Big Kong
ビッグ・コング
Description
That crazy monkey has carried off your girlfriend. You must rescue her at the top of the screen by traversing beams, climbing ladders and riding elevators while avoiding barrels, fireballs and mudpans.
Big Kong was produced by Unknown in 1981.
Unknown released 761 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1700. Unknown was based in United States.
Other machines made by Unknown during the time period Big Kong was produced include: Defense, Hot Race, Cruncher, Defense Command, Galaxy, Monkey Donkey, Car Race, Billiards The, Donkey King, and Frog
Specs
| Name | Big Kong |
|---|---|
| Developer | Unknown (United States) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 7107 |
| Class | Bootleg |
| Genre | Platform |
| Monitor |
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| Conversion Class | Falcon |
| # Simultaneous Players | 1 |
| # Maximum Players | 2 |
| Game Play | Alternating |
| Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
| Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
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Video Clips
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Game Introduction
This is a unique bootleg. It can be instantly recognised by the modified screen layouts. Some of the ladders on the first screen are in different positions and rise much higher than usual. They can be used to ascend two or three beams at a time, which actually makes the game more difficult.
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Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs
The well-known trick of jumping off the screen works on this bootleg. Climb up the first ladder, move about two pixels to the right and then jump right. Mario will fall off the bottom of the screen and you will advance to the next screen.
Miscellaneous
BOOTLEG OF: Crazy Kong
VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Big Kong Census
There are 16,777 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 10,137 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 172,846 machines (7,256 unique titles).
There are no known instances of this game owned by one of our active members. Additionally, former members held 1 conversion and 3 game boards.
Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Big Kong.
This game ranks a 1 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
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MLA Citation Style
"Big Kong - Videogame by Unknown." Museum of the Game, www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/big-kong. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.
Chicago Bibliographic
International Arcade Museum. "Big Kong - Videogame by Unknown." Accessed July 15, 2026. https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/big-kong.
Chicago Footnote/Endnote
1. "Big Kong - Videogame by Unknown," International Arcade Museum, accessed July 15, 2026, https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/big-kong.
APA Bibliographic
International Arcade Museum. (n.d.). Big Kong - videogame by Unknown. Retrieved July 15, 2026 from https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/big-kong