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Jungle Hunt
Developer(s)	Taito
Publisher(s)	Taito
Platform(s)	Arcade
Release date(s)	1982
Genre(s)	Action, Side-scrolling
Mode(s)	Up to two players alternating
Input methods	8-way joystick, one button
Cabinet	Upright
CPU	Z80
Sound	AY-3-8910, DAC

Jungle Hunt is a one- or two-player side-scrolling arcade game produced by Taito in 1982.

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.

History

Jungle Hunt was originally called Jungle King but Jungle King's prototype was called Jungle Boy.^[1] 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. In Jungle Hunt, the following changes were 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.
• Taito Brazil (Taito do Brasil) released a version of the game in Brazil in 1983 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.^[2]

Gameplay

The gameplay is split into four scenes, which have different objectives.

Scene 1

The player is required to swing from vine to vine that is located between a set of trees. The jump range is limited, so the player must wait until the time is right before jumping onto the next vine until he finally dives into the river for the next scene.

Scene 2

The explorer must navigate a crocodile-infested river, which presents several dangers:

• The hungry crocodiles. The only defense the player has against them is a knife, used to stab the reptiles in the belly (for bonus points), and only when their mouths are partially or fully closed.

• Air bubbles, which will invaribly drag the explorer into an approaching crocodile if he becomes caught in one.

Also, the explorer must avoid staying under water for too long; an on-screen meter allows the player to determine how long the explorer can safely remain under water. The meter replenishes itself when the explorer comes to the surface for air.

Scene 3

The main obstacle here are boulders - both small and large - which the explorer must dodge in some way. The player controls the explorer by moving the joystick either left or right, to have him move slower or faster. The small rocks can be avoided only by jumping over them, but to avoid the large ones, the player may either jump, run or duck by pulling down on the joystick.

Scene 4

The player jumps over and between the cannibals while their spears are down. After that, he jumps toward the woman when she has been lowered on a pulley's rope, to which he has to jump at just the right "height" to reach her.

After the player rescues the woman, the word "Congratulations!" appears, which is then followed by a cute intermission which features the explorer and his woman together along with a message saying "I Love You!!!" followed by the woman kissing the explorer.

Advanced levels

The scenes go right back to the start, but with increased difficulty, as follows:

• Scene 1 - Monkeys climb up and down some vines, becoming more numerous and aggressive at higher levels.
• Scene 2 - The crocodiles become more numerous and vicious. There are more air bubbles and your oxygen supply drains faster, requiring you to swim up to the surface more often.
• Scene 3 - The larger boulders are seen more frequently, and are closer together. The patterns of all boulders are more random, requiring a player to time the jumps more precisely.
• Scene 4 - The natives hide in the nearby tree, and throwing spears directly at the player character (one at a time, with the spears more accurate and thrown at a faster rate in subsequent levels).

Ports

Jungle Hunt was ported to the following platforms:

• Apple II
• Atari 2600
• Atari 5200
• Atari 400/800/XL/XE
• ColecoVision
• Commodore 64
• Commodore VIC-20
• IBM PC (via Atarisoft)
• PC (as part of Taito Legends)
• MSX
• PlayStation 2 (as part of Taito Legends)
• Texas Instruments TI-99/4A
• Xbox (as part of Taito Legends)

References

1. ^ System 16 - The Arcade Museum
2. ^ System 16 - The Arcade Museum

External links

• Jungle Hunt at the Killer List of Videogames
• Jungle Hunt guide at StrategyWiki
• Jungle Hunt at MobyGames
• Classic Game Reviews covers Jungle Hunt

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Jungle Hunt
Developer(s)	Taito Corporation
Publisher(s)	Taito Corporation
Release date(s)	1982
Genre(s)	Action
System(s)	Arcade, Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64/128, Commodore VIC-20, ColecoVision, MS-DOS, TI-99/4A
Players	1-2

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Jungle Hunt

Jungle Hunt is an arcade video game released in 1982 by Taito Corporation. It began life as Jungle King (which itself began as a prototype named "Jungle Boy"). However, Jungle King's main character bore a very strong resemblance to Tarzan, down to his trademark yell. As a result, Taito was sued by the estate that owned the rights to Tarzan. As a compromise, Taito made cosmetic changes to the game that switched the Tarzan-look-alike into a safari explorer and removed the yell. Just about everything else in the game remained the same.

