Donkey Kong Country 2 Stereo Default

Original game : Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

Platform : SNES

Author : ioev

Release date : 25 December 2020

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.0

Modifications : S

Downloads : 901

ROM Information

Database match: Donkey Kong Country 2 - Diddy's Kong Quest (USA) (En,Fr)
Database: No-Intro: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20180813-062835)
File/ROM SHA-1: 3EC2035962918B5523D8B4745406F46F2A739B8D
File/ROM CRC32: 6364DB

Hack description

Donkey Kong Country 2 - Diddy's Kong Quest Default to Stereo Patch v1.00

This patch was created after user "singhtruer" mentioned on the romhacking message boards that Donkey Kong Country 2 always defaulted to Mono. This simple patch changes the game so that it now defaults to Stereo.

Special Notes:
* US/EU versions default to mono, while the JP release defaults to stereo.
* In all versions of the game, the menu/save screen music stereo mix sounds wrong. There is an echo effect in the track that seems to be at 100% volume on the left channel and 0% on the right. In mono mode the volume sounds correct.

Patch made using bsnes debugger and a hex editor.

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
ioev	Hacking

Reviews

Very cool, but needs an update to fix the channel level bug	ifightdragons	2020-12-26	Version 1.0
This is a neat little convenience hack that does what it says, but not without a serious flaw. Like the author has already mentioned in the description, it causes a bug that messes up the audio channel levels/panning. This ought to be ironed out before release. So as it stands, I can't recommend this.

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