Disney's The Jungle Book 1994

Released: July 1994
Genres: Platform · Adventure · Arcade
Platforms: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis · PC
Developers: Eurocom Entertainment Software · Virgin Games USA
More info: Wikipedia IGDB

Where to buy

Digital: GOG
In a collection: Disney Classic Games Collection

GOG Steam Nintendo Xbox
Physical: Search on Amazon

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Is it still worth playing?

Based on the 1967 Disney animated film, this platformer was released by Virgin Interactive Entertainment on many systems, including the Genesis, Super Nintendo, Game Boy and MS-DOS. The player controls Mowgli through side-scrolling levels, shooting, jumping, bouncing on enemies, climbing vines and running. He starts with a banana projectile and can find invincibility masks, coconuts, double banana shots and boomerang bananas. A level is finished by collecting enough gems and then finding a specific character in it, and a boss appears every other level and can only be hurt by projectiles. Each level has a time limit of six minutes. Because the systems differed, the six versions have fairly different level designs. A film-based adventure with its own mix of jumps and projectiles remains a lively choice today.