Jungle Hunt

Taito's Jungle Hunt does not get enough credit for what it did for the platform genre. This 1982 arcade release took Pitfall-style gameplay a step further with fully side-scrolling levels. Actually, considering it dates from the same year as Pitfall!, I'm not even certain which game came first although Pitfall! would seem most logical.

Jungle Hunt came out on several home formats: computers, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Colecovision, etc. I haven't played most of the versions and I only own the 2600 one. Even the 2600 version is very impressive. It has some of the best graphics on the system and it even has parallax scrolling.

The game is divided into a few different levels which cycle again once you beat them. First there is a vine swinging level, then a swimming level, then a boulder-jumping level and then you rescue your woman from natives.

Anyone a fan? I'm dying to know which home version is the best.


Arcade version.

http://www.yesterdayland.com/images/...ade/ag1071.gif

Atari 2600 version

http://www.nemoprod.net/emu/console/...ot/jungleh.gif

Colecovision version.

http://www.retrohq.de/Coleco/Coleco_...ungle_hunt.gif

Commodore 64 version.

http://home.bip.net/magnus.welander/...v/junghunt.gif

Atari 5200 version.

http://www.atarihq.com/museum/5200/g...n/jungleh1.jpg

What about those god damn crocs??? I thought there was a croc level. Either way I remember playing the crap outta this game on my Atari 2600.

The crocs are in the swimming level. I couldn't find a pic for it.

Well I played the Commodore 64 version alot, and beat it numerous times, it starts over once you rescue the girl if I recall, but older games used to do that.

Fun game but I don't know if I'd still like it today. Also played it in the Arcade years ago.

I remember seeing this game in the arcade along with Trojan. I don't think I ever made it past the vine levels though, since that's all I can recall doing in that game.

I have the C-64 and Atari 2600 (VCS) version's of the game. I have beat both versions ( If you could really beat it).


Have you ever played the rip off version called Jungle King?

Actually, Jungle King wasn't a rip-off. It was the original version until Taito got sued because it resembled Tarzan too much.

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Originally posted by NeoZeedeater
Actually, Jungle King wasn't a rip-off. It was the original version until Taito got sued because it resembled Tarzan too much.

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I could see why. The character would do a Tarzan yell, at the beginning of the game.

I beat this a bunch of times on my friend's Commodore 64.
I liked it, but I mainly played it as a "break" game between long sessions of Impossible Mission :)

- Kabuki

Wasn't there a Master System light gun game with a very similar title?