Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest was released on November 21, 1995, and is the second installment of the Donkey Kong Country series. This title, much like its predecessor, arrived to critical acclaim. Everything was celebrated, its graphics, gameplay, and soundtrack are all regarded as some of the best in the medium. It was the second best-selling game of 1995 and its 2004 Game Boy Advance port did just as well.

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Donkey Kong Country 2 Premise
Donkey Kong Country 2 is a perfect sequel. This title introduces Dixie to the franchise and it builds on many of the things that made the original game great. The gameplay loop is similar to the game that came before it. However, Diddy and Dixie have unique attributes that make them feel great to play. The original title had two playable characters but it feels more fleshed out here. Diddy is more agile and Dixie has a higher jump and gliding mechanics.

©Cover Art for Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest – Original
Donkey Kong Country 2 Main Characters
- Diddy Kong
- Dixie Kong
- Donkey Kong
- Cranky Kong
- Wrinkly Kong
- Funky Kong
- King K. Rool (as Kaptain K. Rool)
- Klomp
- Krockhead
- Kutlass
- Kaboing
- Kruncha
- Klubba
- Klobber
- Klank
- Krook
- Zingers (enemies)
Other Donkey Kong Titles In The Series
- Donkey Kong (1981)
- Donkey Kong Junior (1982)
- Donkey Kong 3 (1983)
- Donkey Kong II (1983)
- Donkey Kong Circus (1984)
- Donkey Kong ’94 (1994)
- Donkey Kong Country (1994)
- Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest (1995)
- Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble! (1996)
- Donkey Kong 64 (1999)
- Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color, 2000)
- Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance, 2003)
- Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance, 2004)
- Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance, 2005)
- DK: King of Swing (2005)
- Donkey Konga (2003)
- Donkey Konga 2 (2004)
- Donkey Konga 3 (2005)
- DK: Jungle Climber (2007)
- Donkey Kong Barrel Blast (2007)
- Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010)
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (2014)
Donkey Kong Country 2 Cheats
Passwords
Codes
Enter these in the Cheats Menu.
Effect | Password |
---|---|
No DK Barrels | wellard |
No DK or half-way barrels. | rockard |
Opens Every level in the game. | Freedom |
Opens Music Player Screen | onetime |
Shows game Credits | kredits |
Start with 10 banana coins | richman |
Start with 15 lives | helpme |
Start with 50 Banana Coins | wellrich |
Start with 55 Lives | weakling |
Glitches
”Invincible” in Funky’s ”Kongstruction”
During Funky’s Challenge “Kongstruction” there are annoying Flitters everywhere that hurt you if you bump into them. At the start bump into them until you explode. When the screen says “give up?” say no and continue. Now when you bump into Flitters you won’t get hurt. The only way you can get hurt is by bumping into walls. This will make the event easier.
Unlockables
Lost World
To unlock the lost world you must pass the first world. In all the other worlds, you will start to find a “Klubba’s Koisk” in each world. When you visit one, a kremling named Klubba will ask you to give him 15 Kremcoins. When you do you will go to the lost world. For every world, there will be a level in the lost world.
Unlockable | How to Unlock |
---|---|
“Animal Antics” Level | Give Klubba 15 Kremcoins at K.Rool Keep. |
“Black Ice Battle” Level | Give Klubba 15 Kremcoins at Krem Quay. |
“Fiery Furnace” Level | Give Klubba 15 Kremcoins at Gloomy Gulch. |
“Jungle Jinx” Level | Give Klubba 15 Kremcoins at Crocodile Cauldron. |
“Klobber Karnage” Level | Give Klubba 15 Kremcoins at Krazy Kremland. |
“Krocodile Kore” Boss | Beat the game and all five lost world levels. |
Secrets
Gangplank Galley Level Warp
In the level Gangplank Galley, jump up the first barrels at the start, up where the first Bonus Barrel is. Instead of jumping inside the Bonus Barrel, jump up to the right of it, where the sun is in the background. You’ll disappear and hear a sound effect, then you are taken to a “Level Warp!”-Screen. Just go into the right door. You are now directly before the end of this level.
Get 99 lives (without cheating)
On the world Gloomy Gulch, the level ghostly grave you can easily get 99 lives. For this to work you need both kongs.
Right at the start of the level before you move press the ‘R’ to make one of the kongs jump on the other. Throw the kong upwards killing the enemy. Then press ‘R’ again and jump and throw the kong up and left. You will land on a cliff off the screen and gain 3 lives. After you do this press ‘start’ and then press ‘select’ to exit the level. Repeat as many times as needed to get 99 lives.
