Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest is a platform game developed by Rare and released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1995. This patch modifies the game to default to stereo sound, addressing the issue that the US and European versions originally defaulted to mono sound, while the Japanese version had stereo by default. The patch alters audio settings, though some tracks, particularly menu music, may exhibit volume discrepancies.
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.
Donkey Kong Country 2 - Diddy's Kong Quest Default to Stereo Patch v1.00
Until user "singhtruer" mentioned this on the romhacking message boards, I had
no idea that Donkey Kong Country 2 defaulted to Mono sound.
This simple patch changes the game so that it defaults to Stereo.
Notes:
For some reason, only the US/EU releases are affected by this, and the Japanese
version is Stereo by default. However, in both that version, and this after being
patched, it seems the menu music behaves a little strange in Stereo. If you
listen closely, the echo effect on the horn sounds like it's 100% volume in only
the left channel, and absent in the right channel. No idea why this is the case.
(On that note, if you're familiar with coding for the spc700, I feel like fixing
this track would be pretty easy, just average out the volume for this channel
on both left/right channels. Or maybe I have no idea what I'm talking about...)
Patch made using bsnes debugger and a hex editor.
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
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