Donkey Kong 64 Uber Challenge Video
Welcome to the homepage for my Donkey Kong 64 Uber Challenge video. The DK64 Uber Challenge is described in detail this guide. I created a video of the entire challenge to accompany the guide. Each segment corresponds to one section of the guide. This playthrough isn't a speed run, but I tried to move at a good pace. A few tricks took me a while to do correctly, so I cut out failed attempts in a few places to save everyone time and bandwidth. The files are encoded with the H.264 codec; if you can't play them, try VLC Media Player.
Perform the Funky Weapons Glitch
Complete the training barrels
Get the camera
Enter Jungle Japes
Free Diddy
Japes early is tough. Sometimes it takes me a while, but I got it in only a few minutes here. Still, I decided to cut out the failed attempts.
Enter Angry Aztec
Bypass the large door
Enter the llama temple
Free Lanky
Aztec lobby early took an embarrassing 30 minutes to do. This isn't "Manocheese Goes Bananas", so I cut it out. The guitar skip took some time as well; I hadn't practiced it since I did my speed run. It wasn't enough to bother cutting out, though. The llama temple break-in was good.
Moontail to the Factory walkway
Enter Frantic Factory
Free Chunky
Get the key
Buy some upgrades
I don't think I'll ever get rusty when it comes to Frantic Factory early. I've easily practiced it more than any other trick in the game.
Get to the Fungi Forest lobby
Enter Fungi Forest and get the key
Turn in the key and enter Creepy Castle
Unlock Tiny
Buy some upgrades
I used to think that Forest lobby early was one of the hardest tricks in the game, but it's really not that bad with some practice. Some of the slopes along the way are barely steep enough for moonkicking, so I had a little trouble with them. I make use of a "safety ledge" just past the one that I do the final moonkick off of. Dogadon went well. The bridge in Creepy Castle did not.
Play the trombone to make the Rocketbarrel appear
Get to the Fungi Forest lobby ledge
Use the Rocketbarrel to get to the upper part of K. Rool's island
Enter the Hideout Helm lobby
Enter Hideout Helm
Glitch past the door in the Blast-O-Matic room
Get to Diddy's minigame room
Shut down the power
Get the key
Defeat K. Rool
I had a tag barrel mishap at the beginning because I momentarily forgot that I hadn't yet activated the trombone pad with Lanky. Getting into the Helm lobby early with Diddy can be tricky. The camera doesn't always cooperate. In this case, it took me three tries. I had to do Forest lobby early before each attempt, so I cut quite a bit of stuff out. In Hideout Helm, I fell down on the way to Diddy's minigame room, so I went out a ways to get sent to the beginning and tried again. I got there on the next attempt. I hadn't done any serious practice for the K. Rool battle since I did my speed run, but it wasn't awful. My final time was 2:00.
If you enjoyed the Uber Challenge, you might also like my speed runs and YouTube videos, which are linked here: