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Show HN: Konga Beat – A custom track editor for Donkey Konga 2 and 3
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Re: Show HN: Konga Beat – A custom track editor for Donkey Konga 2 and 3
#12Nice to see someone doing something to try to get some additional leverage out of the DK bongo drums. They're one of my favorite stupid/unnecessary videogame controller peripherals. They felt like such a missed opportunity, especially in the US. We only got three games that actually supported them, and despite my effort of actually tracking down a second pair of bongos so that my siblings and I could do multiplayer,…
Interesting there's no tracklist on wikipedia for DK3 but if it's any consolation, it was very heavily J-Pop and I think maybe 5-8 at most of the tracks were notable or recognizable by a typical westerner, but then again I'm not a massive videogame OST fan so it may have been missed on me. I remember the minigames were pretty cool but all menus were in Japanese and tough to navigate. Edit, ah there's a tracklist on t…
It had the Japanese opening to Dragon Ball Z in the tracklist, which was enough to make teenage me disappointed that we didn't get it.
Having decided to look up a run of it on YouTube, however, it's probably just as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkyd_nR4DqE&list=PLNS5TsLf66...
Re: Show HN: Konga Beat – A custom track editor for Donkey Konga 2 and 3
#13That's right down my alley. Donkey Kong series has easily the best soundtrack in video game history. Come at me with your 10 million Call of Doodoo super mega epic orchestra, I don't give a flipping banana. Nothing comes close to the large variety of Donkey Kong tracks. Want something relaxing? I've got you covered. Epic? Sure, got that as well. Want something to get you pumping? Nothing easier than that. The best thing? All of that done on a sound chip that's older than those gamer kids that play Battlefield or some other lame first person shooter. Those games are musically bankrupt. Period.
Re: Show HN: Konga Beat – A custom track editor for Donkey Konga 2 and 3
#14Nice to see someone doing something to try to get some additional leverage out of the DK bongo drums. They're one of my favorite stupid/unnecessary videogame controller peripherals. They felt like such a missed opportunity, especially in the US. We only got three games that actually supported them, and despite my effort of actually tracking down a second pair of bongos so that my siblings and I could do multiplayer,…
I like to use the bongo drum controller to play super smash bros with my friends! It's a fun and goofy time!
Re: Show HN: Konga Beat – A custom track editor for Donkey Konga 2 and 3
#15Nice to see someone doing something to try to get some additional leverage out of the DK bongo drums. They're one of my favorite stupid/unnecessary videogame controller peripherals. They felt like such a missed opportunity, especially in the US. We only got three games that actually supported them, and despite my effort of actually tracking down a second pair of bongos so that my siblings and I could do multiplayer,…
I like to use the bongo drum controller to play super smash bros with my friends! It's a fun and goofy time!
Haha! I did the same thing. If I recall its button mapping is wonky (and maybe missing one?). It does mostly work as a regular controller so it’s possible to play games that aren’t specifically designed for it albeit in a limited fashion.
Re: Show HN: Konga Beat – A custom track editor for Donkey Konga 2 and 3
#16Can't find any source links on the site. Would love to see this made open source!
Re: Show HN: Konga Beat – A custom track editor for Donkey Konga 2 and 3
#17How much different is Donkey Konga compared to Taiko? Wouldn't it have been simpler to adjust already existing tools (i.e osu) to export to whatever proprietary format Donkey Konga uses instead of making an entire new editor and reinventing the wheel?
Re: Show HN: Konga Beat – A custom track editor for Donkey Konga 2 and 3
#18That's right down my alley. Donkey Kong series has easily the best soundtrack in video game history. Come at me with your 10 million Call of Doodoo super mega epic orchestra, I don't give a flipping banana. Nothing comes close to the large variety of Donkey Kong tracks. Want something relaxing? I've got you covered. Epic? Sure, got that as well. Want something to get you pumping? Nothing easier than that. The best th…
The first DKC soundtrack on SNES was a tour de force for mister Wise.
Re: Show HN: Konga Beat – A custom track editor for Donkey Konga 2 and 3
#19I still have the bongos, although they may need some repairs to get them properly working again. I'm excited to check this out!
Re: Show HN: Konga Beat – A custom track editor for Donkey Konga 2 and 3
#20Nice to see someone doing something to try to get some additional leverage out of the DK bongo drums. They're one of my favorite stupid/unnecessary videogame controller peripherals. They felt like such a missed opportunity, especially in the US. We only got three games that actually supported them, and despite my effort of actually tracking down a second pair of bongos so that my siblings and I could do multiplayer,…
Donkey Konga is a huge missed opportunity.
Guitar Hero/Rock Band are probably best in show for the genre.
Weird that they were so huge for such a short time. Probably the death of popular instrumented music.