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Jungle King
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Name: Jungle King Manufacturer: Taito Year: 1982 Type: Videogame Class: Wide Release
Game Specific: Jungle King Pinout Settings: Jungle King Dipswitch Settings Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)
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Jungle King DescriptionJungle King was produced by Taito in 1982. Taito released 487 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1967. Other machines made by Taito during the time period Jungle King was produced include Front Line, Electric Yo-Yo, Jungle Hunt, Jungle Boy, Birdie King, Grand Champion, Alpine Ski, Colony 7, Fitter, and Frog & Spiders. Jungle King - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.27 (7 votes)
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Game IntroductionThe 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.Game PlayOn the first level, the player presses the fire button to make the Tarzan 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 Tarzan 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 invetably drag you into an approaching crocodile. Be sure to return to the surface periodically so Tarzan can catch a quick breath, otherwise he will drown. For the third level, push the joystick left or right to have Tarzan 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, Tarzan must jump over and between the natives while their spears are down. After that, Tarzan 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 characterone at a time. After the woman has been rescued, it says "Congratulations!" and then a cute intermission plays featuring Tarzan and his woman together along with a message saying "I Love You!" followed by the woman kissing Tarzan. Afterwards, the levels begin again, but with an increased difficulty. VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Jungle King CensusThere are 12,158 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,544 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 160,094 machines (6,700 unique titles).Very Common - There are approximately 157 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 70 of these machines are owned by our active Jungle King collectors. And of these, 38 are original dedicated machines, 1 is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 31 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. For Sale - There are 4 active VAPS members with extra Jungle King circuit boards for sale. Wanted - There are 2 active VAPS members currently looking for Jungle King. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Jungle King circuit board set. This game ranks a 44 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records. This game ranks a 15 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
TriviaThe game features the familiar Tarzan yell at certain parts of the game. Taito later released a nearly identical game called Jungle Hunt after the trustees of Edgar Rice Burroughs' estate, the people who own the rights to Tarzan, sued them for copyright infringement for using the character's likeness. In Jungle Hunt, the Tarzan character was replaced with a jungle explorer clad in a pith-helmet and safari jacket. On the first level, the vines were replaced by ropes. Also, there is no Tarzan yell at all throughout the game. It is rumored that Taito also released a third title called Pirate Pete that was supposed to be exactly the same except that all the characters were dressed as pirates.Legacy
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