Let's Go Jungle!: Lost on the Island of Spice
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Let's Go Jungle!: Lost on the Island of Spice is a joystick-mounted gun arcade game
by Sega
. Players take the roles of a man and a woman stranded on a jungle island which has been overrun by monsters. Each player must shoot the monsters with his or her machine gun
s while looking for rescue.
There is also another version of the game called "Let's Go Jungle! Special" in which players sit on a revolving seat with one large projection screen in front and one in back.
A sequel in 2010 was announced to be in development called Let's Go Island: Lost on the Island of Tropics.
The game features giant animals as enemies. It features mounted turret gun controllers similar to Sega's previous gun title The Ocean Hunter
.
Similar to The House of the Dead 4 Special, the games co-op gives a compatibility rating based on how well the two players work together.
In the course of their adventure, Ben and Norah learn the story behind the island. According to a local boy of the island and a helicopter pilot, an environmental NGO
called "Green Leaves", came to island after it was devastated by war. Following the motto of "bring back the green", scientists of "Green Leaves" discovered a species of mushroom
that possessed extraordinary biological regenerative properties. The scientists extracted and refined the mushrooms' essence, creating a powerful chemical extract that could accelerate biological growth. In cooperation with the island's natives, "Green Leaves" used the chemical extract to restore the island's fauna and flora within five years. However, it was later discovered that the extract's properties were too powerful, resulting in giant-sized animals, insects, and plants that have the capacity to harm humans. "Green Leaves" and many of the island's natives evacuated the island when events grew uncontrollable, although a number of natives decided to remain behind.
After finding the rescue helicopter, the two must battle with a mutated butterfly, and fall out of the helicopter during the fight. The two hang on to a rope ladder, and due to their guns falling to the ocean, they must use a slingshot to deliver the final blow. Depending on if the player(s) hit the creature or not, the couple will either make their relationship stronger and leave the island, or break up and escape, only to have their pilot infected with a mushroom.
River Cruise: Ben and Norah travel through a marsh and then onto a motorboat. Afterward, they lose their guns in the rapids and use paddles to defend themselves. They then pick up more guns and slingshots while facing the boss, a giant bullfrog. After the frog explodes, Ben and Norah overhear a radio message: a helicopter is looking for survivors in the village.
Temple Cave: Ben and Norah use flashlights to make it through a dark cavern. After finding three survivors, they go down a water rapid, at the end having their guns taken by the tour guide. They then obtain slingshots from one of the survivors and climb a hill to the temple where a helicopter is waiting. However it leaves Ben and Norah due to the full capacity limit, with one survivor throwing them back their guns. A giant praying mantis serves as the boss for this stage.
Elephant Ride: The couple reach a village which, like the previous locations, is abandoned. However it doesn't take long before bugs (from previous stages) finds them and begin attacking. After fighting their way through, they come across a young boy on an elephant who is being attacked. After helping both of them, the boy offers the two a lift, to which they ride out of the village with the boss spider from stage one (now having mushrooms growing out of it) on their tail. After a rough ride, the couple manage to knock it into a river before reaching a deserted heliport, the extraction point. It's here that the mystery of the wildlife's growth and aggression is revealed (see above), more bugs soon attack followed by a last ditch effort from the boss spider. The couple manage to defeat it but knock it into barrels of chemicals which splash on nearby venus fly traps, causing them to grow and become aggressive. The couple once again defend themselves, finally beating the monster when the boy's elephant tosses a gas canister at the plant for them to shoot. Safe, the boy gives Norah his good luck charm (which seems to protect him) as a parting gift as the rescue copter arrives to pick the couple up. After they fly off however, some butterflies get near the chemicals.
Island Hopping: The final stage see the couple resting in the helicopter as the pilot explains more about the chemicals and their effect on the island. Just when all seems well, a giant butterfly attacks the helicopter. Grabbing their guns, the couple battle the insects until the giant's wings fan them out of the copter. Ben manages to hang onto the rope ladder and grab Norah as well, though they lose their guns in the process as the boss butterfly comes back for one more attack. Searching their pockets, they find the slingshot acquired from the previous 2nd stage. With the charm, the couple work together to aim and fire, finally bringing the butterfly down. Alternately, if the player fails at an action sequence, the player will activate a 'bad ending' sequence.
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Arcade game
An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...
by Sega
Sega
, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...
. Players take the roles of a man and a woman stranded on a jungle island which has been overrun by monsters. Each player must shoot the monsters with his or her machine gun
Machine gun
A machine gun is a fully automatic mounted or portable firearm, usually designed to fire rounds in quick succession from an ammunition belt or large-capacity magazine, typically at a rate of several hundred rounds per minute....
s while looking for rescue.
There is also another version of the game called "Let's Go Jungle! Special" in which players sit on a revolving seat with one large projection screen in front and one in back.
A sequel in 2010 was announced to be in development called Let's Go Island: Lost on the Island of Tropics.
Gameplay
Let's Go Jungle!: Lost on the Island of Spice is a rail-shooter, which mutant animals (mainly insects) approach the players from the front and players are required to shoot them with a gun. In points of the game, the player must perform special tasks such as moving the gun in a direction, tapping buttons quickly, or tapping the buttons at the right time.The game features giant animals as enemies. It features mounted turret gun controllers similar to Sega's previous gun title The Ocean Hunter
The Ocean Hunter
The Ocean Hunter is a 1998 light gun shooter arcade game developed and published by Sega. The Ocean Hunter runs on Sega Model 3 hardware. It was first released in October 1998.- Gameplay :...
