Developer: Software Electronics

Software Electronics is credited on this site with King Kong, the first cartridge Tigervision released, in August 1982; our game page names Karl T. Olinger as its programmer. It is a simple take on the first screen of Donkey Kong: you climb the floors of the Empire State Building to rescue a girl, jumping the bombs Kong sends down, while magic bombs lift you a floor. AtariAge also credits Software Electronics with Tigervision’s Springer, listed here under Orca.
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King Kong

King Kong is a 1982 climbing game for the Atari 2600, programmed by Karl T. Olinger and released in August 1982 as the first cartridge from Tigervision. Kong has carried a girl to the top of the Empire…

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