Game:

Jungle Hunt (1982)

Duration: 9:01

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This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see https://tasvideos.org/3509M
TAS originally published on 2017-09-02

Jungle Hunt is an arcade game produced and released by Taito in 1982. The original version of the game, Jungle King, was the subject of a lawsuit levied against Taito by the estate of Edgar Rice Burroughs for copyright infringement for using a likeness of the Tarzan character. Jungle King featured a long-haired feral man in a fur loincloth swinging from vine to vine in the jungle, and most damning of all, an unauthorized reproduction of actor Johnny Weissmuller's famous Tarzan yell. As a result, the hero of the game was replaced with a stereotypical Victorian era "gentleman explorer", the vines were changed to ropes, and the Tarzan yell was replaced with a short tune. On a technical note, Jungle Hunt is one of the first games to feature parallax scrolling. And the music has a rousing jungle beat! Jungle Hunt was later adapted for the various home gaming platforms of the day, including the Commodore 64 (of which we have a TAS ( https://tasvideos.org/3491M ) of) and the Atari 2600.

£e Nécroyeur ( https://tasvideos.org/Users/Profile/£e%20Nécroyeur ) completes one loop of all four difficulty levels in record time.