Jungle King

Details

Playtime 6s
Last Activity 06/11/2024 23:45:06
Added 05/11/2024 21:48:38
Modified 18/02/2025 4:23:19
Completion Status Played
Library Playnite
Source
Platform Arcade
Release Date 01/01/1982
Community Score 76
Critic Score
User Score
Genre Platform
Developer Taito
Publisher Taito
Feature
Links LaunchBox Games Database
Wikipedia
Video
Tag [EMT] Logo Missing
[EMT] Video Micro missing
[Install Drive] X:\
[Ludusavi] Unknown save data

Description

Jungle King, re-released as Jungle Hunt, is an action game developed by Taito and released for arcades in 1982. It was originally distributed as Jungle King, then quickly modified and re-released as Jungle Hunt due to a copyright dispute over the player character's likeness to Tarzan. Jungle King, along with Moon Patrol released a month earlier, is one of the first video games with parallax scrolling.

The player controls an unnamed character moving through side-scrolling scenes to rescue a woman from a cannibals by swinging from vine to vine, swimming a crocodile-infested river, and avoiding rolling rocks. In the original Jungle King release, the loincloth-wearing character resembles Tarzan. In the rebranded Jungle Hunt, the player character is an explorer, sporting a pith helmet and safari suit. Another re-theming of the arcade version was distributed as Pirate Pete in 1982.