Diddy Kong Racing (Nintendo 64)

Quicksting 26 Sep 2022 22:27

My RetroArch thinks there are no achievements. It connects fine to other games.

shroome 1 Oct 2022 07:08

It seems that if you beat TT's time on the first Time Trial run in Adventure Mode, the achievement will pop but the game won't recognize you beat TT. You can check your TT progress in Tracks mode; if there is a TT symbol when selecting the vehicle, the game thinks you've beat TT. Once you beat all of his times, he says something about how now you can select him as a character.

FolkSong 1 Oct 2022 23:04

Quicksting you probably have the wrong ROM version, need to check the "Linked Hashes" link on this page and make sure it matches.

shroome: Sounds like a bug, but I don't know why you'd want to use the Adventure Mode time trial anyway.

hell 25 Oct 2022 19:08

Really nice set. I really appreciate that there are no unnecessary hard Achievements. Thank you!

In case someone is having issues with the Staff Ghosts: Let go of Acceleration before hitting a Boost Plate AND (Very Important) don't press accelerate again before your boost runs out. It took me very long to find that out because i thought it would be enough to just let go of acceleration right before boosting and press it again right after hitting the Boost Plate but that's waaay slower still.

DarkBowser64 7 Dec 2022 20:53

Mastered. Love this game, and this is probably the second time I have played Adventure Two all the way through on the N64 version, ever. That said, IMO the hovercraft really sucks. I think almost everyone feels that way though.

I experienced the TT time "bug" very often, basically the achievements are linked to beating his TIME, but not his GHOST. To get a TT icon for unlocking TT you need to beat his GHOST, NOT just his time, so if you beat his time on the first run (not very tough if you've played the game a lot before), you'll unlock the achievement and have to redo the level once more to beat his ghost. At least you get more practice.

Extra hints to everyone: depending on how many bananas you have, tapping A repeatedly (at a rate of about 4-5 A presses per second) will increase your speed over simply holding it. The more bananas you have, the greater the speed increase from tapping A.

You also tend to go faster while drifting (holding R down), and in the plane, you have higher top speed while you are close to, but not touching, the ground. ALL the vehicles technically benefit from the A tapping but you need to be watching your speedometer if you're in hovercraft or plane. If it starts dipping really low, hold, don't tap, until you reach about 60, then resume tapping after.

RoboMech 22 Dec 2022 09:52

Time Trials are pretty easy. Pick Drumstick for original TTs and the Clock for Rare Challenges.

DistantFantasy 3 Jan 2023 01:26

Nice set and challenging at some points. Theres def some tracks, which are very challenging getting developer mode like Junglefalls. But theres only like 3 of them, which are difficult. The rest can be done with Dipsy and TT. Thanks alot

Jonny8567 5 Jan 2023 17:58

Mastered! Great set! it covers everything the game has to offer, and the developer time cheevos are a fun added challenge, I definately reccommend using TT for the car and hovercraft ones, and Drumstick for the plane levels.

geordie 9 Jan 2023 22:55

mastered! great set. just to add for the plane sections it's actually faster to release the A button and just do barrel rolls, as you'll see it maxes out the speedometer if you chain them

Cianex98 15 Jan 2023 04:12

Mastered, and my first one at that! First video game I ever played growing up, I have so many happy memories with this game, so I'm pleased that this was my first mastery. The dev time trials were rather tricky for me, especially Frosty Village and Haunted Woods, but overall this was a good set and a great time!

TanukiJuke 16 Jan 2023 05:11

What a ride. I never bothered to unlock T.T. back in the day. Glad this set exists.

KimuraGracie 29 Jan 2023 05:53

Love the hovercraft in this game. Hovercraft and plane are so much fun. I remember hating the hovercraft as a kid, but as an adult I realize the car is actually the worst controlling vehicle in the game. It skids around with constant ice controls. When you press right the car literally moves left like a full body width. Even watching wr runs if they need to grab a quick banana on the left they turn right. Insanity. That said, the game is amazing despite the shortcomings of the car.

Jeto 30 Jan 2023 01:56

Nice set. Mastered!

Poefred 7 Feb 2023 08:00

@kimuraGracie Pressing B while drifting gives you the sharp turns you need. The turn right to go left normal drifting is actually pretty helpful for grabbing something you're not lined up for quite right.

Spamtec 8 Feb 2023 06:57

frosty village dev time was the hardest achievement here by FAR

Deansrule 18 Feb 2023 23:37

Mastered! ^^ Frosty Village was definitely the hardest for me. Great set and such a great kart racer!

blackturtle 20 Feb 2023 01:11

Whew, finally mastered. Fun set, the Rare Developer time trials were challenging but not too difficult, Jungle Falls probably gave me the most trouble.

knochenfabrik 4 Mar 2023 15:17

Mastered! / Gemeistert!! Thanks 4 the set. Only the "Collect any 5 balloons as ..." achievements are not necessary imo. And an achievement for winning the race against second Wizpig in mirrormode would be nice. The set ends with "47 balloons in mirrored mode and before the "final race" against Wizpig 2; at least when you play the game in my order... but all in all I had much fun with this set.. thanks again.

Poefred 4 Mar 2023 23:58

At least those force you to play with every character, as they've all got their own stats. But they're very easily cheesed as nothing stops you from just making a new save and getting some extremely easy early game ones. But yeah feels weird to have to do a 2nd playthrough for everything except the final boss.

Gorgar 13 Mar 2023 01:28

Instead of the five balloons cheevos for each character, there should be specific races tied to each character. For instance, Pipsy is not very good at racing against the Penguin boss, so beating the penguin during the rematch would be a good Pipsy achievement. Also, this game could be mastered without playing the final trophy race or final Wizpig race on Adventure Two, so trophies for those should be added as well.