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History:

Congo Bongo (c) 1983 Sega.

Congo Bongo is an isometric platform game and is Sega's take on Nintendo's legendary "Donkey Kong". The game begins with an animated cut-scene showing Bongo the gorilla as approaches the campsite of a sleeping safari hunter and sets fire to his tent. The player takes on the role of the hunter who has vowed revenge on Bongo for this cruel prank.

The game consists of four different scenes. Each is timed by a bonus counter in the upper left corner of the screen. As time passes, the bonus decreases. If the bonus counter reaches zero, a player life is lost.

Congo Bongo's four scenes are as follows:

* Primate Peak. Climb to the top to reach Bongo the gorilla, avoiding the rolling coconuts he throws at the hunter. Don't let the monkeys jump on the hunter's back, because if three manage to take hold, they will throw the hunter over the cliff. Pressing the jump button repeatedly will dislodge them. Once Bongo is reached, he will retreat and the hunter will follow him to the next scene.

* Snake Lake. Avoid the scorpions that crawl onto the grassy area on which the hunter starts the scene and jump onto the maze-like paths, while jumping over or avoiding snakes. Jump onto the back of the submerging hippo without touching the water - this must be carefully timed as the hippo dives and surfaces - to reach Bongo.

* Rhino Ridge. Avoid the deadly puddles and dodge the charging rhinos by jumping over them or hiding down in the mole holes. Do not wait too long in any of the holes because a man in a headdress randomly appears in the various pits and fills them in. Once the hunter is safely past the rhino herd, climb the rock where Bongo stands to proceed to the fourth and final scene.

* Lazy Lagoon. Cross the water by leaping onto floating lily pads and standing rocks, as well as riding on the backs of submerging hippos and swimming giant fish. Once dry land is reached, a couple of rhinos will be charging back and forth, once these have been safely passed, the hunter will find Bongo sleeping on his chair next to a fire. The hunter will finally have his revenge and give Bongo the hotfoot, after which the game begins again with an increased level of difficulty.

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID : 605-5167

Main CPU : Z80 (@ 3.04125 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)

Sound Chips : Discrete circuitry, SN76496 (@ 4 Mhz)

Players : 2

Control : 4-way joystick

Buttons : 1 (JUMP)

- TRIVIA -

Released in February 1983.

Also known as "Tip Top" in Europe. All boards are screen printed SEGA and the sound board actually has the name Tip Top on it.

Jason Cram holds the official record for this game with 1506300 points on July 21, 2003.

- SCORING -

Each step taken : 10 points

Jumping onto hippo, fish or lily pad (increases by 50 each round) : 100 points

Jumping into a mole hole : 1000 points

Jumping across a chasm : 500 points

At the successful completion of each round, the player is awarded the number of points remaining in the bonus box.

- PORTS -

* Consoles :

Mattel Intellivision [US] (1983)

Atari 2600 [US] (1983) [Model 006-01]

Atari 5200 [US] (1983) [Model 006-02]

Sega SG-1000 [JP] (1983) [Model G-1007]

Sega SG-1000 [EU/AU] (1983)

Colecovision [US] (1984) [Model 2669]

Atari XEGS

Sony PSP [US] (Nov.2006, "Sega Genesis Collection [Model ULUS-10192]")

Sony PSP [EU/AU] (Feb.2007, "Sega Mega Drive Collection [Model ULES-00556]")

Sony PlayStation 2 [JP] (Dec.2005, "Sega Memorial Selection [Sega Ages 2500 Vol.23] [Model SLPM-62709] ")

Sony PlayStation 3 [US] (Feb.2009, "Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection") [Model BLUS-30259] : Unlockable, see note below.

Sony PlayStation 3 [KO] (Feb.2009, "Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection") : Unlockable.

Sony PlayStation 3 [EU] (Feb.2009, "Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection [Model BLES-00475]") : Unlockable.

Sony PlayStation 3 [AU] (Feb.2009, "Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection") : Unlockable.

Microsoft XBOX 360 [US] (Feb.2009, "Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection") [Model 68034] : Unlockable.

Microsoft XBOX 360 [EU] (Feb.2009, "Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection") [Model 384-40210] : Unlockable.

Microsoft XBOX 360 [AU] (Feb.2009, "Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection") : Unlockable.

NOTE: To unlock the game on the PlayStation 3 and XBOX 360, just clear the first stage of "Streets of Rage" using all three playable characters.

* Computers :

Atari 800 [US] (1983) [Model 006-03]

Commodore VIC-20 [US] (1983)

Commodore C64 [EU] (1983)

Commodore C64 [US] (1983) [Model 006-05]

Apple II (1983)

Texas Instruments TI-99/4A [US] (1983) [Model PHM-3227]

PC [Booter] (1984)

- SOURCES -

Game's rom.

Machine's picture.

MAME XML Output:

<description>Congo Bongo (Rev C, 3 board stack)</description>

</input>

</dipswitch>

</dipswitch>

</dipswitch>

</dipswitch>

</dipswitch>

</dipswitch>

</dipswitch>

</dipswitch>

</dipswitch>

</game>

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