Congo Bongo
| Congo Bongo | |
|---|---|
| Original title | テ ィ ッ プ タ ッ プ |
| transcription | Tippu Tappu (Tip Top) |
| Studio |
 Sega Ikegami Tsushinki
|
| Publisher |
Sega
|
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
1983 |
| genre | Retro / Maze |
| Game mode | Up to 2 players, alternating rounds |
| control | Joystick (4-way) |
| casing | default |
| Arcade system | CPU : Z80 @ 3,072 MHz; Z80 @ 2 MHz; SN76496 audio @ 4 MHz |
| monitor | Raster , resolution 256 × 224 (vertical) Color palette: 256 |
Congo Bongo (Japanese: Tip Top) is an arcade game released by the Sega company in 1983 . The game is rated as Sega's answer to the hugely successful Donkey Kong game released two years earlier. The player takes on the role of a safari hunter who wants to catch the gorilla Bongo.
Gameplay
The game principle of Congo Bongo was based on that of other popular games of the time, especially the arcade games Frogger and Donkey Kong. In contrast to these games, Congo Bongo uses an isometric representation .
Ports
Congo Bongo has been ported to many different home computer platforms, including a. ColecoVision , Intellivision , C64 , Apple II , Atari 5200 , TI-99 / 4A , VC-20 , Atari 2600 , MSX .
Web links
- Congo Bongo in the Killer List of Video Games (English)
- Congo Bongo at MobyGames (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Masumi Akagi: Sore wa "Pong" kara Hajimatta. Arcade TV Game no Naritachi ( そ れ は 『ポ ン』 か ら 始 ま っ た: ア ー ケ ー ド ＴＶ ゲ ー ム の 成 り 立 ち ). Amusement Tsūshinsha, 2005, ISBN 4-9902512-0-2