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Congo's Caper came out on the Super Nintendo in 1992, developed and published by Data East. It was part of that wave of early platformers on the system, games that were still figuring out how to use the hardware but offered a solid, colorful experience. You played as a little caveman kid named Congo, and the goal was to rescue your kidnapped girlfriend from a weird bird creature.

You control Congo through a series of side scrolling levels, moving screen by screen through jungles, caves, and temples. Your main method of attack is throwing fruit at enemies, which includes bouncing pineapples and other projectiles. The game involves a lot of exploration to find keys and other items to progress, and the pacing is fairly quick, though some enemy patterns and jumps require precise timing. It feels like a straightforward, energetic run and gun adventure from that era.