I played games on the PC before, but DKC was the first SNES game I played, maybe the first game with a controller. I still remember, after the console was set up, my sister played for a bit, then I wanted a turn, and just ran straight into the first enemy. Then I just watched my sister play for a bit, lol.

We didn’t have a lot of SNES games, but the game became probably my favorite on the console, along with the sequel. I played through both of them a bunch of times, and found every secret, without looking up guides.

A year or two ago, I casually played through it again, in like an hour, which was fun, I’ll have to do it again, along with the second game.

Hearing the music nowadays is also nostalgic, but it’s also just so good.