C64 Longplay - Congo Bongo (HQ)

Video from the C64 game "Congo Bongo" The video is downloadable at http://www.archive.org/details/C64GVA219-CongoBongo

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Entertainment

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• c64
• congo
• bongo
• longplay

[DocHackenbush]

I can't believe it! What is he doing at 3:35 ??!

[Gmoooba]

@einokeino303 I think the other version has only two levels, at least that's how I remember it, and that's why I thought "Congo Bongo looks good and would be an interesting game, but it's just so short, there's not enough content for me" - so I had to abandon it with teary eyes. Too bad.. I would so have loved for it to have had more content and maybe a more involved gameplay (you can practically just cruise through the first level).

[Gmoooba]

It seems that this game was released in 1985! The "(C) Sega 1983" threw me off - the copyright is from that year, but this version of the game was apparently made in 1985. That really explains why it looks so advanced. The other version was released in 1983, and it only has two levels (just as I remembered). Now everything makes sense again, ahh.

These really didn't look like 1983 graphics - but they are relatively superb even for 1985 (the year of Boulder Dash etc.)

[Gmoooba]

This looks way different than the version I played. And here is the version I played in my childhood: watch?v=UKqjqb8YExM&feature=re­lated

I knew I couldn't remember that wrong. The version I played seems more in tune with the graphical quality at the time. This version looks like somehow improved modern remix or something. I know it's not, but it just looks way too advanced for a 1983 game - the loading picture included (what a great pic!).

So again there were two versions...

[greatestdayofmylife]

funny thing happens when i play congo bongo - these nuts are CRAZY! hey! fellas! let's not get carried away, OH NO! maybe i'll take a walk, then again maybe i'll take a swim! hey, lady! this is a ONE-WAY street! hey that's the guy i've been lookin' for. congo bongo good for hours of laughs.

[clownprince88]

@schaggel

Good point, i'm thinking it's a shock thing, the big fella is stunned to see that this little nerd made it to the top

[schaggel]

@clownprince88 The same way it's done in the original Donkey Kong arcade game ;)

[clownprince88]

please tell me how just standing near the Ape neutralizes him:)

[EricBarbman]

Impressive for 1983. Very good conversion of a rather poor game.

[HellsFire1973]

@DocHackenbush I think the kid took a mouthfull of ape nuts

[edzzzwin]

@edzzzwin means Congo Bongo :$