Suprise! A new, preivously undocumented cheat code has been discovered in the classic Super Nintendo game Donkey Kong Country 2 nearly three decades after it hit store shelves.

For 29 years, classic SNES platformer Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest has held a secret - a hidden cheat code that had never previously been revealed to the world. But now, it's finally gone public.

In the ’90s, Rare released the original Donkey Kong Country trilogy on Super Nintendo. A trio of 2D sidescrolling games, the Donkey Kong Country series helped to breathe new life into the character, introducing new friends,

Gamers discover a new cheat code for the classic Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest almost 29 years after its original release.

If the player pauses the Donkey Kong Country 2 and inputs Right+Y, Left+A, Up+B, and Down+X, they can exit any stage and boot back to the overworld map. This works even if you have not completed the area yet. This is why the code is a big deal: Normally, you can exit a level by pausing and pressing Select, but only if you have beaten it already.

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