Navigate the confusing factory floors of Frantic Factory in Donkey Kong 64. This guide covers activating BANANAPORTS, defeating Krobots, and mastering the challenging DK Arcade mini-game.
This area, Frantic Factory, is composed of four floors. You start on the lobby, which is the second floor. Below are the storage and production rooms. The third floor is the testing room, and the fourth is the R&D room. Maps highlighting your current floor can be found throughout the factory. Be aware of robot enemies called Krobots, which can only be defeated with an Orange Grenade but drop two melon slices. Krobots are often found in the dark, confusing tunnels.
- 1At the start, go forward. Chunky will ask for help from inside his cage. Activate BANANAPORT #1 and #2 on "tables". Head forward between the purple and grey tunnels. Kill the two Krobots, then Simian Slam the blue switch to open a hatch. Activate BANANAPORT #3 on your right.
- 2Head back and go through the purple tunnel. Kill the Krobot for 5 bananas. Climb down the pole to the bottom of the tunnel. Collect three coins (32) and head to the other side to a new tunnel. Go through, killing the Kritter and Krobot, and collecting 11 bananas. The production room door opens automatically. Head to the other side of the room and activate BANANAPORT #4.
- 3Go through the storage room door and follow the tunnel, collecting 15 bananas. You'll enter a room with boxes. Use the Donkey pad to start a barrel blasting course. Shoot into the barrels to collect banana bunches (20, 25, 30, 35). Shoot through the barrels to return to the last banana bunch. Shoot into the ring above the barrel, then shoot to the DK star.
- 4A lever near a DK arcade machine appears. Go to the upper-right corner and activate BANANAPORT #1. Head to the lower-left corner and Simian Slam the blue switch to open a gate near the start. Climb the boxes and head through the tunnel to find Cranky's and Funky's shops. Kill the Kremlings and shoot the banana balloon (45). Enter Cranky's shop and pay seven coins (25) to learn the Gorilla Grab.
- 5Go back through the tunnel and down the stack of boxes. Head into the path on your left to find a purple Kasplat. Ignore it and climb the pole above. Go through the tunnel and make a left at the fork, then activate BANANAPORT #5. Pull the lever by standing on the footplate and pressing B to activate the original DK arcade game.
DK Arcade
You must defeat the original DK arcade game twice to get two prizes. Use the control stick to move Mario left or right, press A to jump over barrels. You can destroy barrels with a hammer for more points. You can climb ladders if they are not broken, but be careful of barrels rolling down them. Getting hit by a barrel instantly kills Mario, forcing you to start over.
Stage 1
Make your way up several floors, climbing ladders and jumping barrels. Go all the way right, climb a ladder, and grab the hammer if desired. Wait for low barrel traffic, then climb the middle ladder. Be aware that barrels hitting the oil drum at the bottom turn into flames that can go up broken ladders. You can partially climb broken ladders to avoid barrels. Near the top, wait for low barrel traffic, then climb to the top and reach Peach to end the round.
Stage 2
Climb a ladder to the first conveyor belt with pies. Touching pies results in death. The conveyor belt direction can change, so move with it and away from the pies. Climb the ladder to the fireball and quickly head right or left. Climb one of the retracting ladders to win the round.
Stage 3
Jump to the elevators going up the pole. If you fall, you die. Jump to the two ladder platforms with the fireball, avoiding the enemy. Take the elevator down and jump to the ledge at the bottom. Avoid the springboards bouncing down. Head up to the right, then left, avoiding the springboards. Cross at the exact point the springboards block your path. After the second hazard area, climb the ladder and jump to the last ladder. Wait by the ladder for a springboard to bounce off, then quickly climb up. Wait for another springboard to pass, then climb the final ladder to win.
Stage 4
Jump over all the yellow blocks while avoiding fireballs.
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