Congo is a fantastic pin! Very fast game too...probably the fastest WPC-95 game.

Fun game overall with lots of multiball with cool ramps (volcano). The theme sucks (as is just plain odd for people unfamiliar with the movie; no one seems to understand who Amy is), and thats why people either hate it or have never played it. Operators probably passed on them, when it had come out with the new WPC-95 games.

Parts are available for Congo, in particular, replacements for the Gorilla toy. Check to make sure the sound is working, as with other WPC-95 games.

They did a good job with the voice overs in Congo. I'm not sure if it is Tim Curry doing the voice over work himself. If it is a sound-alike, its one helluva good voice over guy. Same thing with Tim Curry voice in The Shadow.

Tim Curry is pretty good about doing his own stuff in lots of different media. Its probably him.

You will be better off not watching that movie. It is awful. The pin is 1.72 billion times better than the film.

I remember the trailers. They really hyped that movie up to be the next Jurassic Park.

If anything, its fun to watch Tim Curry in Congo. His russian/eastern-europe (?) accent in the movie is deliciously over the top. His smarmy pervert character in The Shadow was also fun. I'm glad Brian Eddy gave Tim's character (Farley Claymore) a big role in The Shadow pinball.

Seeing the adorable Laura Linney in Congo, isn't too shabby either.

I got a chance to play this the other day - its actually a pretty interesting layout and fun to play.

Played it at PAPA13 - was one of the games in Division C - after several attempts it kicked my butt for some reason, so I switched to Pinbot, but I actually liked the layout of it and thought it had some cool shots, like the near impossible volcano shot. If the price is right
I wouldnt mind having one. I never saw the movie - and probably would keep it that way so it doesnt sway my positive view on the game.

Great game, maybe not the best theme, but it has a great layout and flow to it, it was one of the prizes at the last Seattle show, I wish I would have won it

If I recall, in Congo the apes ate meat. Last I checked they were herbivores. Fun game though, we had it in our tournament bank at PAPA. Not too bad of a pin.

We evolved to eat meat too so why couldn't they?

The real question is; Did the Apes get the shakes from eating too much human meat?