Jack the Giantkiller

For similar titles and other uses, see Jack the Giant Killer (disambiguation).
Jack the Giantkiller
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Publisher(s)
Platform(s)Arcade
Release1982
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)1–2 players, alternating

Jack the Giantkiller is a 1982 arcade game developed and published by Cinematronics. It is based on the 19th-century English fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk". In Japan, the game was released as Treasure Hunt.[1] There were no home console ports.

The player controls Jack, who must climb the beanstalk to reach the castle, steal a series of treasures from the giant, and escape. The game used hardware licensed from Hara Industries of Japan, with raster graphics instead of the vector displays Cinematronics was known for.[2]

Nicknamed "Jack the Company Killer", the game was a commercial failure and financial disaster.[3] Cinematronics filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 1982.

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