Jumping Jack (game)
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- "Leggit" redirects here. For the similar word "legit", see Legitimacy (disambiguation).
Jumping Jack is a platform game
Platform game
A platform game is a video game characterized by requiring the player to jump to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles . It must be possible to control these jumps and to fall from platforms or miss jumps...
created by Albert Ball and Stuart C. Ball for the ZX Spectrum
ZX Spectrum
The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd...
16K in 1983. It was available for the Atari 8-bit computers
Atari 8-bit family
The Atari 8-bit family is a series of 8-bit home computers manufactured from 1979 to 1992. All are based on the MOS Technology 6502 CPU and were the first home computers designed with custom coprocessor chips...
and Dragon 32 under the name Leggit!.
The game was ported to arcade by Universal in 1984. The ZX Spectrum 16K version features a daring explorer named Jack who jumps up through the holes, avoiding large monsters. Each monster kicks him and he can fall down through the holes, eventually losing a life. He runs making a funny noise, and after each level song lyrics are revealed, rhyme by rhyme.