Congo's Caper

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Congo's Caper
Congo's Caper cover.jpg
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 [lower-alpha 1] 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.

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Gameplay

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

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

  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]

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  1. ↑ 戦え原始人 being the original Japanese subtitle for Joe & Mac .
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