Congo Bongo

Main GameReleased 1983

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Genres

PlatformArcade

Themes

Action

Perspective

Bird view / Isometric

Game Modes

Single playerMultiplayer

Release Date

31/12/1983

Platforms

Commodore VIC-20ColecoVisionArcadeAtari 2600Atari 8-bitCommodore C64/128/MAXIntellivisionAtari 5200DOSApple IITexas Instruments TI-99MSX

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Involved Companies

Coleco

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Summary

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.