Jill of the Jungle

Jill of the Jungle

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developer = Epic MegaGames
publisher = Epic MegaGames
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released = 1992
genre = platformer
modes = Single player
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platforms = DOS
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"Jill of the Jungle" is a trilogy of platform computer games released in 1992 by Epic MegaGames. It was intended to rival computer games from other shareware companies such as id Software and Apogee Software, Ltd.. The three games in the series were:
* "Jill of the Jungle"
* "Jill Goes Underground"
* "Jill Saves the Prince"

Gameplay

"Jill of the Jungle" is a platform sidescroller which was released during the same time as the "Commander Keen" and "Duke Nukem" series of games. Players play as an Amazon woman who can use various types of weapons and enhancements as you progress through levels slaying monsters and finding keys. The first game in the series contains 16 levels, each of which can be entered from an overworld resembling another level. The second game uses sequential levels without an overworld.

Various puzzles include keys, transforming into different creatures, and proper jump height among others. The other games in the series use the same graphics and sounds, except that Jill's costume is recolored in each game (blue, green and red).

Between levels in the shareware version, the player encountered humorous messages that took a swipe at various popular game characters, such as Mario, Commander Keen and Duke Nukem. The messages usually described that they were retiring, supposedly due to being unable to compete with Jill.

"Jill of the Jungle" provided market recognition and allowed Epic Megagames to produce future titles, such as "Jazz Jackrabbit", "", and the very successful "Unreal series" of games.

The game Xargon, a later creation of Epic, was very similar in terms of gameplay.

Miscellaneous

The engine of "Jill Saves the Prince" was licensed to a company called ArK Multimedia Publishing and used for a Christian-themed game called "Onesimus: A Quest for Freedom". Most of the graphics from the original game were recycled into "Onesimus", which is also known as "Escape From Rome". The protagonist was a slave of Philemon who had to travel to Rome to find the apostle Paul and find true freedom as a Christian. Interestingly, while it seems to be that "Jill Saves the Prince" (along with the rest of the trilogy) was developed first, references to "Onesimus" can be found in the string section and level code of the Jill games. However, the credits for Onesimus include a "thanks" to the Epic MegaGames staff, which suggests that "Onesimus" was developed either simultaneously with Jill of the Jungle 3 or developed immediately after it.

See also Christian video games.

ee also

* List of computer and video games with female protagonists

External links

* [http://www.dosgamesarchive.com/download/game/113 Download the first episode]
*moby game|id=-group/jill-of-the-jungle-series|name="Jill of the Jungle" series
* [http://www.epicclassics.com/ Buy the games from Epic Classics]
* [http://www.shikadi.net/moddingwiki/Jill_of_the_Jungle Jill of the Jungle page at the Game Modding Wiki]


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