buy! Buy! Buy!. Retrieved 29 Nov '23
- ↑ The Games Channel. Retrieved 29 Nov '23
- ↑ donkey konk. Retrieved 1 Dec '23
- ↑ kremling krunch. Retrieved 1 Dec '23
- ↑ lorequiz. Retrived 1 Dec '23
- ↑ DK Island's Most Wanted. Retrieved 29 Nov '23
- ↑ The Real Jungle. Retrieved 29 Nov '23
- ↑ National Kongagraphic. Retrieved 29 Nov '23
- ↑ Monkey Mail. Retrieved 29 Nov '23
- ↑ DK Rap Attack. Retrieved 29 Nov '23
- ↑ POP's website. Retrieved 01 May '24