Navigate your hunter through four jungle levels, avoiding monkeys, rolling coconuts, rhinoceros, scorpions, snakes, hippos and giant fish. The game uses colorful three-quarter perspective graphics and has humorous intermissions.
Tip Top was produced by Sega in 1983.
Sega released 593 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1960. Sega was based in United States.
Other machines made by Sega during the time period Tip Top was produced include: Character Cabinets, Oh Shou Serizawa 8dan no Tsume-Shougi, Zoom 909, Zektor, Tac/Scan, Astron Belt, Champion Baseball, Champion Baseball 2, Champion Boxing, and Commando (Sega)
Name | Tip Top |
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Developer | Sega (United States) |
Year | 1983 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 10128 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | Platform |
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Conversion Class | Sega Zaxxon |
Game Specific | Tip Top Pinout |
Dipswitch Settings | |
# Simultaneous Players | 1 |
# Maximum Players | 2 |
Game Play | Alternating |
Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
Controls |
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Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
Cabinet Styles |
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The game begins with an animation where Bongo the gorilla approaches the sleeping hunter and gives him a "hotfoot". You play the hunter who has vowed revenge on Bongo for this cruel prank. The first level is Primate Peak. Climb to the top to reach Bongo the gorilla, avoiding the rolling coconuts he throws at you. Do not let the monkeys jump on your back, because if three of them get on you, they will toss you over the cliff. Press the jump button repeatedly to dislodge them. When you reach Bongo, he will retreat and you will follow him to the next level.
The second level is Snake Lake. Avoid the scorpions that crawl on the beginning side of the lake and jump onto the maze-like paths while jumping over or avoiding snakes. Jump onto the back of the submerging hippo without getting your feet wet to reach Bongo.
The third level is Rhino Ridge. Avoid the deadly puddles and dodge the charging rhinos by jumping over them or hiding down in the mole holes. Do not wait too long in any of the holes because a man in a headress randomly appears in the various pits and fills them in. When you have made it safely past the entire rhino herd, climb the rock where Bongo stands to proceed to the fourth and final level.
Level four is Lazy Lagoon. Cross the water by leaping onto floating lily pads and standing rocks, and riding on the backs of submerging hippos and swimming giant fish. When you reach dry land, a couple of rhinos will be charging back and forth and after you get past them, you will find Bongo sleeping on his chair next to a fire. The hunter will finally have his revenge and give Bongo the hotfoot, after which, the game begins again, but with increased difficulty.
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European version of Congo Bongo.
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Uncommon - There are 6 known instances of this machine owned by Tip Top collectors who are active members. Of these, 6 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
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