Congo Bongo is seen as Sega’s version of the highly
successful arcade game Donkey Kong. But unlike Donkey Kong, the graphics are
more detailed and there are more enemies and traps. It had raster graphics, a
resolution of 256x224, and a 256-color palette. The game contained simple 2D
sprites and a basic sound that played whenever the character jumps.
Figure 1 - Congo Bongo gameplay |
The game shows a safari hunter trying to catch “Bongo”, the
ape that set fire to his tent, in order to have his revenge. The game was made
up of four levels: Primate Peak, which is the closest to Donkey Kong in style,
Snake Lake, Rhino Ridge, and Lazy Lagoon.
Initially, when Cong Bongo was released it was a commercial
failure, but despite this, it has been ported to nearly every major gaming
platform, including SG-1000, MSX, Intellivision, Commodore 64, Atari 2600 and
Atari 5200. Recently, a remake was released for the PlayStation 2.
Bibliography:
Wikipedia.org, (2015). Congo Bongo. [online] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_Bongo
[Accessed 7 March 2015]
Segaretro.org, (2015). Congo Bongo. [online] Available at: http://segaretro.org/Congo_Bongo
[Accessed 7 March 2015]
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