Another Kong Trying to be KING? Atari 2600 in 1982....

King Kong was released in 1982 by Tigervision. The game was programmed by Karl T. Olinger.
According to the Launchbox database, "King Kong has taken a lady to the top of the Empire State Building. It is up to you to rescue her but it won't be easy. Kong is throwing bombs at you.
This game is a clone of Donkey Kong, except instead of barrels, you must avoid bombs. You must make your way across the floors and up the ladders while jumping over bombs for points and holes in the floor. There is also a timer in the upper right. It starts at nine-hundred ninety and counts down ten points per second. If you are hit by a bomb or fall through a hole in the floor or the time reaches zero, you lose a life. Occasionally, Kong will release a magic bomb that gives more points when you jump it as well as moves you to the next floor up. Once you reach the top floor, the game starts again but faster."
This was Tigervision's first cartridge release, as well as their first game for the Atari 2600. Tiger Electronic Toys produced a handheld version, licensed to Tandy (Radio Shack), also in 1982.
I don't recall seeing this in the stores (Children's Palace, Electronic Games/Electronic Boutique, Montgomery Ward, Sears, K-Mart, K B Toys, Lionel Play World, or Toys R Us), and none of my friends had it (that I'm aware of).
Other versions with the same title were released by:
Atarimania
Beagle Brothers
Concorde
Cosmovision
Digitel
Digivision
Edu Games / Edu Juegos
Genus
JVP
SpaceVision
SuperVision
Taiwan - Cooper Black
Tigervision
Video Game (NZ)
Other versions with a different title:
Hero & Beauty.
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Even the sound effects sound like DK. LOL. I'd never experienced it....and it shows that I didn't miss anything!