Congo's Caper

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Congo's Caper
North American cover art
Developer(s)Data East
Publisher(s)Data East
Composer(s)Emi Shimizu
Seiji Momoi
Seiji Yamanaka
Platform(s)Super NES
Release
  • JP: December 18, 1992
  • NA: May 1993
  • EU: 1993
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Single-player

Congo's Caper[a] is a side-scrolling platform action video game developed and published for the Super NES by Data East. The game was released in Japan in 1992. A North American version was released in May 1993.[2] It was later released on the Nintendo Switch via the Nintendo Switch Online service on May 26, 2022.

Gameplay[edit]

The plot of Congo's Caper involves a half-human, half-monkey boy named Congo, who sets out on a quest to rescue his girlfriend after she is abducted by a demon. The player controls Congo. Congo's Caper is played across 35 levels that take place in multiple worlds, including a jungle, a mountain range, a pirate ship, a volcano, and a ghost town. The bosses include the demon, a T-Rex, a ninja, a pirate, a mad scientist, and a vampire. If Congo is hit by an enemy, he reverts to his monkey form. If Congo is hit again, the player loses a life.[3]

Reception[edit]

Nintendo Power praised the game's graphics, controls, password feature, and variety of levels, but wrote: "The game doesn't really do anything that Super Mario World and countless other games have done just as well".[2] AllGame rated Congo's Caper three and a half stars out of five.[3] Power Unlimited gave the game a score of 80% writing: "Congo's Caper is a fun, varied platform game. Yet it is not a game that will be remembered by anyone as a seasoning. The controls are too stiff for that, and the levels are too easy for that.[5]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Known in Japan as Caveman Combat 2: The Adventures of Rookie (Japanese: 戦え原始人2 ルーキーの冒険, Hepburn: Tatakae Genshijin 2: Rūkī no Bōken)[1]
  2. ^ In GameFan's review, four critics scored Congo's Caper differently: 86%, 85%, 81%, and 82%.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 戦え原始人 being the original Japanese subtitle for Joe & Mac.
  2. ^ a b "Now Playing". Nintendo Power. Nintendo. April 1993. pp. 102–103. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Marriott, Scott Alan. "Congo's Caper - Overview". AllGame. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  4. ^ Skid; Brody; Slick, Tom; The Enquirer (January 1993). "Viewpoint". GameFan. Vol. 1, no. 3. pp. 10–11. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Power Unlimited Game Database". powerweb.nl (in Dutch). 1993. Archived from the original on October 19, 2003. Retrieved November 24, 2022.

External links[edit]

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