|  Bongo | | Title: | Bongo | | Category: | Game/Platformer | | Release Date: | 1986 | | Language: | English | | Size: | 16K | | Device Req.: | Disk or Tape | | Machine: | PAL Only | | Code Type: | Machine code | | Distribution: | Commercial/PD | | Retail Price: | £5.95 | | Game ending type: | No end (highscore) | | |  | | Produced by: | Kingsoft | | Released by: | Anco | | Code by: | Gertz, Udo | | Music by: | Gertz, Brigitte | | Cracked by: | Ceekay | | Notes: | AKA Bongo Construction Kit, Bongo Construction Set. There is an older version, changed probably because of copyright reasons about the covered music. |
Download:
Alternative version:
Anco loading screen:
Ceekay crack:
Kingsoft loading screen:
Tape WAV sample:
Without loading screen (broken Kingsoft tape):
External links:
C64 release
ZX Spectrum release
VIC20 release
User Rating: 8.7/10 (24 votes)
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| | Releases | | Name | Released By | Release Date | Distribution | Product Code | Retail Price | Format | Package | Rarity | Notes | Owned |
| Original release | Anco | 1986 | Commercial | | £5.95 | Disk | | Unspecified | | 1 |
| Kingsoft release | Kingsoft | 1986 | Commercial | | | Cassette | Case | Unspecified | | 1 |
| Original release | Anco | 1986 | Commercial | | | Cassette | | Unspecified | | 1 |
| Kingsoft disk | Kingsoft | 1986 | Commercial | | | Disk | | Unspecified | | 1 |
| Bongo Construction Set release | Kingsoft | Unknown | Commercial | | | Cassette | | Unspecified | | 1 |
| 5 found. |
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| | Hall Of Fame |  | Luca | 186,950 |    |
 | C64Mark | 159,800 | |
 | jolie | 126,750 | |
| 4 | quadrus | 121,400 | |
| 5 | ian | 117,500 | |
| 6 | RoePipi | 83,500 |  |
| 7 | Csabo | 74,900 | |
| 8 | Plus4Punk | 48,750 | |
| 9 | skim | 46,900 | |
| 10 | Chronos | 39,300 | |
| 11 | gerliczer | 34,150 | |
| 12 | Fonsis | 33,450 | |
| 13 | Atisoft | 32,150 | |
| 14 | Waz | 29,250 | |
| 15 | HoldCore | 28,050 | |
| 16 | MMS | 8,000 | |
| 17 | seff | 6,600 | |
| 18 | GigerPunk | 4,950 | |
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Cassette Front Cover (Kingsoft) |
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Cassette Cover Inlay (German) |
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Cassette Cover Instructions 2 (Kingsoft) |
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Cassette Cover Instructions 3 (Kingsoft Release) |
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Cassette Cover Instructions 4 (Kingsoft Release) |
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Cassette Front Cover (Bongo Construction Set Release) |
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Cassette Back Cover (Bongo Construction Set Release) |
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Disk Cover (Front) |
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Disk Cover (Back) |
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| | Physical Media | 
Cassette (C16 Label) |
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Cassette (C16 / Plus 4 Label) |
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Cassette (Bongo Construction Set) |
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Cassette (Anco) |
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| | Differences Between Versions | The older version plays a cover of "Axel F.", composed by Brigitte Gertz. The must has been changed in the newer version, likely to avoid copyright infringement issues. Play both on any emulator:
Latter Version Former Version
The intro text of the final version references Winter Events, whereas the older version refers to the game as "Winter Olympics" (perhaps changed so as not to clash with the Tynesoft game of the same name).
 
Editor menu: the option's text "tape menu" of the early version has been changed to "load save" in the newer one; the older version only has "c-16 tape" as I/O option but you can switch it to "c-16 disk" in the newer one; menu selection can be performed by pressing the fire button in the older version, changed to RETURN key in the latter one.
 
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| | Casual Bug | Apparently, this fatal bug which forces the game to get stuck, occurs randomly in the second screen, when the level includes two enemies and the player's sprite.
In both the cases of losing a life or completing the task for that screen, the game occasionally crashes once one of the sprites crosses the lower central platform: the whole game stucks, music included.
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