Jungle king arcade game

The four levels of gameplay included jumping from vines…. Swimming in crocodile infested waters…. Running and jumping over boulders…. And finally rescuing the girl from the angry native warriors.

After completing the four levels they start again, but of course the difficultly ramps up. The second wave of levels also incorporates some new obstacles such as Monkeys on the vines and more agile crocodiles. Now here is where the story gets a little hazy despite years of arcade fans and magazines telling this story. It seems Taito immediate took action not to get sued.

Jungle King was quickly retooled and retitled to the name Jungle Hunt. Gone were the Tarzan yell, the Tarzan like main character sprite… and a few other graphical elements. Tarzan was replaced with a Doctor Livingston British explorer style character… some new music was added but overall the gameplay was exactly the same. The upright and cabaret arcade game cabinets in the USA received new and somewhat genetic artwork, the cocktail machines kept the odd fancy Taito cocktail artwork.

Production numbers are not available, but it seems the Jungle Hunt versions of these arcade games are more common than the Jungle King versions. Home version for home video game systems and home computers were released worldwide. Atari would release most of these versions through their short lived Atarisoft computer software division. These versions vary in quality and authenticity compared to the arcade version. Taito would rework the game yet again in with the release of Pirate Pete.

Jungle Hunt is a one- or two-player side-scrolling arcade platform game produced and released by Taito in It was also known as Jungle King in early releases. The player controls a jungle explorer who sports a pith helmet and a safari suit. The player must rescue his girl from a tribe of hungry cannibals. To do this, he must swing from vine to vine, survive a crocodile-infested river, jump or duck falling rocks rolling downhill, and release the girl before she "takes a dip" in the boiling cauldron.

Jungle Hunt is one of the first video games to use parallax scrolling. History Jungle Hunt changed names several times during development. The original prototypes were called Jungle Boy and later became Jungle King for release to the arcades.

In these earlier versions the playable character was a bare-chested man with a loincloth who resembled Tarzan. Taito was sued by the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate for copyright infringement for using the character's likeness. This led to a re-release as Jungle Hunt, with the following changes made to the game: The character was replaced with a jungle explorer wearing a pith helmet and safari outfit.

In the first scene, ropes replace the vines as the objects that the player has to swing on. The Tarzan yell was removed and cannot be heard throughout the game. It was replaced by the music from the end of the second scene. Taito Brazil Taito do Brasil released a version of the game in Brazil in under the title 'Jungle Hunt' which included the bare-chested character and the Tarzan yell.

Yet another variant of the game was called Pirate Pete. Gameplay in this version was identical to Jungle Hunt but the character was replaced with a pirate complete with eye patch and the levels had a pirate theme. Gameplay The gameplay is split into four scenes, which have different objectives.

In Scene 1, the explorer is required to swing from vine to vine. This is accomplished by pressing the action key when two vines swing closely enough together. Timing is critical, and missing the vine causes the explorer to fall to the jungle floor, losing a life. In some cases the vine may also have a gorilla swinging from it, in which case the explorer must time his jump not only to catch the vine but also to not hit the gorilla.

Read more. Your Browser does Not support this video. In Game. Title Screen. Game Over Screen. Control Panel. Jungle King has 4 levels, each of which could be considered a separate game in their own right.