Crazy Kong

Developer(s)	Falcon
Publisher(s)	Falcon/Zaccaria
Platform(s)	Arcade, Commodore 64
Release date(s)	1981
Genre(s)	Platform
Mode(s)	Up to 2 players, alternating turns
Cabinet	Standard, cocktail
Arcade system	Main CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 3.072 MHz) Sound CPU: AY-8910 audio @ 1.536 MHz
Display	Raster, standard resolution 224 x 256 (Vertical) Palette Colors 96

Crazy Kong (クレイジーコング, Kureijī Kongu^?) is an arcade game created by Falcon, released in 1981 and is similar to Nintendo's Donkey Kong. Although commonly believed to be a bootleg version, the game was officially licensed for operation in Japan when Nintendo couldn't keep up with demand at home, and is based on different hardware. The game retains all of the gameplay elements of Donkey Kong, but has all of the graphics redrawn and re-colorized. Crazy Kong is also known as Congorilla, Crazy Kong Part II, Donkey King, and Monkey Donkey.

There are two versions of the original: Crazy Kong and Crazy Kong Part II. The differences between them are in minor cinematic artifacts and bugs, color palette choices and minor gameplay differences. Crazy Kong Part I shows no copyright or company name on the title screen. Crazy Kong (parts I and II) runs on modified Crazy Climber hardware. In addition there are other versions of the game that run on Scramble, Jeutel, Orca, and Alca hardware. The official versions of game came in two different stand up cabinets that featured a large and angry, rather than comic, ape embedded in the artwork. The cabinets were created by Zaccaria.

A handheld electronic game was created by Grandstand in 1981 that is very similar to Game and Watch titles of the time.

As Nintendo released a sequel to Donkey Kong called Donkey Kong Jr., Falcon released a cloned-sequel as well, entitled Crazy Kong Jr.

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