#Banjo dreamie rom mods#
#Banjo dreamie rom series#

#Banjo dreamie rom series#

Exploring Gruntilda’s Lair was great due to how you’d unravel the mysteries of the game’s different worlds, and I felt it had an adventure feel similar to that of the Zelda series because of that. Honestly, I’ve always liked exploration more than hard classic platforming, and I loved the Banjo-Kazooie series in part because of that. From there I discovered that both games resembled each other quite a bit in terms of gameplay, and ended up preferring the smaller worlds and more exploration focused gameplay in Banjo-Kazooiie over that of DK64. I remember buying the N64 with the DK64 bundle, and tried Banjo-Kazooie afterwards when a friend lent it to me. So how did you get into that franchise anyway?

Yeah, kinda guessed you’d be expecting another 3D collectathon from a Yooka-Laylee sequel, given your interest in the Banjo-Kazooie series. So if you like Donkey Kong Country, check it out. Expected something a bit more akin to the Banjo-Kazooie formula again to be honest.Įither way, it’s an absolutely amazing game, and the fact you have to explore the world like in a 2D Zelda game is fantastic too. I 100% recommend the latter, though I was a bit disappointed when it was announced as a 2D platformer. Well at the moment I’m playing Crash Bandicoot Insane Trilogy for Switch and Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair on Steam. Still, what games are you playing now? Any newer ones you believe are absolutely amazing? Seems like quite a few people got into games with those knockoff consoles, especially in Europe. Okay, most of them were actually different versions of the same 15 or 20 games, but still, they included the likes of Super Mario Bros, Duck Hunt, Bomberman, Tetris, Contra, Lode Runner, Tank, Arkanoid, Mappy and Wild Gunman, which along with a copy of Super Mario Bros 3 they bought late, kept me going until 1999 when I got an N64. So what got you interested in games anyway? What was your first ever game?īack in 1993 my parents bought a clone of the NES (Brigmton brand), which came with two controllers, a gun and a cartridge with 128 games.

#Banjo dreamie rom mods#

Given that Mark is my real name and I wanted to dedicate my channel to mods, Mark Kurko Mods sounded like a very logical channel name to go with.

When I was a teenager I was a great fan of Nirvana (I still am), and my friends started calling me Kurko (a diminutive of Kurt Cobain) as a nickname. Where did your channel name come from anyway? Mark Kurko is a 31 old man from Castelló de la Plana (Spain) who first got interested in 3D modeling about 5 or 6 years ago, and who hopes to one day make a living from his own video game projects. First though, let’s have a bit of background info. So in this interview, we’re gonna talk to him, and see exactly how he comes up with his fantastic ROM hacks.

Thanks to a modder by the name of Mark Kurko, that’s been receiving all manner of interesting crossover hacks made for it, ranging from Zelda ones like Jiggies of Time and the Bear Waker to ones inspired by Mario, Donkey Kong and Super Smash Bros to name just a few. The world of fan games and ROM hacks is a vast one, with communities for virtually every gaming franchise in existence having an internet presence somewhere or other.Īnd one of the most interesting yet underrated examples there is the Banjo-Kazooie series. No, all manner of games do, from second tier Nintendo franchises to obscure Japan only Famicom games. Yet despite how it may appear from our examples (as well as coverage on gaming sites and forums), it’s not just franchises like Mario and Zelda which get fan works made about them. From Super Mario 64 Last Impact to Super Mario Sunshine 64, URA Zelda to AM2R, we’ve covered all manner of them here on the site, as well as interviewed many of their creators. As you know, we’re huge fans of fan games and ROM hacks here on Gaming Reinvented.