Congo Bongo

Congo Bongo

1983 · Sega Enterprises, Inc.

3.49 out of 5, 12 ratings

About

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.

Release date
December 31, 1983
Developer
Sega Enterprises, Inc.
Publisher
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Coleco, Sega Enterprises, Inc.
Genres
PlatformerArcade
Themes
Action

Media

Platforms

Commodore VIC-20
ColecoVision
Arcade
Atari 2600
Atari 8-bit
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Intellivision
Atari 5200
DOS
Apple II
Texas Instruments TI-99
MSX

Release dates

ArcadeFull release
Japan · Dec 31, 1983
Commodore C64/128/MAXFull release
North America · Dec 31, 1983
Atari 2600Full release
North America · Dec 31, 1983

Languages

LanguagesAudioSubtitlesInterface
English (US)