Colecovision HSC week #19 - Congo Bongo

[theking21083]

NOTE: THIS WEEKS GAME HAS ENDED!

Congo Bongo

Game Info

An extremely faithful port of the famous jump-n-run platform arcade game. Run, jump, and climb your way through a dangerous jungle while avoiding various animals and projectiles.

-This game was suggested by: theking21083

-Skill level: 1

Challenge

-None

HSC Info

-Post your scores in this thread and every couple of days I will update the leaderboard.

-The cutoff for posting scores will be the following Wednesday at 1:00 A.M. Eastern.

-Use the same skill level as posted so that all the scores will be acurate.

-Please read the Rules and Regulations thread for a thoural description of the HSC rules.

-If you would like to make a challenge for this game try to let me know before you post your first score.

Current High Scores

1st - duncantoml (29,650 )

2nd - joeybastard (18,750)

3rd - Ikrananka (15,900)

4th - theking21083 (8,700)

Leaderboard

1st -duncantoml +202 points

2nd -joeybastard +151 points

3rd -Ikrananka +121 points

4th -theking21083 +120 points

5th -chuckwalla +95 points

6th -Mister VCS +80 points

7th -RJ +63

8th -Recycled +42 points

9th -ColecoNation +33

10th-Blackjack +26 points

11th-jboypacman +23 points

12th-PressureCooker2600 +22 points

12th-1982VideoGames +22 points

13th-Prodos8 +11

13th-doubledown +11

14th-Albert +9 points

14th-jetset +9 points

14th-ladybugz +9

15th-purenergy +6 points

16th-edweird13 +1 point

16th-ScottHuggins +1 point

16th-Artlover +1 point

16th-Murph74 +1 point

Edited March 12, 2008 by theking21083

[theking21083]

I guess I'll be the first to post: 8,700

[Ikrananka]

Man this game sucks big time. Is this game to the CV what E.T. was to the Atari 2600?

 

Level 1 is too simple and easy. Getting caught by the black monkey's is hardly a problem as a few jumps shakes them off.

Level 2 is truly awful with those semi-randomised stop-charge movements of the Rhino's very frustrating. Hiding in a hole seems to make them congregate around you and then the mole(?) pushes you out staight into one of their charges killing you. Maybe this is why this is where the big points can be scored - 1000 points for each NEW hole that you enter.

Level 3 - terrible collision detection and the isometric view make this level extremely hard (for me anyway). I can get to this level with lots of lives but then lose them rapidly. Trying to jump onto the fish is painful. So far I have only made it onto the second fish once - as soon as I tried to move and jump for the far shore I went straight into the water and lost my last life.

 

Didn't enjoy this game at all and so will not play again. Highest score I got was 15,900.

Edited March 10, 2008 by Ikrananka

[duncantoml]

Got a few games in and ended with 29,650

[joeybastard]

I suck at this game but I can't help but kind of like it. The CV version is definitely better than the 5200 version but neither is a great game. What's kind of dumb about it is that you can score more for running around in circles than you can for completing the level quickly. I doubt I'll get any more games in this week, I'm getting crushed at work.

 

18,750