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"Aquatic Ambience" is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever made.

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The only reason I didn't go into detail on the music here is because I might write up a music-only feature on the game at some point.

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Jun 23, 2023Liked by Marc Normandin

I was a bit younger than you but I was absolutely enthralled by Donkey Kong Country. Became, for a while, the most played game in my house.

I had to take my son to the hospital last autumn because he had some strange respiratory thing happen (he's fine) but, unbeknownst to me, we were going to be there for three hours. The longer the wait went and the farther past bedtime we got, the more I needed something for him to do, so I found a playthrough of DKC on my phone.

The person playing it never lost a single life! I was astounded but assumed it was probably easier than the 2D Mario games I'd been playing with my son. I hadn't played it in decades so imagine my surprise when I gave it a go after this hospital visit! Funny how 7 year old me could beat the whole game but 35 year old me kept dying to the point that my son told me to TRY HARDER.

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Great game, but its sequel was just incredible. Truly inventive level design that just never seemed to run out of ideas. Up there with the best of the Mario games.

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