Donkey Konga quartet performed solo
by Kyle Orland 
{ Oct 23rd 2006 at 12:55PM }
As a party game, the appeal of Donkey Konga is self-evident -- who doesn't enjoy clapping and banging on things? But while the game is well-tuned to allow gamers of all skill levels to join in, experienced rhythm gamers will be bored to tears by most of the game's patterns. How to crank up the difficulty? Simple -- quadruple the bongos.Tommy Gun over at CrackedRabbitGaming has done just that, drumming along to the Pokémon Theme on four sets of bongos at once. Tommy posted a video of his feats as well as some tips for other bored gamers with four bongo controllers lying around (Hello? Anyone? Bueller?)
Previous drumming insanity: Taiko: Drum Master
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Beans @ Oct 23rd 2006 1:35PM
Impressive
But, four bongos is pretty amateur. Get some four DDR pads and that'l sure be something worth telling your grandchildren 8-).
Clayton @ Oct 24th 2006 12:49AM
Wow, that's really cool. I don't think I would ever be able to do that. :p
Sigh @ Oct 23rd 2006 1:43PM
Beans, I surely hope you're kidding.
It seems like a cool idea. What ever happened to the Donkey Konga series over here anyway?
Also, 4 pad DDR is not new. The Ultramix series on Xbox has a Quad mode. There is also a video floating around of a two machine, for pad setup.
Back on topic, cool stuff.
nick @ Oct 23rd 2006 2:03PM
i think he would have more fun playing pop'n music.. but hey that is just me
Sagan @ Oct 23rd 2006 3:10PM
Actually... playing with one bongo on a higher difficulty is much more difficult than that.
DarkTetsuya @ Oct 23rd 2006 3:39PM
#1
Well, more recent Ultramix DDRs have support for "Quad Mode" (4 pads one player) but I don't know if the charts are any good.
Optimus @ Oct 23rd 2006 4:06PM
get a haircut, ya hippy!
Play that shiz on expert mode, then we'll talk!
butts @ Oct 24th 2006 12:39AM
You should really just find a bunch of videos of people playing pop'n music, far more impressive
Leto @ Oct 24th 2006 1:58AM
The guy looks stupid as hell, and so does the game
Tommy Gun @ Oct 24th 2006 7:45AM
#3: Probably, this was just something to try out. I don't have a PnM controller yet. :(
#4: I don't think so...have you tried playing 4? It's not as easy as it might look. I talk about it on the info page: "DK is weird to play this way for a few reasons — the bongos aren't connected so they slide around and change positions. Reaching them all isn't exactly easy, as you see I stand at an angle so I can move to the side when I need to hit P1 and P4 at once."
#6: There is no expert (Gorilla) in Quartet mode. But it is an easy song, yes. Oh, and hippy? So, according to the internet, I'm a goth, emo, hippy, metro, Australian (??)...what else was there.... :P