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Congo Bongo

1983 1-2 Players 63% Not Rated

Congo Bongo (J: Tip Top (ティップタップ Tippu Tappu?)) is an isometric platform arcade game released by Sega in 1983. 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[citation needed] who was the CFO of Sega at that time. The game's ROM contains a message indicating it was likely coded at least in part by the company Ikegami Tsushinki.

Release date
March 12, 1983
Developer
Sega
Publisher
Sega
Players
1-2

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Congo Bongo

Congo Bongo (J: Tip Top (ティップタップ Tippu Tappu?)) is an isometric platform arcade game released by Sega in 1983. 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[citation needed] who was the CFO of Sega at that time.

The game's ROM contains a message indicating it was likely coded at least in part by the company Ikegami Tsushinki.

Genres

Action

Modes

Multiplayer

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Developer
Sega
Publisher
Sega

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Release date

WorldwideMarch 12, 1983 · Not Rated

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