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Pac-Kong

Pac-Kong plays very similar to Donkey Kong. The player controls an "adventurer" (called Kong in some versions of the game) and has to reach the treasures the evil octopus hid away. Each level consists of a…

31 December 1983

Pac-Kong is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Suntek, released 31 December 1983 on Atari 2600.

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What Pac-Kong is

Pac-Kong is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Suntek and released in 1983. It is available on Atari 2600 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Pac-Kong plays very similar to Donkey Kong. The player controls an "adventurer" (called Kong in some versions of the game) and has to reach the treasures the evil octopus hid away. Each level consists of a series of platforms that are interconnected by ladders. The only action the player can take besides moving around is pressing fire to make the hero jump. This is necessary to get across the gaps between some of the platforms. At the same time, the player has to avoid the smaller octopi as well as clouds of poison gas which move around the screen randomly. Once the player reaches one of the treasure chests at the top of the screen they won the level and a new round starts.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Pac-Kong 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.

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When did Pac-Kong come out?
Pac-Kong was released on 31 December 1983 for Atari 2600.

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