Tarzan
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🙂 7.3/10
(Playstation - US, Platformer)
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Developed_By:
Eurocom Developments Ltd
Published_By:
Sony
Released On:
29 Jun 1999
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Tarzan is a 3D platformer where you play as the titular character, tasked with leading the jungle to a new era. Your quest begins with collecting coins, map pieces, and letters while navigating through levels filled with obstacles and enemies. Along the way, your monkey friend will provide you with helpful hints and guidance.
The gameplay revolves around exploration, platforming, and combat. You'll need to use Tarzan's agility and cunning to overcome challenges and defeat foes. The game features a unique blend of 3D graphics and 2D platforming elements, making for an engaging and challenging experience.
eBay Product ID:
111232092 (United States)
eBay Product ID:
1480 (United States)
UPC-A:
710425232145 (United States)
UPC-A:
711719445623 (United States)
ASIN:
B00000JQQH (United States)
Sony PN:
SCUS-94456 (United States)
Sony PN:
SLUS-01536CE/01537CE/01538CE (United States)
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Save Game Methods:
External Storage
Multiplayer Options:
Same/Split-Screen
Input Device Features Supported:
Vibration
Controller Types Supported:
Analog Controller
Number of Players Supported:
1 Player, 1-4 Players
Multiplayer Game Modes:
Free-for-all / One-on-one (VS)
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Manual
Game Guide
Extracted from the original game manual
This action-adventure platformer follows Tarzan's journey from orphaned child to jungle hero. Players control Tarzan as he navigates his environment, learns new skills, and interacts with characters to protect his family and home.
Story
Welcome to the Jungle
Tarzan yells in triumph as you control the ultimate hero's passage through his jungle home. Swing, climb, run, jump, and surf your way through Tarzan's adventures. Meet Tarzan's friends, encounter mysterious strangers, and save Tarzan's family from a ruthless hunter as you navigate his exotic world.
Disney's Tarzan
Orphaned in the jungle, Tarzan is rescued by Kala, a female gorilla, who discovers the baby in a tree house high above the jungle floor. An immediate bond forms between the two when Kala is forced to save Tarzan from the leopard, Sabor, a longtime enemy of the gorilla family and the killer of the child's parents.
Kala returns with Tarzan to her ape family. The other apes look at the baby with uncertainty, and Kerchak, the ape's leader, fears the baby will bring danger to his family. When Kala refuses to abandon the child to a certain death, Kerchak allows her to keep the baby, but refuses to be a father to this stranger.
Tarzan thrives in the jungle, quickly becoming friends with a tomboy ape named Terk, and a neurotic elephant named Tantor. As Tarzan watches all the creatures of the jungle, he learns their skills and uses what he learns. Even so, Tarzan knows he is different from the animals in his new family.
Determined to prove himself to Kerchak, Tarzan vows to become, "the best ape ever!" As Tarzan grows into adulthood, his strength and agility allow him to move through the jungle with ease. When Sabor attacks Kerchak, Tarzan kills the leopard, finally earning Kerchak's respect and acceptance.
Just when it seems that he has finally fit into the gorilla family, gunshots announce the arrival of humans. With that one sound, Tarzan's world changes forever. Curious about these new strangers, Tarzan must find out more about them.
He is quickly introduced to Professor Porter, a noted scientific expert on gorillas, Professor Porter's daughter Jane, and Clayton, their opportunistic jungle guide. Unimagined adventures await Tarzan as his human acquaintances encounter the gorilla world he grew up in.
Levels
Welcome to the Jungle
Orphaned, Tarzan must survive in the jungle. To do that, he has many discoveries to make. Terk helps Tarzan a lot.
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Tarzan needs to be armed, so be on the lookout for a knife pickup.
Going Ape
Tarzan knows some things now, having learned the ways of the jungle, and now he sets out to discover more. Terk is still there to help, but increasingly, Tarzan must use his knowledge of the jungle to survive and grow.
This level introduces Tarzan to using vines to get around the jungle. Be sure to climb vines as well as leap from them. Surprises await you in the jungle canopy.
The Elephant Hair Dare
Tarzan comes to play with Terk, but the other apes want nothing to do with Tarzan. Terk gives Tarzan "The Elephant Hair Dare." Get an elephant hair and you can be one of the gang.
Tarzan heads deep into the jungle to find an elephant. What he finds instead are large animals, tangles of vines, and the need to eat many bananas to stay healthy, long enough to finish his quest.
