I'm glad someone is taking the effort to catalog the differences between all these classic ports. I love that you're working to preserve this sort of information. Different programmers on different hardware all working to replicate a game experience with the limitations they have.
It's always heartening to know that there are those out there who appreciate the work that goes into these videos. I appreciate that & I hope that you continue to enjoy this channel for years to come. :) Thank you again.
This was most likely the first game I ever beat on my Atari 2600 as a kid. Fun times as a kid playing Atari! Then the NES came out and the 2600 stayed in a box for a long time, and later broke it out again.
Great new vids, man. To help ya some more, there's a way to get games that run in CGA Composite mode to work in DOSbox: first run it under the "CGA" machine setting in the config file. Once there, press F12 until the debug window says "Composite 'ON'". They haven't gotten it emulated 100% yet, but it has made more games look nicer by comparison.
I just want to say, the programmers of the 2600 port of this game managed to implement parallax scrolling. PARALLAX SCROLLING ON THE 2600. Except for the absurdly old computer ports, LITERALLY NO OTHER VERSION OF THIS GAME HAS AN EXCUSE. Even the ORIGINAL doesn't have as much as the 2600. How!?
when games were simple and fun. My son the other day complaining of not enough extra features in multiplayer mode on some game. I had this and never complained.
Every version as a decline slope with rocks except for the 2600 and also two head hunters at the same time with the rope around the girl above a pot of water, the 2600 at two separate head hunters that jump and no pot of water just the girl. Still I have this game and still love playing it, especially on th e 2600.
As always, a pleasure to watch your videos, Wing! Uh, the time jumps, on the other hand, look awful; could you please use fading between scenes in the future? Oh, and I hope you had a ball in your birthday! :D
I could've sworn the Commodore 64 version had music. At least the version I used to play, which otherwise looks identical to the one shown in this video.
Hi, Atari 800XL was the same as XE and yes, the static noise was part of the game... One of my favorite games, it was one of with the best grafics for XL. However, I have no idea why XE and XL version was the same? My guess is - XL version was cleverly cut down/compressed by hackers or.... it was 5200 version??
Wingnut4427/GHS - If I remember correctly there were TWO arcade versions of this game. Jungle Hunt AND Jungle King. Wasn't Jungle King replaced by Jungle Hunt because of some lawsuit?
Did the dos version have a composite output option. You should see the difference between Dos Burger Time on a monitor and Dos Burger Time on composite. The CGA monitor is horrible, ugly as shit, while the composite version looks just like the arcade. It's an amazing difference.
In the original Jungle King, he is clearly meant to be Tarzan or a Tarzan knock-off, since he even does the famous Tarzan yell in the beginning. How did Taito think they could get away with this without it clearly being a copyright infringement issue?
Did Magnavox have a jungle king version? In 82 my dad bought a Magnavox and I played a lame version of Pacman of course Atari got me through adolescence but it was much more fun to skip school (6th grade) in 1981 and stay at the liquor store where they had defender and spend my 25¢
The MS-DOS version has so crappy graphics! It looks like an unofficial Atari 2600 port! And how the hell did they manage to get more than 4 colors on basic CGA mode?!
simple, they used mid-screen palette switching. (reducing the limit to 4 colors per line or row instead of 4 colors in total) as for the crappiness, it looks to be intended for CGA-Composite not CGA-RGB as displayed here.
This game couldn't be released any more because of the head hunters stereo type and a male saves a female, see how stupid we have let it get. May they have to release a woke version lol.
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One of the great Atari 2600 conversions', along with Moon Patrol and.
The Atari 2600 programmers managed to implement parallax scrolling in this game.
Yes. It’s was done in several 2600 games. The original 2600 programmers were the best I’ve ever heard of…
I'm glad someone is taking the effort to catalog the differences between all these classic ports. I love that you're working to preserve this sort of information. Different programmers on different hardware all working to replicate a game experience with the limitations they have.
It's always heartening to know that there are those out there who appreciate the work that goes into these videos. I appreciate that & I hope that you continue to enjoy this channel for years to come. :) Thank you again.
This was most likely the first game I ever beat on my Atari 2600 as a kid. Fun times as a kid playing Atari! Then the NES came out and the 2600 stayed in a box for a long time, and later broke it out again.
coleco version is really good
Very nice Colecovision port, played it,love it
Great video! I loved Jungle Hunt in the arcades when I was little.
