

Inside the catacombs, there is a closed door with a Coconut Switch. The Haunted Mine Cart Run is Donkey Kong's in Creepy Castle. Resident demon in the Haunted Mine Cart Run. One of the first publicly revealed Donkey Kong 64 screenshots appeared to be of Diddy's Mine Cart Ride as the screenshot shows him riding his Mine Cart away from an adjacent Krash. Another one is how most of Squawks's dialogue is different. There are a few notable differences, one of them being that Diddy must collect 70 coins rather than 50, which significantly increases the difficulty. This challenge is one of the few randomly selected options in the kiosk demo for Donkey Kong 64 when starting the game. After that, Squawks will appear and reward the player with a Golden Banana if they have collected 50 coins. After Diddy enters its mouth, he will find some more TNT Barrel minecarts, followed by two more crossroads. Shortly after, another purple dragon can be found, it will open its mouth as soon as the player approaches it. Following that, the player will find some more mine tracks, this time with TNT Barrel minecarts. Diddy will need to go in the dragon's mouth, finding three more TNT Bombers inside. Later, the player will find the dragon's head, whose mouth opens and closes quickly. After that, Diddy will come to a crossroad the switch on the right changes the open door. Later, Diddy finds a TNT Bomber on the upper mine track, who will try to fall on Diddy he will need to slow down to dodge it. After dodging the fire, Diddy will go through a door shortly after, a Krash will appear again. Next, the player will find two green dragon hands, as some fire appears on and off. After that, Diddy will then climb down a hill with some turns. The Kremling will try attacking Diddy with a club, which he must jump to dodge. Shortly after, Diddy will find another minecart with a Krash in it. After entering the minecart, Squawks will tell the player to collect 50 coins to win a Golden Banana. Deep inside there is a machine, which Diddy can Chimpy Charge the slow button to make the conveyor belts go slower allowing Diddy to reach his minecart and enter the ride. Diddy can enter the mine by shooting a peanut using his Peanut Popgun at the Target Switch on the hill by the Bananaport Pad 2, which makes a spiral ramp appear, allowing him to enter an alcove. Diddy's Mine Cart Ride is in Jungle Japes.
