| Jungle Hunt | |
|---|---|
 Atari 2600 manual | |
| Developer(s) | Taito (arcade) Atari, Inc. (ports) |
| Publisher(s) | Taito (arcade) Atari, Inc. (ports) Atarisoft (ports) |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, IBM PC, VIC-20, TI-99/4A |
| Release | Jungle King Jungle Hunt Pirate Pete |
| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | 1-2 players alternating turns |
| Arcade system | Taito SJ System |
Jungle Hunt,[a] is a side-scrolling action game developed by Taito for arcades. It was originally distributed in 1982 as Jungle King,[b] then quickly modified and re-released as Jungle Hunt following a copyright dispute over the player character's likeness to Tarzan. Taito also distributed a less successful rebranding of the game as Pirate Pete in 1982. Jungle King, along with Moon Patrol released a month earlier, is one of the first video games which has parallax scrolling.
The player controls an unnamed character moving through right-to-left scrolling scenes to rescue a woman from cannibals by swinging from vine to vine, swimming through a crocodile-infested river, avoiding rolling boulders, and jumping over her captors.
Home versions of Jungle Hunt were published by Atari, Inc. for the Atari 2600, Atari 5200, and Atari 8-bit computers starring a British explorer named Sir Dudley. Ports under the Atarisoft label were released for Apple II, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, VIC-20, and IBM PC compatibles.
- ^ "Video Game Flyers: Jungle King, Taito (USA)". The Arcade Flyer Archive. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ "Jungle King (Registration Number PA0000147344)". United States Copyright Office. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ a b Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. pp. 40–46 (42). ISBN 978-4990251215.
- ^ "Video Game Flyers: Jungle King, Taito (Germany)". The Arcade Flyer Archive. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ Fujihara, Mary (25 July 1983). "Inter Office Memo". Atari, Inc. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06.
- ^ "Pirate Pete (Registration Number PA0000180640)". United States Copyright Office. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
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