Donkey Kong Country 2 cheat code found after nearly 30 years

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest has been available for close to three decades, but it was only until this week that a new cheat code was found.

By using the cheat, players can return to the map screen. It works even if the haven’t completed the stage yet.

The Donkey Kong Country 2 cheat code only requires a few inputs. While on the pause screen, simply enter right + Y, left + A, up + B, and down + X. You should then see the results of the code immediately. h4v0c21 was the one to pass along the news first and X user tnkt_kong shared it on social media.

In one way it feels ironic that this cheat has only been found now given how Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest has been in the news over the past week. The game was not only added to Nintendo Music, but new icons are now being offered for Nintendo Switch Online members. We covered both of those things here.

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest first ended up on the SNES at the end of 1995. Rare would end up developing a third game in the series, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble, for the following year.