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STAGES OF EVOLUTION: DONKEY KONG LAND 2

What was your role on Donkey Kong Land 2?

It was my first game-design project. A software engineer called Rob Harrison had graphics and turned them into greyscale versions. I was given the level creation tool, told to make levels that had the flavour of the SNES version and hurry the fuck up. But in a nice way!

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