Jill of the Jungle
Developer(s)	Epic MegaGames
Publisher(s)	Epic MegaGames
Release date(s)	1992
Genre(s)	platformer
Mode(s)	Single player
Platform(s)	DOS

Jill of the Jungle is a trilogy of platformer 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: Image File history File links Jill_of_the_Jungle. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... Epic Games, formerly known as Epic MegaGames and also known as Epic, is a computer game development company based in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. ... Video game publishers are companies that publish video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer. ... Epic Games, formerly known as Epic MegaGames and also known as Epic, is a computer game development company based in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... This is a listing of computer and video game genres with brief descriptions and examples from each genre. ... A screenshot of the original Donkey Kong. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... For the list, see list of computer and video games. ... For other uses, see DOS (disambiguation). ... A screenshot of the original Donkey Kong. ... This article needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Epic Games, formerly known as Epic MegaGames and also known as Epic, is a computer game development company based in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. ... Shareware is a marketing method for software, whereby a trial version is distributed in advance and without payment, as is common for proprietary software. ... id Software is a computer game developer based in Mesquite, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. ... Corporate logo of Apogee Software Apogee Software, Ltd. ...

• Jill of the Jungle
• Jill of the Jungle 2: Jill Goes Underground
• Jill of the Jungle 3: 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. You 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 a main map, in a similar fashion to Super Mario Bros. 3, only more linear. The second game uses sequential levels without an overspanning main level. Commander Keen is the main character in a series of video games developed by id Software in the early 1990s, which were successful at replicating the side-scrolling action of the NES Super Mario Bros. ... Duke Nukem is a platform video game developed and published by Apogee Software, featuring the adventures of Duke Nukem. ... In Greek mythology, the , Amazons were either an ancient legendary nation of female warriors or a land dominated by women at the outer edges of their known world. ... Super Mario Bros. ...

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). Blue is any of a number of similar colors. ... Look up green in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Red is any of a number of similar colors at the lowest frequencies of light discernible by the human eye. ...

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. For over 20 years, Mario has been Nintendos official mascot. ... Commander Keen is the main character in a series of video games developed by id Software in the early 1990s, which were successful at replicating the side-scrolling action of the NES Super Mario Bros. ... Duke Nukem is a platform video game developed and published by Apogee Software, featuring the adventures of Duke Nukem. ...

Despite Jill of the Jungle looking like a weak attempt against the competition of id Software and Apogee, this game provided market recognition and allowed Epic Megagames to produce future titles, such as Jazz Jackrabbit, One Must Fall: 2097, and the very successful Unreal series of games. Jazz Jackrabbit title screen Jazz Jackrabbit is a platform game produced by Epic MegaGames, now known as Epic Games. ... One Must Fall: 2097 screenshot showing Crystal (in the Jaguar robot) fighting Jean-Paul (in the Shadow robot). ... The Unreal series is a computer game franchise that began with the original Unreal, a single-player first-person shooter computer game which was published on May 30th 1998 by Epic Megagames, now known as Epic Games. ...

Trivia

The engine to Jill Saves the Prince was licensed by 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. No other reasonable explanation exists for the presence of the "Onesimus" references in Jill 3's code. City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,553,873 almost 4,300,000 1. ... Several notable people were called by the single name Paul: Saint Paul for a disambiguation page. ... Onesimus In the New Testament, Onesimus (d. ...

External links

• Download the first episode
• Jill of the Jungle at MobyGames
• Buy the games from Epic Classics
• IGN page