Donkey Kong Country rules I remember I used to play it for countless hours when I was a little kid. It would just be me in one room playing and cursing each time I would die. memories Anyway; b button = jump; hold y button = run, A and X button gets you off of your animal buddies, SELECT is to tag between Diddy and Donkey Kong. The arrow keys are to move around, start is to pause. The shoulder buttons don't do anything. With y you can also utilize the special skill of a couple of your animal buddies: the Rhino will thrust its horn and the swordfish will thrust its sword. You can glide with the ostrich by jumping and rapidly tapping the b button. You can start a new game after the title screen. If you couldn't move where it shows the 3 save slots, then your controller is probably broken. The object of the game is to complete all of the stages until you reach King K. Rool on his ship. There are bonuses on each stage but they don't amount to any progress upon completion (though on DKC 2 and 3, they do).