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Description

This game is based on the ancient Chinese legend of "Monkey". The player scrolls through waves of enemies, avoiding rocks and platforms along the way.

Mighty Monkey was produced by Yih Lung in 1982.

Yih Lung released only 1 machine in our database under this trade name. Yih Lung was based in Taiwan.

Other machines made by Yih Lung during the time period Mighty Monkey was produced include:

Mighty Monkey
Mighty Monkey

Specs

Name Mighty Monkey
Developer Yih Lung (Taiwan)
Year 1982
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 8692
Class Wide Release
Genre Platform
Monitor
Conversion Class Konami Classic
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Gameplay Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Buttons: 2 [FireTransform]
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard
Bezel Mighty Monkey Bezel Image

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Game Introduction

By pressing the Transform button Monkey can transform into what looks like a Dragon's head. This has no firing capability but it can eat the fireballs that some enemies fire at you.

Game Play

This is one of the best eye hand coordination games around.

At first the game introduces one monkey that flies around and shoots at the enemy. However, when the enemy changes into fire balls then the monkey has to change into Mighty Monkey. Each level gets harder and the boundaries in which to navigate Mighty Monkey becomes smaller. Quick eye hand coordination is required with both the joystick and the button to swap back and forth from regular monkey to Mighty Monkey. Different enemies are sent and it takes more time to kill each enemy. Precision is key to this game along with instinct because the screen scrolls to the different levels and the player has to look ahead to decide what to do.

Mighty Monkey KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 2.06 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 2.75

Overall Like 3.00
Fun (Social) 0.00
Fun (Solo) 1.00
Collector Desire 4.00

Technical Rating: 1.50

Gameplay 1.00
Graphics 2.00
Originality 2.00
Sound/Music 1.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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Conversion

This game is a conversion for Konami-type boards. A considerable amount of hacking is required, including piggybacking ICs.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Mighty Monkey Census

There are 14,717 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,456 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,294 machines (6,886 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 7 known instances of this machine owned by Mighty Monkey collectors who are active members. Of these, 7 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with an extra Mighty Monkey circuit board for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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