Are the controls supposed to be like that? it makes the game unnecessarily frustrating. It also needs some back buttons to get back from the various screens.
Big tip for those having trouble with special moves... try a different browser (or in my case I was running FF/OSX and switched to IE/XP with VMware and the special moves worked very time).
This game is unplayable on my Mac 2.66 Core 2 Duo with 2gb RAM. The odd thing is that t plays fine on other sites... just not Kong. It has to have something to do with the API implementation (or the API itself). Shame... 4 badges on a game that can't be played.
I don't understand why people are still writing tutorials in AS1 and using deprecated techniques like attaching script to clips and using scenes. I doubt the sample AS is in anyway reflective of the code being used in the games mentioned at the end of the section. Learn some AS3 (AS2 at least) and understand what classes and methods are for.
Good to see you are learning. The game itself is a little uneventful. Perhaps add some power ups or bad balloons that reduce your score, and maybe some leveling as well.