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Jungle Boy

Jungle Boy - Japanese Title

Jungle Boy - marquee

Name: Jungle Boy
Manufacturer: Taito
Year: 1982
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Platform
Monitor:

  • Orientation: Horizontal
  • Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
  • CRT: Color
Conversion Class: Taito Classic
Game Specific: Jungle Boy Pinout
Settings: Jungle Boy Dipswitch Settings

Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:

  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Buttons: 1 [Jump/Knife]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

  • Upright/Standard
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Jungle Boy Description

Jungle Boy was produced by Taito in 1982.

Taito released 486 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1967.

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

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

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

Miscellaneous

COPY OF: Jungle King

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Jungle Boy Census

There are 11,505 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,119 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 152,575 machines (6,538 unique titles).

Scarce - There are 5 known instances of this machine owned by Jungle Boy collectors who are active members. Of these, 5 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with extra Jungle Boy circuit boards 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 wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

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

Manuals

  1. Pinout and DIP Switch Settings  1 Pages, 169 kB File.

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