Congo's Caper^{[lower-alpha 1]} is a side-scrolling platform action video game developed and published for the Super NES by Data East. The game was released in Japan in 1992. A North American version was released in May 1993.^[2] It was later released on the Nintendo Switch via the Nintendo Switch Online service on May 26, 2022.

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Congo's Caper
North American cover art
Developer(s)	Data East
Publisher(s)	Data East
Composer(s)	Emi Shimizu Seiji Momoi Seiji Yamanaka
Platform(s)	Super NES
Release	JP: December 18, 1992 NA: May 1993 EU: 1993
Genre(s)	Action
Mode(s)	Single-player

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The plot of Congo's Caper involves a half-human, half-monkey boy named Congo, who sets out on a quest to rescue his girlfriend after she is abducted by a demon. The player controls Congo. Congo's Caper is played across 35 levels that take place in multiple worlds, including a jungle, a mountain range, a pirate ship, a volcano, and a ghost town. The bosses include the demon, a T-Rex, a ninja, a pirate, a mad scientist, and a vampire. If Congo is hit by an enemy, he reverts to his monkey form. If Congo is hit again, the player loses a life.^[3]

Nintendo Power praised the game's graphics, controls, password feature, and variety of levels, but wrote: "The game doesn't really do anything that Super Mario World and countless other games have done just as well".^[2] AllGame rated Congo's Caper three and a half stars out of five.^[3] Power Unlimited gave the game a score of 80% writing: "Congo's Caper is a fun, varied platform game. Yet it is not a game that will be remembered by anyone as a seasoning. The controls are too stiff for that, and the levels are too easy for that.^[5]