Donkey Kong Country Exposed

Item

Title
Donkey Kong Country Exposed
Alternative Title
Donkey Kong Country Exposed: The Making of Donkey Kong Country
Description
Promotional VHS tape distributed by Nintendo to subscribers of Nintendo Power Magazine. Contains a ~13 minute promotional video for the Donkey Kong Country Super Nintendo game hosted by comedian Josh Wolf, with a very short teaser for the Killer Instinct SNES game at the end. Features footage of the inside of Nintendo of America, the Nintendo Treehouse, and SNES development prototype cartridges.

0:50: Title Card
1:20: Display of Nintendo fan art
1:44: The Treehouse segment
2:11: The Story segment
3:49: The Game Segment
4:03: Tony Harman shows the Donkey Kong Country prototype board
5:14: Phone call with Tim Stamper
5:40: Donkey Kong 3D model
5:59: Tech Talk Segment
6:30: Diddy Kong 3D model
6:42: Donkey Kong animation
7:15: Hot Tips segment
9:32: Music segment
10:15: Round Table segment
11:26: Outro segment
12:47: Killer Instinct Teaser

People featured in order of appearance:
Issac Marshall: 0:08, 8:12, 10:28
Armand Williams: 0:10, 0:14, 0:22, 3:50, 10:17
Rich Richardson: 0:13, 0:18, 3:50, 10:12
Henry Sterchi: 0:18, 0:20, 7:11, 10:17
Ken Lobb: 1:18, 9:34
Tony Harman: 1:59, 3:12, 3:50, 6:58
Dan Owsen: 2:14
Tim Stamper (audio only): 5:20
George Zachary: 5:56

Video captured using a JVC SR-VS20 VCR fed through a Panasonic DMR-ES10 to a Black Magic Intensity 4K capture card. Video has been deinterlaced and compressed for maximum compatibility.

Due to this item having been provided as a free promotion, Hit Save has made the video files available on our archive in a compressed format.

480i ProRes captures remain on record. If you are a video game history researcher and would like access to the physical item or the raw files, please contact us. Such requests are approved on a case by case basis at the discretion of the director.
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Wikipedia: Dan Owsen
Wikipedia: Stamper Brothers
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Date Issued
1994
Creator
Bensussen Deutsch
Format
VHS (NTSC)
Identifier
ark:/78322/5760
Language
English
Publisher
Nintendo
Spatial Coverage
WIL-1
Item sets
Press and Marketing Materials
North American VHS Tapes
Media
Donkey Kong Country Exposed - Box Front
Donkey Kong Country Exposed - Box Back
Donkey Kong Country Exposed - Insert Side 1
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Donkey Kong Country Exposed - Tape Label
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