Jungle Hunt
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Platform | Critics | Players | Moby Score |
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Overall Ranked #10,484 of 25,824 games | 76% 18 ratings | 83 ratings | 7.3 |
Apple II Unranked (needs more reviews) | 83% 1 rating | 6 ratings | n/a |
Arcade Unranked (needs more reviews) | n/a 0 ratings | 6 ratings | n/a |
Atari 2600 Ranked #36 of 243 games | 76% 13 ratings | 25 ratings | 7.4 |
Atari 5200 Unranked (needs more reviews) | 71% 3 ratings | 6 ratings | n/a |
Atari 8-bit Unranked (needs more reviews) | 64% 3 ratings | 5 ratings | n/a |
ColecoVision Unranked (needs more reviews) | 83% 3 ratings | 6 ratings | n/a |
Commodore 64 Ranked #450 of 803 games | n/a 0 ratings | 13 ratings | 6.9 |
PC Booter Ranked #57 of 71 games | n/a 0 ratings | 10 ratings | 6.5 |
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Average score: 76% (based on 18 ratings)
Critic [ Expand All ] | Platform | Score |
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Video Game Critic, The | ColecoVision | 100% |
Woodgrain Wonderland | Atari 2600 | 100% |
Video Game Critic, The | Atari 2600 | 100% |
Atari Times, The | Atari 2600 | 90% |
VideoGame | Atari 2600 | 90% |
Micro 7 | Apple II | 83% |
Tilt | Atari 2600 | 83% |
Video Game Critic, The | Atari 8-bit | 83% |
Computer Games / Video Games Player | Atari 2600 | 83% |
All Game Guide | ColecoVision | 80% |
TeleMatch | Atari 2600 | 80% |
Game Freaks 365 | Atari 2600 | 77% |
Electronic Fun with Computers & Games | Atari 5200 | 75% |
Retro Game Reviews | ColecoVision | 70% |
Oldies Rising | Atari 2600 | 70% |
Personal Computer Games | Atari 8-bit | 70% |
8-bit Central Retro Gaming | Atari 5200 | 70% |
Video Game Critic, The | Atari 5200 | 67% |
Micro 7 | TI-99/4A | 67% |
Megablast | Atari 2600 | 63% |
Retro Game Reviews | Atari 2600 | 60% |
Electronic Fun with Computers & Games | Atari 2600 | 50% |
Power Play | Atari 8-bit | 40% |
Computer and Video Games (CVG) | Atari 2600 | 40% |
Player Reviews
Average score: 3.6 out of 5 (based on 83 ratings with 1 reviews)
An african explorer goes jungle-hunting for his girl
The Good
If there was a game made in 1982 which was advanced for its time, it would be Taito's Jungle Hunt. Other coin-op games at that time presented the action in only one scene, whereas Jungle Hunt is split into multiple scenes. The plot is simple: you control an African explorer who is trying to rescue his girlfriend from some cannibals. All the action is split into four scenes.
In the first scene, you must safely travel from vine to vine without falling onto the ground or you lose a life. In the second, you need to swim through a crocodile-infested river and use your knife to kill crocs (you kill them only if they have their mouths closed) and occasionally going up to the surface for some air. Be careful not to get caught among the bubbles, as they might make you come in contact with a croc. In the third, you need to jump over boulders that come rolling down the hill at you. Finally, in the fourth, you must deal with the cannibals before they decide to eat your girl for dinner.
Once you do all this, you do it all over again, but this time with increased difficulty, as monkeys will go up and down the vines and will make you slip off if they touch you. Furthermore, some of the cannibals will throw spears at you and you need to avoid them. I got up to this difficulty, and I found it rather difficult going from vine to vine while the monkeys move up and down on them. It would have been good if they threw bananas at you, then you would have to move up and down.
Jungle Hunt can be played with two players. Furthermore, you can play at three levels: "Beginner", "Regular", and "Advanced". The difference is that in "Beginner" mode, you have six lives, while playing the "Advanced" level not only give you only three lives, but it allows you to bypass the first set of scenes. Jumping over boulders and the cannibals can be difficult, even with the easy difficulty setting. The difficulty setting cannot be selected in the coin-op version.
The Bad
In the C64 version, this music, which was included in the coin-op version, including the "ritual music" from the final scene of the game, is missing.
The Bottom Line
Overall, the C64 version of Jungle Hunt remains close to the coin-op version. The only thing that is missing is the two pieces of music that I enjoyed listening to.
Rating: **½
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Commodore 64 · by Katakis | カタキス (43086) · 2004
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