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Similar to The House of the Dead 4 Special, the games co-op gives a compatibility rating based on how well the two players work together.
Story
Ben and Norah, whose relationship is floundering, tour an island in Asia. However, they find that mutant giant animals are wreaking havoc, and they are desperate to escape.In the course of their adventure, Ben and Norah learn the story behind the island. According to a local boy of the island and a helicopter pilot, an environmental NGO
Non-governmental organization
A non-governmental organization is a legally constituted organization created by natural or legal persons that operates independently from any government. The term originated from the United Nations , and is normally used to refer to organizations that do not form part of the government and are...
called "Green Leaves", came to island after it was devastated by war. Following the motto of "bring back the green", scientists of "Green Leaves" discovered a species of mushroom
Mushroom
A mushroom is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source. The standard for the name "mushroom" is the cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus; hence the word "mushroom" is most often applied to those fungi that...
that possessed extraordinary biological regenerative properties. The scientists extracted and refined the mushrooms' essence, creating a powerful chemical extract that could accelerate biological growth. In cooperation with the island's natives, "Green Leaves" used the chemical extract to restore the island's fauna and flora within five years. However, it was later discovered that the extract's properties were too powerful, resulting in giant-sized animals, insects, and plants that have the capacity to harm humans. "Green Leaves" and many of the island's natives evacuated the island when events grew uncontrollable, although a number of natives decided to remain behind.
After finding the rescue helicopter, the two must battle with a mutated butterfly, and fall out of the helicopter during the fight. The two hang on to a rope ladder, and due to their guns falling to the ocean, they must use a slingshot to deliver the final blow. Depending on if the player(s) hit the creature or not, the couple will either make their relationship stronger and leave the island, or break up and escape, only to have their pilot infected with a mushroom.
Stages
Jeep Safari: This is the first part of the tour, as well as the first stage in the game. While they are riding giant spiders attack them killing two tour guides leaving the two alone with only a driver. This is where Ben and Norah first encounter the mutant insects. The boss is a giant spider. The driver leaves at the first sight of the boss leaving them only guns which were dropped by the guide tours which were killed. Ben and Norah managed to escape from the giant spider when they jumping off from the cliff. At the end of the stage, Ben and Norah take a look at the brochure and decide on which path to take. There are two choices, River Cruise or Temple Cave.River Cruise: Ben and Norah travel through a marsh and then onto a motorboat. Afterward, they lose their guns in the rapids and use paddles to defend themselves. They then pick up more guns and slingshots while facing the boss, a giant bullfrog. After the frog explodes, Ben and Norah overhear a radio message: a helicopter is looking for survivors in the village.
Temple Cave: Ben and Norah use flashlights to make it through a dark cavern. After finding three survivors, they go down a water rapid, at the end having their guns taken by the tour guide. They then obtain slingshots from one of the survivors and climb a hill to the temple where a helicopter is waiting. However it leaves Ben and Norah due to the full capacity limit, with one survivor throwing them back their guns. A giant praying mantis serves as the boss for this stage.
Elephant Ride: The couple reach a village which, like the previous locations, is abandoned. However it doesn't take long before bugs (from previous stages) finds them and begin attacking. After fighting their way through, they come across a young boy on an elephant who is being attacked. After helping both of them, the boy offers the two a lift, to which they ride out of the village with the boss spider from stage one (now having mushrooms growing out of it) on their tail. After a rough ride, the couple manage to knock it into a river before reaching a deserted heliport, the extraction point. It's here that the mystery of the wildlife's growth and aggression is revealed (see above), more bugs soon attack followed by a last ditch effort from the boss spider. The couple manage to defeat it but knock it into barrels of chemicals which splash on nearby venus fly traps, causing them to grow and become aggressive. The couple once again defend themselves, finally beating the monster when the boy's elephant tosses a gas canister at the plant for them to shoot. Safe, the boy gives Norah his good luck charm (which seems to protect him) as a parting gift as the rescue copter arrives to pick the couple up. After they fly off however, some butterflies get near the chemicals.
Island Hopping: The final stage see the couple resting in the helicopter as the pilot explains more about the chemicals and their effect on the island. Just when all seems well, a giant butterfly attacks the helicopter. Grabbing their guns, the couple battle the insects until the giant's wings fan them out of the copter. Ben manages to hang onto the rope ladder and grab Norah as well, though they lose their guns in the process as the boss butterfly comes back for one more attack. Searching their pockets, they find the slingshot acquired from the previous 2nd stage. With the charm, the couple work together to aim and fire, finally bringing the butterfly down. Alternately, if the player fails at an action sequence, the player will activate a 'bad ending' sequence.
Font Style
The font style of the texts used throughout the game is based on the Thai alphabetThai alphabet
Thai script , is used to write the Thai language and other, minority, languages in Thailand. It has forty-four consonants , fifteen vowel symbols that combine into at least twenty-eight vowel forms, and four tone marks ....
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External links
- Official Let's Go Jungle!: Lost on the Island of Spice website (JapaneseJapanese languageis a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
with some EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
) - Official Let's Go Island!: Lost on the Island of Tropics website