Congo's Caper

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

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

Reception

Review scores

Publication	Score
GameFan	83.5%[b]
Power Unlimited	80/100[5]

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]

References

1. 戦え原始人 being the original Japanese subtitle for Joe & Mac.
2. "Now Playing". Nintendo Power. Nintendo. April 1993. pp. 102–103. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
3. 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. "Power Unlimited Game Database". powerweb.nl (in Dutch). 1993. Archived from the original on October 19, 2003. Retrieved November 24, 2022.

External links

• Congo's Caper at MobyGames
• Congo's Capers [sic] at IGN
• Congo's Caper at GameFAQs