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Donkey Kong Country: Barrel Maze

Donkey Kong Country: Barrel Maze, or Donkey Kong Barrel Maze, is a browser game developed by Skyworks Interactive (formerly Skyworks Technologies) and published on their website, Candystand.com, under…

31 December 2003

Donkey Kong Country: Barrel Maze is a video game developed by Skyworks Technologies, released 31 December 2003 on Web browser.

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What Donkey Kong Country: Barrel Maze is

Donkey Kong Country: Barrel Maze was developed by Skyworks Technologies and released in 2003. It was published by Candystand.com. It is available on Web browser only. It runs on Adobe Shockwave.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Donkey Kong Country: Barrel Maze, or Donkey Kong Barrel Maze, is a browser game developed by Skyworks Interactive (formerly Skyworks Technologies) and published on their website, Candystand.com, under Nintendo's endorsement. It requires Adobe Shockwave to run. The game is based on elements from Donkey Kong Country and has Donkey Kong in a quasi-starring role, with Diddy Kong and Cranky Kong only making cameo appearances on the title and loading screens. The player controls a barrel loaded with bananas and has to roll it through a series of obstacles to reach DK at the end of every stage in the game.
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Donkey Kong series

Donkey Kong Country: Barrel Maze is the 91st of 190 entries we hold in the Donkey Kong series. The next entry was Classic NES Series: Donkey Kong in 2004.

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What it launched against

Donkey Kong Country: Barrel Maze launched on 31 December 2003, within three weeks of Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II, Sonic Heroes, NFL Street and Zuma.

Released around the same time: Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II, Sonic Heroes, NFL Street, Zuma.

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When did Donkey Kong Country: Barrel Maze come out?
Donkey Kong Country: Barrel Maze was released on 31 December 2003 for Web browser.