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Jungle Book

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Also known as
Disney: Das Dschungelbuch Disney: Le Livre de la Jungle Walt Disney's The Jungle Book

Guide Mowgli through platforming stages to collect jewels, using fruit weapons and facing boss fights.

The Game Boy version of The Jungle Book was released in 1994. The original game, developed by Virgin Interactive, was first released in 1993 for the Sega Genesis and other platforms.

About Jungle Book

Based on the 1994 Disney film, the Game Boy version of Jungle Book is a platformer where Mowgli navigates ten stages. Progression requires collecting a set number of jewels found in the environment or dropped by defeated animals.

Enemies include various jungle creatures such as snakes, monkeys, and rhinoceroses. Mowgli can defeat them by jumping on their heads or using collected weapons like bananas, boomerangs, and nuts. Defeated foes also provide ammunition for most weapons and can yield health-restoring fruit or special items like an invincibility mask.

The game alternates between standard platforming and boss encounters. Every other level concludes with a fight, featuring antagonists from the film as well as the unusual requirement to battle the friendly bear Baloo. A found shovel allows entry to bonus stages.

Jungle Book Screenshots

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Kind of an unfortunate name for a game company
Pretty spartan title screen, isn't it?
About to start a level
Wouldn't be much of a jungle without vines
Like most platformers, everything in the world wants you dead
Thank goodness