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| Manufacturer | Williams Pinball |
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| Release date | February 1981 |
| System | Williams System 7 |
| Design | Barry Oursler |
| Programming | Larry DeMar, Paul Dussault |
| Artwork | Constantino Mitchell |
| Production run | 6,000 |
Jungle Lord is a 1981pinball machine designed by Barry Oursler and produced byWilliams pinball. It features aTarzan influenced theme, a two-level playfield and a magnetic ball saver ("Magna Save").
Jungle Lord is the second of the four two-level System 7 games that Williams produced in 1980/1, the others beingBlack Knight,Pharaoh andSolar Fire.[1]
The design of the upper playfield is similar toBlack Knight, but incorporates a "self-contained mini bagatelle style 'chamber' playfield, found on the top left-hand corner",[2] with four lanes that spell L-O-R-D. The lower playfield includes a bank of three drop-targets and two bulls-eye targets. The upper and lower playfields each have two flippers.[3]
The early production of the game had a red cabinet, and around 100 units were made. The later ones had a blue cabinet[4] and the tiger artwork was slightly changed.
The game is controlled with two buttons on each side of the cabinet, one on each side for the flippers, and the other to control the magna-save.[3]
A primary feature is a timed multiball which starts after the player completes the L-O-R-D lanes.[3]
The game includes an innovative scoring feature called "Double Trouble", a drop target feature that engages when the player hits the five drop-targets on the upper playfield.[5]
Unlike on the predecessorBlack Knight, the magna-save is activated by the player for up to 5 time units earned from hitting various targets, rather than for a fixed period of time.[3]
In a review forPlay Meter,Roger Sharpe rated the game at 2.75/4, finding the graphics to be bold and colorful, and the game to be a difficult but satisfying experience.[3]