I remember playing the arcade of this. Fascinating little game for a 6 or so year old in the early 80's.
Cracked by Mr. Bopper!
Coleco vision one was best.
Great new vids, man. To help ya some more, there's a way to get games that run in CGA Composite mode to work in DOSbox: first run it under the "CGA" machine setting in the config file. Once there, press F12 until the debug window says "Composite 'ON'". They haven't gotten it emulated 100% yet, but it has made more games look nicer by comparison.
I just want to say, the programmers of the 2600 port of this game managed to implement parallax scrolling.
PARALLAX SCROLLING ON THE 2600.
Except for the absurdly old computer ports, LITERALLY NO OTHER VERSION OF THIS GAME HAS AN EXCUSE. Even the ORIGINAL doesn't have as much as the 2600. How!?
Coleco was great console. Arcade and atari are the ones I appreciate the most.
I wish Taito should've ported this game for the NES/Famicom (Jungle King for the Japanese Famicom, Jungle Hunt for the American NES)....
I should try to see how that would look!
Yes. This is one that needed to come down through all consoles and modes of play. Truly great.
back then, colecovision had some of the best graphics. their arcade games ports looked and played almost identical to the arcade originals.
+daveheel I think the 5200 version looks much closer to the arcade, particularly on the water stage.
Thanks for posting this.
when games were simple and fun. My son the other day complaining of not enough extra features in multiplayer mode on some game. I had this and never complained.
Must be difficult to swim under water with a helmet on... :-)
Atari 800 looks pretty good, even slightly better than the C64 version!
This was the first game I ever played on a Atari 2600.
My favorite version was the Atari 2600. i think i like it more than the arcade.
+orednal same
Same here Robert!
Especially the bassline at the last stage. :)
For me it's a tossup between the 2600 and the Atari 800 versions
That's the one I have and always played since I was 7.
Haha the Apple II version's music is so cute XD
8:29 is my favorite version of the opening jingle.
The MSX version is nearly identical to the Colecovision.
After Jungle Hunt, Taito put the game out one more time as Pirate Pete with the obvious pirate theme.
Yes, but this game had bugs.
good job, nice video.
Every version as a decline slope with rocks except for the 2600 and also two head hunters at the same time with the rope around the girl above a pot of water, the 2600 at two separate head hunters that jump and no pot of water just the girl. Still I have this game and still love playing it, especially on th e 2600.
As always, a pleasure to watch your videos, Wing!
Uh, the time jumps, on the other hand, look awful; could you please use fading between scenes in the future?
Oh, and I hope you had a ball in your birthday! :D
Never realized the arcade song is the same song used in pitfall 2
The VIC-20 version is surprisingly well-made given the computer's graphical limitations
I thought the 2600 version had a certain charm too it. Also the only one in the bunch with parallax scrolling.
the Coleco version was very impressive!
No worries; still a great video as usual. :)
whats up with the msdos version?
OK.. Fixed ! Sorry about that folks ! >_< My bad.
I used to play C64 version back in the day and it wasnt all jerky like it's shown in this video.
That's how it was!
Commodore 64 was a great machine, best port on here.
I could've sworn the Commodore 64 version had music. At least the version I used to play, which otherwise looks identical to the one shown in this video.
Jungle Hunt > Pitfall
jungle king > jungle hunt
Looks pretty good for a 2600 game!
Hey nice video!!! Do you think you can upload the theme music of the arcade version?
Hi, Atari 800XL was the same as XE and yes, the static noise was part of the game... One of my favorite games, it was one of with the best grafics for XL. However, I have no idea why XE and XL version was the same? My guess is - XL version was cleverly cut down/compressed by hackers or.... it was 5200 version??
Bartosz Radziszewski because there is no differnce between the two machines? They are basically xls rebranded/cosmetically changed...
This static sound is part of the game on Atari 800xl.
Where is the SG1000/MSX version?
Where and how did you get these games and systems?
the bass line for Jungle Hunt by the Internet Bad Boys is influenced by the music of the Atari 2600 version's final stage
I grew up with the Atari 2600 version. Looks like it holds up well with some other versions.
VIC 20 version is super-impressive.
