Monkey King (Atari VCS)

by Alex Pietrow

A single or multiplayer game with various modes of play. Each player is a monkey who must climb his tree and outlast the other monkey in order to be crowned Monkey King.

Each section of each tree scrolls down the screen and either has a branch left, a branch right or no branch at all. You must press left or right to avoid the branches bonking you on the bonce, you can also move up and down the tree. There are falling coconuts to avoid and various power ups to collect too. But there is no poop flinging.

The game ends when either monkey loses all their lives. Other game modes allow the winning monkey to carry on scoring more points. Single player games have passive and aggressive opponent modes. Again, at no point is any poop flung.

A good game which becomes a very good game in two player mode.