Descpription:
Jungle Hunt is a one- or two-player side-scrolling arcade game produced by Taito in 1982.
The player controls a jungle explorer who sports a pith helmet and a
safari suit. The player must rescue his girl from a tribe of hungry cannibals.
To do this, he must swing from vine to vine, survive a crocodile-
infested river, jump or duck falling rocks rolling downhill, and
release the girl before she "takes a dip" in the boiling cauldron.
Jungle Hunt was originally called Jungle King but Jungle King's
prototype was called Jungle Boy. In these earlier versions the playable
characterwas a bare-chested man with a loincloth who resembled Tarzan.
Taito was sued by the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate for
copyright infringement for using the character's likeness.
In Jungle Hunt, the following changes were made to the game:
1) The character was replaced with a jungle explorer wearing a pith helmet and safari outfit. 2) In the first scene, ropes replace the vines as the objects that the player has to swing on.
3) The Tarzan yell was removed and cannot be heard throughout the game. 4) Taito Brazil (Taito do Brasil) released a version of the game in Brazil in 1983 under
the title 'Jungle Hunt' which included the bare-chested character and the Tarzan yell.
Yet another variant of the game was called Pirate Pete. Gameplay in
this version was identical to Jungle Hunt but the character was replaced
with a pirate (complete with eye patch) and the levels had a pirate theme.
