Crazy Kong (1981)

Falcon

Port of Donkey Kong

Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX

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Crazy Kong is an arcade game created by Falcon, released in 1981 and is similar to Nintendo's Donkey Kong. Although commonly mistaken as a bootleg version, the game is officially licensed for non-US markets and is based on different hardware. The game retains all of the gameplay elements of Donkey Kong, but has all of the graphics redrawn and re-colorized. … Crazy Kong is an arcade game created by Falcon, released in 1981 and is similar to Nintendo's Donkey Kong. Although commonly mistaken as a bootleg version, the game is officially licensed for non-US markets and is based on different hardware.

The game retains all of the gameplay elements of Donkey Kong, but has all of the graphics redrawn and re-colorized. They were allowed to produce a certain amount of printed circuit boards (PCB) and were banned from exporting them. Falcon breached this agreement by producing more than 9000 excess units and also by exporting them to the US. On January 29, 1982, Nintendo terminated their license agreement.

It had a second version called Crazy Kong Part II.
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Details

Developers
Falcon
Publishers
Falcon, Zaccaria
Genres
Arcade, Platform
Themes
Action
Franchises
Donkey Kong
Series
Crazy Kong, Donkey Kong

Release dates

  • 1981 Arcade