Congo Bongo is an arcade developed by Sega Enterprises, Inc., released 31 December 1983 on Atari 2600, Atari 5200, ColecoVision and Intellivision.
What Congo Bongo is
Congo Bongo is an arcade game developed by Sega Enterprises, Inc. and released in 1983. It was published by Coleco. It is available on Atari 2600, Atari 5200, ColecoVision, Intellivision, Apple II, Arcade, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore VIC-20, DOS, MSX and Texas Instruments TI-99.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Congo Bongo is an isometric platform arcade game released by Sega in 1983. The game has come to be seen as Sega's answer to the highly successful Donkey Kong game that was released two years prior. The player takes the role of a red-nosed safari hunter who tries to catch an ape named "Bongo". The hunter seeks Bongo to exact revenge for an apparent practical joke in which Bongo set fire to the hunter's tent, giving him a literal "hotfoot". The game was named by Peter W. Gorrie who was the CFO of Sega at that time.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
Congo Bongo launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac and Zoo Keeper.
Released around the same time: The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, Zoo Keeper.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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