Amen ! I had one button & was happy to have it on My stiff ass Atari 2600 joystick. lol
Wingnut4427/GHS - If I remember correctly there were TWO arcade versions of this game. Jungle Hunt AND Jungle King. Wasn't Jungle King replaced by Jungle Hunt because of some lawsuit?
Yes. that is noted in the notes section after the list.
Scooter Ahlers i think it was a tarzan lawsuit
My favorite Atari Game.
God, that DOS version
It's all about the jazzy midi! The games without it are lacking.
Did the dos version have a composite output option. You should see the difference between Dos Burger Time on a monitor and Dos Burger Time on composite. The CGA monitor is horrible, ugly as shit, while the composite version looks just like the arcade. It's an amazing difference.
I'm surprised the 2600 version looks much better than the Vic-20 version. The Vic 20, while no powerhouse is far superior to the 2600.
In the original Jungle King, he is clearly meant to be Tarzan or a Tarzan knock-off, since he even does the famous Tarzan yell in the beginning. How did Taito think they could get away with this without it clearly being a copyright infringement issue?
Ah good old Sir Dudley Dashley's here to save his wife!
why is the 2600 version the only version without the girl dangling over a pot?
Hardware limitations?
I just got 2600 version. It's a rlly good game. You should try it
Arguably we all would've!
The 2600 version is the only one with parallax scrolling; impressive!
And the arcade does too. Also on Taito Legends xbox ps2
There was a version named Pirate Pete and i thought the only they changed from the tarzan guy was the scream from the films
Is that the whole game?
Why in the world does the DOS port look like an Atari 2600 version? That doesn't look like CGA
Honestly .. I have no clue. It was horrid but I included it because it existed. >_
I would have preferred Vic games to have better resolution, even though it would have meant only a few colours.
I had the Commodore 64 version of this game
Wasn't there a version of Jungle Hunt where after the man rescued the beautiful woman from the cauldron,she said,"Congratulations, I love you?
That was the Arcade version. Most of the home ports were butchered due to memory space limitations and did not even have music.
The Commodore Vic-20 version is the ONLY one with the background music. Go Figure.
In the boulder stage it have a parallax scroll too! Great vic 20!
And it doesn't even do it justice...
As semi popular Jungle Hunt was, never played it.
It was good.
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I just tried the Colecovision version tonight, liked it.
13:22 what a sad beep :(
Did Magnavox have a jungle king version? In 82 my dad bought a Magnavox and I played a lame version of Pacman of course Atari got me through adolescence but it was much more fun to skip school (6th grade) in 1981 and stay at the liquor store where they had defender and spend my 25¢
If it did, it was more than likely a clone and not an official port
might have been early EGA days, 16 colors.
10:12 - you must have done this on purpose :D
DOS Version... 😭😭😭😭
Cool your very good at that one part he,he .
Why is he and his girlfriend black in the c64 version . Cool thou .
When I played this at Chuck E Cheese in the 80s when I was little, it was "Jungle King" not Jungle Hunt.
Because that was the original name, but they had to change the name because of legal reasons. They also changed the main character sprite as well
Yeah there were two versions, each with different player character graphics.
... what else?
gotta love those who always choose the 2600 version of these games ... lol
That version is one of the best on here.
That version is one of the best on here.
That version is one of the best on here.
That version is one of the best on here.
I think the DOS version was not that great
Because a pot of boiling water & a rope would have added an extra 2 kilobytes & would have made the game cost $100.00 at the time 0_0 lol
Some stink and some are good
Atari 2600 version - parallax scrolling FTW!
Ugliest vesion by far: TI-99.
I have the PlayStation 2 version
Ps2 version was just a rom of the original arcade
Too much demo for MS version of
The MS-DOS version has so crappy graphics! It looks like an unofficial Atari 2600 port! And how the hell did they manage to get more than 4 colors on basic CGA mode?!
simple, they used mid-screen palette switching. (reducing the limit to 4 colors per line or row instead of 4 colors in total)
as for the crappiness, it looks to be intended for CGA-Composite not CGA-RGB as displayed here.
Emulator.
This game couldn't be released any more because of the head hunters stereo type and a male saves a female, see how stupid we have let it get. May they have to release a woke version lol.
I don't know who you are.. But I like you already ! lol