King Kong (1983)

Game author(s): Stephen Hall, Nicholas Walmsley

Publisher: Your Computer

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King Kong was released in 1983 for the ZX Spectrum 48K home computer. The game was published by IPC Magazines Ltd and developed by Stephen Hall and Nicholas Walmsley.

This title is an arcade platformer designed for a single player. It is based on the official licence of the Nintendo Inc arcade coin-op, adapting the classic obstacle-avoidance gameplay for the ZX Spectrum hardware.

The game holds a weighted user score of 3.5 out of 5 based on 8 votes. There is no information available regarding the original retail price or ports for other platforms.

In the Soviet Union and Russia, the game was distributed on cassette tapes, featuring several cracked versions by groups such as Matasoft and CSL. A brief review appeared in the On-Line magazine, and the title was occasionally mentioned in humor columns of local publications.

Found 4 cracked versions (releases) of the game