Kong Strikes Back (1984)
- Download the game as TAP/TZX
- Play the tape for a real Spectrum
- Run the game in an online ZX Spectrum emulator
Kong Strikes Back was released in 1984 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. The game was published by Ocean Software and developed by Nigel Alderton and Jonathan M. Smith, with a loading screen designed by F. David Thorpe. Bob Wakelin provided the inlay and poster art.
This single-player arcade platformer offers flexible control options, including Kempston joystick, Interface 2, cursor keys, and fully redefinable keys.
The original cassette price was £6.9. The title was also ported to the Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 platforms.
The game holds an average magazine score of 69%. It received a 73% rating from Crash magazine and a 65% score from Sinclair Programs.
The game gained recognition in the USSR through POKE codes published in magazines like Revival and Emulate. Several TR-DOS versions were released by groups such as Phantom Ltd and Mike Blum. It also appeared in cracked cassette versions by Hacker M.I. and Sniper Software.
Found 3 cracked versions (releases) of the game
