<s>
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Land	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1995	O
platform	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Rare	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
condenses	O
the	O
side-scrolling	O
gameplay	O
of	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
(	O
SNES	B-Application
)	O
game	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Country	I-Application
(	O
1994	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
handheld	B-Application
Game	I-Application
Boy	O
with	O
different	O
level	O
design	O
and	O
boss	O
fights	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
the	O
gorilla	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
and	O
his	O
nephew	O
Diddy	O
Kong	O
as	O
they	O
defeat	O
enemies	O
and	O
collect	O
items	O
across	O
30	O
levels	O
to	O
recover	O
their	O
stolen	O
banana	O
hoard	O
from	O
the	O
crocodile	O
King	O
K	O
.	O
Rool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
began	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
before	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Country	I-Application
completion	O
,	O
and	O
lasted	O
a	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rare	O
's	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
programmer	O
,	O
Paul	O
Machacek	O
,	O
developed	O
Land	O
as	O
an	O
original	O
game	O
rather	O
than	O
as	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
Country	O
after	O
convincing	O
Rare	O
co-founder	O
Tim	O
Stamper	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
a	O
better	O
use	O
of	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Country	O
,	O
Land	O
features	O
pre-rendered	O
graphics	O
converted	O
to	O
sprites	O
through	O
a	O
compression	B-General_Concept
technique	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rare	O
retooled	O
Country	O
gameplay	O
to	O
account	O
for	O
the	O
lower	O
quality	O
display	O
,	O
and	O
David	O
Wise	O
and	O
Graeme	O
Norgate	O
converted	O
the	O
soundtrack	O
to	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
's	O
sound	O
chip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Land	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
mid-1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
praised	O
it	O
as	O
successfully	O
translating	O
Country	O
gameplay	O
,	O
visuals	O
,	O
and	O
music	O
to	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
,	O
though	O
they	O
disagreed	O
over	O
whether	O
it	O
was	O
an	O
equal	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Land	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Land	I-Application
2	I-Application
(	O
1996	O
)	O
,	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Land	I-Application
III	I-Application
(	O
1997	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
version	O
of	O
Country	O
(	O
2000	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
attempted	O
to	O
replicate	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
Country	O
games	O
more	O
closely	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Land	O
and	O
its	O
sequels	O
were	O
rereleased	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
via	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
service	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
handheld	B-Application
companion	O
to	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
(	O
SNES	B-Application
)	O
game	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Country	I-Application
(	O
1994	O
)	O
,	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Land	I-Application
features	O
similar	O
gameplay	O
:	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
platform	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
the	O
gorilla	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
and	O
his	O
nephew	O
Diddy	O
Kong	O
across	O
30	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
begins	O
after	O
Cranky	O
Kong	O
challenges	O
Donkey	O
and	O
Diddy	O
to	O
replicate	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Country	I-Application
success	O
on	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
's	O
8-bit	O
hardware	O
and	O
coaxes	O
King	O
K	O
.	O
Rool	O
and	O
the	O
Kremlings	O
into	O
stealing	O
their	O
banana	O
hoard	O
again	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rare	O
began	O
working	O
on	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Land	I-Application
in	O
1994	O
,	O
alongside	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Country	I-Application
and	O
shortly	O
before	O
the	O
cancellation	O
of	O
a	O
Battletoads	B-Device
Arcade	I-Device
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rare	O
's	O
co-founder	O
,	O
Tim	O
Stamper	O
,	O
asked	O
their	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
programmer	O
Paul	O
Machacek	O
to	O
port	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Country	I-Application
to	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Machacek	O
convinced	O
Stamper	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
better	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
similar	O
but	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
as	O
he	O
had	O
with	O
the	O
Game	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
version	I-Application
of	O
Battletoads	B-Application
(	O
1991	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
reasoned	O
it	O
would	O
not	O
take	O
much	O
more	O
effort	O
and	O
would	O
expand	O
the	O
audience	O
beyond	O
those	O
who	O
had	O
not	O
purchased	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Country	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Machacek	O
spent	O
roughly	O
three	O
weeks	O
updating	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Battletoads	B-Application
game	O
engine	O
to	O
handle	O
a	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
game	O
