Posted on 03/01/2019 at 12:05 PM
| Filed Under Blogs
Jungle Hunt was made by Taito, the same folks who made Space Inavaders and Bubble Bobble. I never played the 2600 version of Jungle Hunt, although it doesn't LOOK bad in comparison. I did see the arcade version of Jungle Hunt EVERYWHERE in arcades when I was a kid, though. Originally, Jungle Hunt was called Jungle King, but the Edgar Rice Burroghs lawyers said it was too much like Tarzan, so they changed the jungle guy to a pith helmet explorer. That wouldn't be the first time that Jungle King got changed, though, as they also redid the game as Pirate Pete. It was the same game but with pirate graphics. I never saw that one, though.
OK class, pop quiz! What is the name of Taito's in-house band?