Note: you must beat this level at least once for this trick to work.
Codebreaker Codes
Donkey Kong Country 2 Master Code
Not required with Emulators.
0000ECFE 000A
10001EA2 0007
Max Bananas: 330005F6 0063
Unlimited Lives: 330005E4 0063
Max Banana Coins: 3300065A 0063
Unlimited Time (Bonus Stages): 3200AB56 0014
Max Str: 330006E0 000A
Max Spd: 330006E1 000A
Max Fly: 330006E2 000A
Max Turbo: 330006E3 000A
Moon Jump
D0000020 0001
83004B08 4000
Have All Feathers
4300066E FFFF
00000003 0002
Have All DK Coins
43000666 FFFF
00000004 0002
Have All Krem Coins
3300065B 00FF
4300065C FFFF
00000005 0002
Have All K.O.N.G Letters
430001E4 0002
00000004 0004
Always Have Partner
330005F2 0001
330005F4 0000
Access All Areas
43000640 FFFF
00000006 0002
Progress Complete
8300067E 04FF
43000680 FFFF
0000000A 0002
43000674 FFFF
00000003 0002
43000640 FFFF
00000006 0002
Invulnerability (Emulator Only)
83002EF4 7441
83002EF6 EBC0
82020000 0003
82020002 E92D
82020004 001C
82020006 E59F
82020008 0000
8202000A E590
8202000C 0000
8202000E E350
82020010 00DE
82020012 1280
82020014 1009
82020016 13A0
82020018 10B0
8202001A 11C0
8202001C 0003
8202001E E8BD
82020020 0020
82020022 E58D
82020024 FF1E
82020026 E12F
82020028 4B80
8202002A 0300
Have 99 Lives: 5737F0C11FF5
Have All Banana Koins: 8B8F0E7E1C3B
Access All Areas
CF56FBDC0115
D22F24353C62
Always Have Partner
65DB1336BDF5
A0502324FCE4
Have All DK Koins
8BFF4BEB4115
962E34357C62
Unlimited Lives
A9BF8640
F6271448
Always Have 99 Banana Bunch Coins
6CD040E0
AEDBCA41
Always Have 99 Bananas
BAE922D5
20314F74
Have All Feathers
83FF43E3415D
53A504273D63
Have All Krem Koins
121560E403D4
D7DE9146035D
172C34357D63
Have K.O.N.G Letters
F41DB0103CE4
D2A70427B862
Progress Complete
93BF04670051
ED02FEDC0193
DAA70C2F3C2A
DFFE196B0315
53A504273D63
CF56FBDC0115
D22F24353C62
Game Shark Codes
(M) Must Be On
77BD1554 C2958E49
CB79D90D CBE268BB
Access All Areas
43000640 FFFF
00000006 0002
Access All Areas
43000640 FFFF
00000006 0002
All Levels Unlocked
575E4C8E 9BA4E7CD
03655945 47D1E4E1
Always Have 99 Banana Bunch Coins
6CD040E0 AEDBCA41
Always Have 99 Bananas
BAE922D5 20314F74
Always Have Partner
330005F2 0001
330005F4 0000
Always Have Partner
330005F2 0001
330005F4 0000
Animal Antics
39BC9996 ED6F19E2
Artic Abyss
06AADAF2 7578697E
Barrel Bayou
A47B84C8 E3825C71
Beta?
1FF75C13 22EC4F2B
Beta?
D3F50438 67BF768A
Beta?
931139AD C4A0B802
Beta?
