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Jungle Hunt

Description

A jungle adventure game with four challenging levels each with unique scenarios.

Jungle Hunt was produced by Taito in 1982.

Taito released 486 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 Hunt was produced include: Janputer, Space Cruiser, Zarzon, T.T Mahjong, Space Seeker, Birdie King, Electric Yo-Yo, Front Line, Jungle Boy, and Jungle King

Specs

Name	Jungle Hunt
Developer	Taito (Japan)
Year	1982
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	8257
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Platform
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	Taito Classic
Game Specific	Jungle Hunt Pinout
# 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 - 260 lbs
PCB	Jungle Hunt PCB Image

Video Clips

Jungle Hunt / Jungle King Taito arcade game review

Game Introduction

This game is exactly the same as Jungle King except the player character is a jungle explorer clad in a pith-helmet and safari jacket instead of the Tarzan character, the life-lines he swings on between the trees in the forest are ropes instead of vines, and an opening musical theme is played at certain parts of the game instead of the opening Tarzan yell.

Game Play

The game play is exactly the same as Jungle King.

Jungle Hunt KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 2.59 (3 votes)

Fun Factor: 2.52

Overall Like	3.00
Fun (Social)	1.00
Fun (Solo)	2.33
Collector Desire	2.33

Technical Rating: 2.81

Gameplay	3.67
Graphics	2.00
Originality	3.00
Sound/Music	1.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Images

Trivia

This game was released after Taito was threatened by a suit filed against them by the trustees of Edgar Rice Burroughs' estate, the people who own the rights to Tarzan, for copyright infringement for using Tarzan's likeness in Jungle King. Later, Taito released Pirate Pete which was basically a sea-going imitation of both of these two games.

Miscellaneous

COPY OF: Jungle King

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Jungle Hunt Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 75 known instances of this machine owned by Jungle Hunt collectors who are active members. Of these, 57 of them are original dedicated machines. 17 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 a Jungle Hunt machines for sale. There are 2 active VAPS members with a Jungle Hunt circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - Popular - There are 11 active VAPS members currently looking for Jungle Hunt.

This game ranks a 18 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 13 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]

Flyers

Legacy

Jungle King
Jungle Hunt
Pirate Pete

Manuals

Manual - Jungle Hunt Manual — **Manual**
(51 pages, 5 MB File)

Jungle Hunt to Elevator Action Conversion Kit - Jungle Hunt Manual — **Jungle Hunt to Elevator Action Conversion Kit**
(18 pages, 0.24 MB File)

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Upright (ee23ea0539b2f7c31d9de88c1cabaeb7)

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