[Nintendo 64] Donkey Kong 64 - Krazy Kong Klamour mini game impossible to beat without abusing save states

[robfozz64]

Describe the issue
The higher difficulty level versions of the Krazy Kong Klamour minigame that appear later in the game(specifically the ones at Fungi Forest and Crystal Caves) run too fast to be winnable without abusing save states. The only way to win is to save state, see where the golden banana will spawn, then load state and pre-fire your shot to where it will be. Similar behavior can be seen on the Wii U virtual console version and other inferior emulators.

Expected behavior: You should still have enough time to see the golden banana spawn and fire your shot even at the minigames fastest difficulty setting.

Game is otherwise perfectly playable and able to be completed with no other issues. I got 101% after relying on savestates for this minigame. You guys do great work on this emulator, thank you!

Rom Information
Format: | BigEndian
  | File: | Donkey Kong 64 (USA).z64 | Donkey Kong 64 (USA).z64
Donkey Kong 64 (USA).z64
  | Size: | 33554432
  | CRC32: | d44b4fc6
  | MD5: | 9ec41abf2519fc386cadd0731f6e868c
  | SHA-1: | cf806ff2603640a748fca5026ded28802f1f4a50
  | SHA-256: | b6347d9f1f75d38a88d829b4f80b1acf0d93344170a5fbe9546c484dae416ce3
  | Serial: | NDOE

[RinMaru]

if this happens on wii U than its likely an actual issue on n64 and not a bug but just brutal difficulty for games for that time

[robfozz64]

if this happens on wii U than its likely an actual issue on n64 and not a bug but just brutal difficulty for games for that time

No, the Wii U emulator does not replicate the slowdown of a real N64 in any way. Ares at least currently does, just not enough in this specific case. This is not an issue on real hardware. The minigame is challenging for sure but not supposed to require magical clairvoyance to know where the banana will spawn lol.

[hackgrid]

Could you also supply a savestate / savegame for this?

[robfozz64]

Could you also supply a savestate / savegame for this?

Heres a save file and a save state, save state should be at the minigame but if not find Snides HQ ingame and choose Bonus to try the minigame: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kqqQR3djO2sM5Jysgs0PAC0s0_nT_kQO?usp=sharing

[jyetcv]

It seems slightly too fast. If you compare it to real N64 footage, you will notice that ares has a higher framerate than the N64 does. It is technically possible to beat this bonus stage in Ares.

dk-bonus-stage.mp4

[robfozz64]

It seems slightly too fast. If you compare it to real N64 footage, you will notice that ares has a higher framerate than the N64 does. It is technically possible to beat this bonus stage in Ares.

dk-bonus-stage.mp4

Thanks for taking the time to check it out. Guess I'm just bad at the game lol but it definitely is still running too fast.