Haunted Hall

Level Details

Game	Donkey Kong Country 2
World name	Gloomy Gulch
Level name	Haunted Hall
Previous level	Ghostly Grove
Next level	Gusty Glade

Difficulty:

• Optimal: 4/10
• Optimal Alternative: Albert Einstein/10

Any%

Optimal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l40D_jjzIYQ

Notes

• Jump up all upwards slopes, no matter the size.
• Jumping down small slopes will lose you time, only aim to jump down large slopes.
• Jumping on flat ground loses time, with some exceptions.
• Jumping into the transition doors also saves minimal frames. Aim as high as you can.
  • These may not feel like much, but an optimal Haunted Hall route can save up to 3-4 seconds compared to a casual route.
• Jumping over the bee at 1:17 can be tricky. You have to get really close to its hitbox (note that there is one bee in the J version).

Optimal Alternative (TAS Route)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss92B9Ev_N8

Notes

• Carefully follow precisely where the video jumps and the size of these jumps. This may seem like a lot to take in, but every jump adds up.
  • Failing to follow exactly this will cause you to lose time instead of save.
  • Nearly every jump has a visual cue at a railroad tie or wooden post (or shortly after one, in a few cases).
• This route is difficult to learn/memorize, but saves ~1.1 over the "optimal" route above.
  • However, it only saves ~0.7 over Djeez's Haunted.
• This could be ~0.1 faster on J (see safe route above at 1:15; the section where there is one bee instead of two).