8F4EA83E FAD05113
Black Ice Battle
F34B407A 3296A2AD
Bonus Bonanza
EECF33F0 EBA9C217
Bramble Blask
9CD0BE45 8F1A98C5
Bramble Scramble
68BECFE6 228BDA91
Castle Crush
98169DC9 9E0A0FF6
Chain Link Chamber
E90C848E DB7FC7D3
Clapper’s Cavern
AD5D0E80 3B924956
Complete Funky Bonus Game Automatically
849A15F0 7846F77B
65DA389A 09D8882C
D540E950 4501632B
65DA389A 09D8882C
Cranky’s Hut
0BF8D40B EC8C5DA7
Enable Code (Must Be On)
0000ECFE 000A
10001EA2 0007
Fiery Furnace
7D3D4FAC 6BB8642B
Funky’s Flights II
DF5ADD28 F91DABC7
Gangplank Galley
0A24DCA2 743F5FED
Ghostly Grove
0763C75B 4453AA0F
Glimmer’s Galmeon
6EDDCBA1 9BBF7960
Gusty Glade
BDDF4EB3 9DCB2ACD
Haunted Hall
576A2858 32473624
Have 99 Lives
330005E4 0063
Have All Banana Koins
3300065A 0063
Have All DK Koins
43000666 FFFF
00000004 0002
Have All DK Koins
43000666 FFFF
00000004 0002
Have All DK Koins
C548E23C 649EB828
20E9737E A46011AA
Have All Feathers
4300066E FFFF
00000003 0002
Have All Feathers
4300066E FFFF
00000003 0002
Have All Feathers
3F28C446 B72D1292
E17BD853 C5ABAE07
Have All Krem Koins
3300065B 00FF
4300065C FFFF
00000005 0002
Have All Krem Koins
3300065B 00FF
4300065C FFFF
00000005 0002
Have All Kremling Koins
4C4B26CF 2305262A
D16265F8 0E0F1378
F5C69792 5906843B
Have K.O.N.G Letters
430001E4 0002
00000004 0004
Have K.O.N.G Letters
430001E4 0002
00000004 0004
Hornet Hole
49988AA8 5F5AF0AE
Hot-Head Hop
56B5B3B9 4ACB4A48
Infinite Lives
330005E4 0063
Infinite Lives
A9BF8640 F6271448
Infinite Time (Bonus Stages)
3200AB56 0014
Infinite Time (Bonus Stages)
61B142B9 03015601
!GSAv1
Invincibility
D4607697 1090DFF4
Invincibility
83002EF4 7441
83002EF6 EBC0
82020000 0003
82020002 E92D
82020004 001C
82020006 E59F
82020008 0000
8202000A E590
8202000C 0000
8202000E E350
82020010 00DE
82020012 1280
82020014 1009
82020016 13A0
82020018 10B0
8202001A 11C0
8202001C 0003
8202001E E8BD
82020020 0020
82020022 E58D
82020024 FF1E
82020026 E12F
82020028 4B80
8202002A 0300
Jungle Jinx
9B271FCB 6DEC1808
K. Rool Duel
5A85700A 9C665305
Kannon’s Klaim
DBEE1EC0 1606DD0D
King Zing Sting
BFF5B6C1 20A27B8F
Kleever’s Kiln
F038FAC5 6E57C1DE
Klobber Karnage
E0BF17DB E6C0EAB1
Klubba’s Kiosk
6F9FE680 D1011DF4
Kong Kollege
550AEBD6 F8E09CC9
Kreepy Krow
496E7610 A5E2B6CF
Krockhead Klammer
4FAA5E63 48E13A24
Krow’s Nest
CF09A900 9A914638
Kudgel’s Kontest
394758C1 4B1D0D2B
Lava Lagoon
718C05EE B249DD1B
Level Modifier
33000050 0000
Lockjaw’s Locker
7F46399A 2D67FF8F
Mainbrace Mayhem
6E08C7EB 2FD3DE69
Max Banana Coins
3300065A 0063
Max Bananas
330005F6 0063
Max Fly
330006E2 000A
Max Spd
330006E1 000A
Max Str
330006E0 000A
Max Turbo
330006E3 000A
Moon Jump
D0000020 0001
83004B08 4000
Mudhole Marsh
D75FA239 4101DBEA
One Lap To Win Expresso Racing
92A2E4F2 6C7695AA
7A5EFE5D D2AEC516
Parrot Chute Panic
D90F1A94 CB32CFA8
Pirate Panic
AB356B0F 8D574B60
Press AR Button For Moon Jump
146979C1 6E145463
1A3B437D 5909E383
Progress Complete
300BBA96 0FAB
A10B5BAC 872E
F80C7EEA 7030
E101D8C0 264A
800A3E1C 2A21
F90B02C8 A44B
Progress Complete
8300067E 04FF
43000680 FFFF
0000000A 0002
43000674 FFFF
00000003 0002
43000640 FFFF
00000006 0002
Rambi Rumble
B5ACA3C9 7FC43DC4
Rattle Battle
FEAC0DF4 85A0DBF2
Red Hot Ride
90D21150 E9B8D895
Rickety Race
05D5C80C B2DF4959
Screech’s Sprint
AB3B1E7B 43A02185
Slime Klime
DF05FED1 9FE6C1EE
Squawk’s Shaft
5FFF2713 ABA8880A
Stronghold Showdown
5E1391B8 B058E725
Target Terror
C0A97084 6B4E4767
Topsail Trouble
3B862A1A 10BE94F3
Toxic Tower
4504067A 613F53E8
Web Woods
A3FB2834 8DA18EAE
Windy Well
2989933F 4E29955F
[M] Must Be On
0000ECFE 000A
10001EA4 0007
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