Game play challenge: Bongo, level 24

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So, I found this odd ball game on MAME, Bongo by Jetsoft. Frustrating challenging game. It's got me wanting it to play it again, Exactly like a quarter eater game should. Give it a try and see how high you can get. Here's hint. Hit tab and change it to infinite lives. I thought level 21 was almost impossible. But I finally got it. Level 22 & 23 were easy. Level 24 was impossible. I don't see how anyone could do it. Report back. I'd like to hear if anyone honestly got past level 24.

Oh, and to make this legit for here and not just MAME, anyone have this game or any parts (marquee, PCB, manual, CP)? If so, can you post some pictures?
 
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When it was mentioned a few weeks back I gave it a try since I had never seen it before. I played all the way through until you "cage" the first dinosaur and everybody dances around celebrating. It just starts over back at level 1 with higher speed. It's just timing on those last few levels, and having jump as 'joystick up' instead of a button press makes it a little harder.
 
When it was mentioned a few weeks back I gave it a try since I had never seen it before. I played all the way through until you "cage" the first dinosaur and everybody dances around celebrating. It just starts over back at level 1 with higher speed. It's just timing on those last few levels, and having jump as 'joystick up' instead of a button press makes it a little harder.

Wow, I take it you set it to infinite lives? What is the last level? 26? None of the levels through 21 were all that hard, got them pretty quickly. 22 definitely took some time. Got 23 on the 2nd try. Then 24, which is the same as 22, only with more difficulty, I tried for about 5 minutes and just thought screw that. Were 25 & 26 very hard?
 
So, I found this odd ball game on MAME, Bongo by Jetsoft. Frustrating challenging game. It's got me wanting it to play it again, Exactly like a quarter eater game should. Give it a try and see how high you can get. Here's hint. Hit tab and change it to infinite lives. I thought level 22 was almost impossible. But I finally got it. Level 23 was easy. Level 24 was impossible. I don't see how anyone could do it. Report back. I'd like to hear if anyone honestly got past level 24.

Haven't played it in a while, but I was able to loop through all the levels last time I played it...
 
Yep... passed 26 on the first try :)

I tried it again last night and I also completed it. I don't know why level 24 just killed me the night before as last night it took me several tries but wasn't too bad. Fun to see the dragon get trapped at the end.
 
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I thnk that's supposed to be a dragon :)

I can't seem to get past level 26 the 2nd time through....

The dragon's timing is different, so you might need to cage him on the 2nd time across the screen, but the top bird seems to be in the way.
 
I thnk that's supposed to be a dragon :)

I can't seem to get past level 26 the 2nd time through....

The dragon's timing is different, so you might need to cage him on the 2nd time across the screen, but the top bird seems to be in the way.

Doh! Yes, dragon, don't know what I was thinking (edited and corrected). You (almost) got through it a second time? Cool. On the second time, it looked pretty much the same, just faster and I quickly got bored, but it was fun to go through the first time.
 
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