,	O
development	O
began	O
and	O
lasted	O
a	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Country	O
,	O
Land	O
features	O
pre-rendered	O
graphics	O
converted	O
to	O
sprites	O
through	O
Rare	O
's	O
Advanced	O
Computer	O
Modelling	O
(	O
ACM	O
)	O
compression	B-General_Concept
technique	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
is	O
considerably	O
less	O
powerful	O
than	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
,	O
its	O
basic	O
architecture	O
is	O
similar	O
;	O
this	O
allowed	O
Machacek	O
to	O
easily	O
transfer	O
Country	O
artwork	O
to	O
Land	O
and	O
the	O
artists	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
same	O
PowerAnimator	B-Device
tools	O
for	O
new	O
ACM	O
assets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
pushed	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
to	O
its	O
limits	O
because	O
of	O
its	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Particularly	O
,	O
constructing	O
levels	O
with	O
slopes	O
and	O
animating	O
collectibles	O
,	O
both	O
uncommon	O
in	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
games	O
,	O
required	O
a	O
greater	O
ROM	B-Device
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
worked	O
separately	O
from	O
the	O
teams	O
that	O
developed	O
the	O
Country	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
,	O
and	O
designed	O
levels	O
using	O
a	O
spare	O
Silicon	O
Graphics	O
workstation	O
with	O
a	O
custom	O
level	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
's	O
small	O
,	O
slow	O
,	O
and	O
monochromatic	O
display	O
made	O
reacting	O
to	O
obstacles	O
more	O
difficult	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
did	O
not	O
re-use	O
level	O
layouts	O
from	O
Country	O
,	O
made	O
boss	O
fights	O
more	O
predictable	O
,	O
and	O
gave	O
Expresso	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
defeat	O
enemies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Machacek	O
said	O
that	O
replicating	O
Country	O
did	O
not	O
stop	O
Rare	O
from	O
introducing	O
new	O
worlds	O
and	O
design	O
elements	O
in	O
a	O
similar	O
way	O
to	O
the	O
teams	O
developing	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
sequels	O
,	O
Country	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Diddy	I-Application
's	I-Application
Kong	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
(	O
1995	O
)	O
and	O
Country	B-Application
3	I-Application
:	I-Application
Dixie	I-Application
Kong	I-Application
's	I-Application
Double	I-Application
Trouble	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
soundtrack	O
was	O
composed	O
by	O
David	O
Wise	O
and	O
Graeme	O
Norgate	O
,	O
who	O
worked	O
to	O
convert	O
Wise	O
's	O
Country	O
soundtrack	O
to	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
's	O
sound	O
chip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
his	O
first	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
project	O
and	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
technical	O
restrictions	O
forced	O
him	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
melodies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Land	I-Application
was	O
the	O
second	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
game	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
,	O
following	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
(	O
1994	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Country	I-Application
,	O
Land	O
was	O
announced	O
at	O
the	O
Consumer	O
Electronics	O
Show	O
in	O
Chicago	O
in	O
June	O
1994	O
and	O
promoted	O
through	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
Play	O
It	O
Loud	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
Super	B-Application
Donkey	I-Application
Kong	I-Application
GB	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
distributed	O
Land	O
in	O
banana	O
yellow	O
cartridges	O
,	O
unlike	O
other	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
games	O
,	O
which	O
came	O
in	O
grey	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Land	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
several	O
games	O
optimised	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Device
Game	I-Device
Boy	I-Device
,	O
a	O
peripheral	O
allowing	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
cartridges	O
to	O
be	O
played	O
on	O
a	O
SNES	B-Application
;	O
playing	O
it	O
through	O
the	O
Super	B-Device
Game	I-Device
Boy	I-Device
adds	O
colour	B-Data_Structure
palettes	I-Data_Structure
and	O
a	O
jungle-themed	O
border	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Land	I-Application
sold	O
four	O
million	O
copies	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
bestselling	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
game	O
for	O
a	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Land	I-Application
received	O
positive	O
reviews	O
and	O
was	O
named	O
the	O
best	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
game	O
of	O
1995	O
by	O
GamePro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
considered	O
it	O
a	O
successful	O
translation	O
of	O
Country	O
gameplay	O
to	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
and	O
wrote	O
that	O
players	O
who	O
enjoyed	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
game	O
would	O
also	O
enjoy	O
Land	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameFan	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
:	O
The	O
Ultimate	O
Gaming	O
Magazine	O
called	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best-looking	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
games	O
with	O
detail	O
unprecedented	O
for	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
(	O
CVG	O
)	O
said	O
the	O
visuals	O
and	O
animations	O
were	O
still	O
excellent	O
despite	O
lacking	O
Country	O
fidelity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Electric	O
Playground	O