In Jungle Hunt (or King), the main character's girlfriend has been kidnapped by natives. In order to get her back, the character must endure four trials before he can rescue her. First he must swing on ropes (or vines) over a dangerous jungle floor. Then he must swim through crocodile infested waters, armed with only a knife. Then he must climb a mountain during an avalanche and dodge the falling rocks. Finally he must jump over the somewhat oblivious natives guarding his girlfriend and cut her down from the rope where she hangs over a boiling pot of water.

Jungle Hunt was a minor success (once all of the legal problems were sorted out.) It was actually one of the earliest side scrolling action games, although the action scrolls from right to left. After making one cosmetic revision to the game, Taito tried to pull a hat-trick, and revised the game once more as Pirate Pete, replacing the jungle theme with a pirate theme, but it was made more difficult, and was far less popular. Atari sought to acquire the rights to publish Jungle Hunt on it's home systems, as well as for competing systems through the Atarisoft label. This may have been in response to the tremendous success of Pitfall! by Activision. Jungle Hunt was released in conjunction with Kangaroo as part of the "Atari Safari" marketing campaign.

Story

Title screen

A leisurely Jungle safari turned into fiasco when your lady friend was kidnapped by two cannibals. They'll turn her into soup if you don't rescue her quickly! To rescue your friend, you'll need to make your way past four obstacles: a jungle where you'll jump from rope to rope, a river filled with open-jawed crocodiles, a landslide of boulders, and a cannibal campsite where your friend hangs suspended over a steaming pot of soup. Rescue her before she becomes the main course.

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Jungle Hunt
Developer(s)	Taito
Publisher(s)	Taito Arcade Atari Atari 2600 Atari 8 Bit ColecoVision Atari 5200
Release date	Arcade: 1982 (NA) Atari 2600: 1983 (NA) ColecoVision: 1983 (NA)
Genre	2D platformer
Mode(s)	Single player
Age rating(s)	N/A Arcade Atari 2600 ColecoVision
Platform(s)	Arcade Atari 2600 Apple II Atari 8 Bit Commodore VIC-20 ColecoVision Atari 5200 Commodore 64 MSX
Input	Arcade: 8-Way Joystick Atari 2600 Joystick ColecoVision Controller Atari 5200 Controller
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Jungle Hunt is an arcade game released in 1982. It was originally called Jungle King, but a lawsuit by the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate (who holds the copyrights to the Tarzan character) forced Taito to change the game and the game's name, replacing the bare-chested Tarzan-type character with a jungle explorer wearing a pith helmet and a safari outfit. It was ported to the Atari 2600, Atari 5200, ColecoVision, and home computers.

Gameplay

The player controls a jungle explorer who must swing across vines in the forest, swim through a crocodile-infested river, jump and duck rocks while climbing a hill and rescue his woman from a pair of barbaric cannibals.

The game has four screens: a forest of swinging vines, a river of crocodiles, a hill of falling rocks and a camp where two native African warriors dance around striking their spears up and down where our hero's woman dangles above a boiling cauldron.

On the first level, the player presses the fire button to make the jungle explorer character jump from vine to vine. Since the jump range is limited, you will need to wait until the time is right before leaping towards the next vine. Avoid the monkeys who can knock the player character from the vine.

On the second level, use the joystick to move the jungle explorer around the screen in order to avoid the hungry crocodiles. Press the fire button to stab the enemies with the knife, but only when their mouths are partly or fully closed. Avoid the ascending air bubbles as these will trap your character and inevitably drag you into an approaching crocodile. Be sure to return to the surface periodically so the jungle explorer can catch a quick breath, otherwise he will drown.

For the third level, push the joystick left or right to have the jungle explorer run either slower or faster. Press the fire button to jump over the small rocks. To avoid the larger boulders, you must either jump, run or duck by pulling down on the joystick.

On the fourth level, the jungle explorer must jump over and between the natives while their spears are down. After that, the jungle explorer must jump toward the woman when she has been lowered enough for him to reach her. This becomes more difficult as the levels progress since another native later appears on the tree nearby throwing spears directly at the player character(one at a time).

After the woman has been rescued, it says "Congratulations!" and then a cute intermission plays featuring the jungle explorer and his woman together along with a message saying "I Love You!" followed by the woman kissing the jungle explorer. Afterwards, the levels begin again, but with an increased difficulty.

Notes

The Atari 2600 versions of both this game and Kangaroo were used in an ad promotion for an "Atari Safari" contest held by Atari in 1983.

Gallery

Atari 2600 Boxart

ColecoVision Boxart

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