''Jungle Lord'' is a 1981
pinball
Pinball games are a family of games in which a ball is propelled into a specially designed table where it bounces off various obstacles, scoring points either en route or when it comes to rest. Historically the board was studded with nails call ...
machine designed by Barry Oursler and produced by
Williams Pinball. It features a
Tarzan
Tarzan (John Clayton II, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adv ...
influenced theme, a multi-level playfield and a magnetic ball saver ("Magna Save"). Williams had introduced Magna Save in the
Black Knight
The black knight is a literary stock character who masks his identity and that of his liege by not displaying heraldry. Black knights are usually portrayed as villainous figures who use this anonymity for misdeeds. They are often contrasted with t ...
pinball game in 1980; Jungle Lord was one of four further Magna Save games produced in 1981, along with Pharaoh, Solar Fire and Grand Lizard.
One difference from the Black Knight design was that Jungle Lord incorporated a "self-contained mini bagatelle style 'chamber' playfield, found on the top left-hand corner."
[
Jungle Lord also included an innovative scoring feature called Double Trouble, a drop target feature that engages when the player hits five special targets.]
Description
''Jungle Lord'' was the second of the four two-level System 7 games that Williams produced, the others being ''Black Knight
The black knight is a literary stock character who masks his identity and that of his liege by not displaying heraldry. Black knights are usually portrayed as villainous figures who use this anonymity for misdeeds. They are often contrasted with t ...
'', ''Pharaoh'' and ''Solar Fire''.
The early production of the game had a red cabinet, and around 100 units were made. The later ones had a blue cabinet and the tiger artwork was slightly changed.
Gallery
Image:JungleLord Machine.jpg, Side view of the machine
Design team
* Design: Barry Oursler
* Programming: Larry DeMar, Paul Dussault
* Artwork: Constantino Mitchell
Game quotes
* "Beat tiger, beat Jungle Lord"
* "Fight tiger again!"
* "Can you fight the jungle?"
* "Fight jungle tiger and win!"
* "Jungle Lord in Double Trouble."
* "You win. Fight in jungle again!"
* "Me Jungle Lord."
* "You Jungle Lord."
* "Me tiger and me Jungle Lord."
References
External links
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1981 pinball machines
Williams pinball machines
Works based on Tarzan
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