MobyRank MobyScore
Apple II
...
2.5
ColecoVision
...
3.0
Atari 2600
...
3.6

Description

Jungle Hunt offers four unique adventure experiences, which repeat with greater difficulty once all four have been survived. If you don't survive these adventures, you will not only lose your own life but that of the lovely Penelope, who has been captured by cannibals!

The first part challenges your Tarzan skills - can you swing on the vines without plummeting to your doom? The second part pits you against a whole bunch of nasty crocodiles in a mighty river. Fortunately, you have a knife to fight back with. Don't forget to go up for air! In the third part, you face a battle against oncoming boulders of varying sizes and physics. Once you've cleared all these treacherous hazards, you still must confront the dreaded cannibal, who is armed with a wicked spear. Can you get past him and save the lovely Penelope?

Gameplay involves much strategic jumping and knife play (in the river/crocodile phase). The view is always a side view, much like Pitfall! and later platform games.

Alternate Titles

  • "Caçaca na Selva" -- Brazilian title


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The Press Says

The Video Game Critic ColecoVision Jul 06, 2002 A 100
The Video Game Critic Atari 2600 Jul 09, 2006 A 100
The Video Game Critic Atari 8-bit Apr 02, 2005 B+ 83
Game Freaks 365 Atari 2600 2006 7.7 out of 10 77
Digital Press - Classic Video Games Atari 2600 Oct 31, 2004 7 out of 10 70
The Video Game Critic Atari 5200 Oct 05, 2000 B- 67

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Trivia

The original coin-op version of Jungle Hunt was a hastily-revised expurgation of Jungle King, removing all distinctive properties of Tarzan (the yell, the garb, swinging on vines -- changed to ropes) following the threat of legal action from the estate of Tarzan author Edgar Rice Burroughs.


This entry was contributed by Corn Popper (66101), Trixter Bronze Star Contributing Member (8833), PCGamer77 Bronze Star Contributing Member (3039), subjugator (547) and Servo (52825)
 

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