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Jungle Boy Jungle Boy - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

Jungle Boy - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

A prototype version of Taito's original four-scenario jungle adventure game.

Jungle Boy was produced by Taito in 1982.

Taito released 487 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1967. Taito was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Taito during the time period Jungle Boy was produced include: Janputer, Space Cruiser, Zarzon, T.T Mahjong, Space Seeker, Birdie King, Electric Yo-Yo, Front Line, Jungle Hunt, and Jungle King

CABINET PICTURE NEEDED FOR Jungle Boy - Click for details on how to contribute.
Cabinet

Specs

Name Jungle Boy
Developer Taito (Japan)
Year 1982
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 8256
Class Wide Release
Genre Platform
Monitor
Conversion Class Taito Classic
Game Specific Jungle Boy Pinout
Dipswitch Settings

Jungle Boy Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)

# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Game Play Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Buttons: 1 - Jump/Knife
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Jungle Boy KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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More pictures

Jungle Boy - Cabinet - Video Game Screen Shot - Title
Cabinet - Video Game Screen Shot - Title

Miscellaneous

COPY OF: Jungle King

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Jungle Boy Census

There are 14,774 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,483 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,626 machines (6,906 unique titles).

Scarce - There are 4 known instances of this machine owned by Jungle Boy collectors who are active members. Of these, 4 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with an extra Jungle Boy circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Jungle Boy.

This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Manuals

Pinout and DIP Switch Settings - Jungle Boy Manual
Pinout and DIP Switch Settings
(1 page, 169 kB File)

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