The over world map from the Super Nintendo version of Joe & Mac is gone. At least it persists from one level to the next. This is the only real power-up in the game as everything else is collectibles. As Super Congo you can leap several screens high, float downward and survive three hits before going back to normal. Red orbs will change you back, and if you collect three while in normal form you become Super Congo. You can only survive two hits before death but there are power-ups to get around this.
As an ape his reach is shorter and his jumping prowess is less. You have no life bar when Congo takes a hit he devolves into a monkey. There are many mechanical changes that give it a different feel. While Congo’s Caper is technically a sequel it doesn’t play like one. It gets even more blurred with Joe & Mac 2: Lost in the Tropics, which was Tatakae Genshijin 3. But in the US it is Congo’s Caper, disregarding the link. In Japan it is Tatakae Genshijin 2: Rookie no Bouken, making it an official sequel to Joe & Mac. The naming conventions regarding this series is all over the place. Unfortunately a devil kidnaps Congette as soon as this happens prompting the start of the journey. Congo and his girlfriend are a pair of monkeys who come in contact with a mysterious jewel that evolves them into cavemen. The only thing Congo’s Caper shares with Joe & Mac is the prehistoric setting. It isn’t outright bad but it does not particularly stand out either. Instead it largely goes in its own direction and feels a bit….generic. Congo’s Caper should have been an easy slam dunk by expanding on what made its predecessor great. Well we got one although it was not what I expected. Although it was vastly different from the arcade game I still enjoyed it nonetheless, enough that I looked forward to a sequel. Developer: Data East Publisher: Data East Released: 1993 Genre: Platformerįor me Joe & Mac was one of the highlights of the early SNES period.
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