said	O
the	O
visuals	O
,	O
though	O
great	O
,	O
highlighted	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
's	O
limitations	O
,	O
as	O
its	O
monochromatic	O
screen	O
occasionally	O
made	O
it	O
difficult	O
to	O
comprehend	O
the	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamePro	O
agreed	O
that	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
's	O
screen	O
did	O
not	O
do	O
the	O
visuals	O
justice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
critics	O
recommended	O
playing	O
Land	O
on	O
the	O
Super	B-Device
Game	I-Device
Boy	I-Device
for	O
adding	O
colour	O
and	O
making	O
the	O
visuals	O
easier	O
to	O
discern	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opinions	O
differed	O
as	O
to	O
how	O
Land	O
compared	O
to	O
Country	O
and	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
's	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	B-Device
Players	I-Device
felt	O
that	O
both	O
featured	O
quality	O
gameplay	O
,	O
but	O
Land	O
lacked	O
the	O
visual	O
fidelity	O
that	O
made	O
Country	O
special	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
called	O
Land	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
games	O
,	O
but	O
The	O
Electric	O
Playground	O
said	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
as	O
inventive	O
,	O
satisfying	O
,	O
or	O
original	O
as	O
the	O
1994	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Still	O
,	O
they	O
felt	O
it	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
's	O
best	O
platformers	O
and	O
an	O
essential	O
purchase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
and	O
sound	O
were	O
praised	O
as	O
among	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
's	O
best	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Electric	O
Playground	O
believed	O
they	O
were	O
near-perfect	O
translations	O
of	O
Country	O
,	O
and	O
GameFan	O
said	O
they	O
sounded	O
on	O
par	O
with	O
a	O
SNES	B-Application
game	O
when	O
played	O
through	O
the	O
Super	B-Device
Game	I-Device
Boy	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Michael	O
Teitelbaum	O
wrote	O
a	O
children	O
's	O
book	O
adaptation	O
of	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Land	I-Application
,	O
Rumble	O
in	O
the	O
Jungle	O
,	O
following	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Land	O
received	O
three	O
follow-up	O
games	O
:	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Land	I-Application
2	I-Application
(	O
1996	O
)	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
Diddy	B-Application
's	I-Application
Kong	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
;	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Land	I-Application
III	I-Application
(	O
1997	O
)	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
Dixie	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
's	I-Application
Double	I-Application
Trouble	I-Application
!	O
</s>
<s>
;	O
and	O
a	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
version	O
of	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Country	I-Application
(	O
2000	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
re-creates	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
game	O
using	O
Land	O
graphics	O
and	O
audio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
follow-ups	O
attempted	O
to	O
replicate	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
games	O
more	O
closely	O
;	O
unlike	O
Land	O
,	O
they	O
do	O
not	O
introduce	O
new	O
level	O
archetypes	O
or	O
enemies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Land	O
trilogy	O
was	O
rereleased	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
via	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Retrospective	O
reviewers	O
considered	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Land	I-Application
a	O
technical	O
achievement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
Life	O
felt	O
Rare	O
successfully	O
replicated	O
Country	O
art	O
style	O
on	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
and	O
praised	O
the	O
music	O
,	O
which	O
they	O
considered	O
among	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
's	O
best	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
rich	O
visuals	O
of	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
games	O
become	O
completely	O
illegible	O
on	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
...	O
a	O
blurry	O
grey	O
soup	O
of	O
pixel-junk.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
Life	O
said	O
that	O
enemies	O
blending	O
with	O
the	O
background	O
made	O
Land	O
needlessly	O
difficult	O
and	O
lamented	O
the	O
absence	O
of	O
the	O
Super	B-Device
Game	I-Device
Boy	I-Device
enhancements	O
in	O
the	O
3DS	B-Operating_System
rerelease	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Polygon	O
ranked	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Land	I-Application
and	O
its	O
sequels	O
among	O
the	O
lesser	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
games	O
;	O
Nintendo	O
Life	O
ranked	O
it	O
towards	O
the	O
middle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
2018	O
interview	O
,	O
Machacek	O
said	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
he	O
worked	O
on	O
,	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Land	I-Application
remained	O
among	O
his	O
favourites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
Land	O
levels	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
K	O
.	O
Rool	O
's	O
pirate	O
ship	O
,	O
would	O
be	O
featured	O
in	O
subsequent	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
established	O
a	O
tradition	O
of	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
games	O
being	O
distributed	O
on	O
yellow	O
cartridges	O
,	O
which	O
its	O
sequels	O
and	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
64	I-Application
(	O
1999	O
)	O
would	O
continue	O
.	O
</s>