Stampede
Tarzan grabs an elephant's tail to get the elusive hair, only to be spotted and mistaken for a piranha. Watch out, Tarzan! The herd of elephants is stampeding.
There are lots of bananas and tokens to collect if Tarzan can keep from being trampled under the rampaging elephants, bashed by trees, or running into wandering rhinos. Will he get home with the hair and be one of the gang?
Coming of Age
Tarzan, the boy, becomes a man of the jungle. There are huge cliffs to climb, and a lot of tree surfing to do, so Tarzan must keep up his strength.
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Watch for rewards and tokens in strange places.
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Remember to ground pound the jungle floor beneath trees and on rotten branches that contain bonuses.
Sabor Attacks
Tarzan rescues Kerchak from Sabor, then has to search the jungle for his enemy. Finding Sabor, Tarzan fights this ferocious leopard with a spear, to rid the jungle of this predator.
Controls
Start Button
Pauses game
L1
Underhand throw
R1
Ground Pound
L2
Jump
R2
Overhand throw
△ Button
Knife Slash
○ Button
Knife Thrust
X Button
Change Fruit (Clockwise)
□ Button
Change Fruit (counterclockwise)
Directional Buttons
Move Tarzan in direction pushed
➡ Right Arrow (while swinging from vines)
Swing right
⬅ Left Arrow (while swinging from vines)
Swing left
↑ Up Arrow (while swinging from vines)
Climb up vine
↓ Down Arrow (while swinging from vines)
Move down vine
X Button (while swinging from vines)
Release vine
How to Play
The Main Menu
Use the Directional Buttons ↑↓ to move between Start Game, Options, and Load Game. Highlight your choice and press the ✖ Button to proceed.
Start Game
Move directly to "Welcome to the Jungle" (Level 1) by pressing the ✖ Button.
Options
Professor Porter will point the way to the options: Difficulty, Controller, Sound, and Movies. Press the Directional Button ↑↓ arrows to highlight an option, then press the ✖ Button to confirm the selection.
Difficulty
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Easy, Medium, Hard.
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Press the Directional Buttons ↑↓ to highlight the option, then press ✖ Button to confirm the selection.
Controller
Turn the vibration feature of the controller On or Off. Use the Directional Buttons to highlight the On/Off button and press the ✖ Button to make the change.
You can also choose different control settings by highlighting Configure and pressing the ✖ Button. Move the Directional Buttons ↑ or ↓ to change the control configuration. Press the ✖ Button to select or the ◯ Button to exit.
Sound
Music
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Full, Medium, Off.
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Press the ✖ Button to confirm your selection.
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Press the ◯ Button to exit.
Sfx
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Mono, Stereo.
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Press the ✖ Button to confirm your selection.
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Press the ◯ Button to exit.
Movies
Use the Directional Buttons ←→ to cycle through the available movies. Movies will be made available by collecting the T-A-R-Z-A-N letters and by finishing levels.
You can only play a movie after selecting a previously saved game. Highlight the movie you wish to view and press the ✖ Button. Press the ◯ Button to exit.
Load Game
Let Jane guide you to your saved games. If instructed to, insert your Memory Card. Use the Directional Buttons to move to the game you wish to play, highlight it, and press the ✖ Button.
Health
Tarzan needs a lot of energy as he encounters his enemies. Watch the energy bar and be sure to let Tarzan collect the bananas that he finds. He must gather his strength before the next encounter. See Hazards.
Banana Tree
Pound the base of the banana tree by pressing the Button and the tree will drop bananas and other items that will help Tarzan.
Tarzan's Moves
Swinging
Using the Directional Buttons, press and hold Left or Right to swing Left or Right. Press Up on the Directional Button to climb up or Down to move down. Tarzan will swing from the vine or rope.
Press the Cross Button to get Tarzan to release his grip and swing to the next vine. This move is perfect for moving Tarzan safely across wide pits.
Climbing
Move Tarzan to a cliff, tree, or vine. Press the Cross Button and the Up Directional Button simultaneously. Tarzan will climb the obstacle to get where he is going, possibly gathering rewards along the way.
Tree Surfing
Tarzan lands on a twisting branch and suddenly he is surfing past birds and monkeys. Press the Directional Button Down to lay back on the branch and avoid getting Tarzan smacked by overhanging branches.
Press the Cross Button to leap over low-clinging vines. Be prepared to swing wide of branches using the Left and Right Directional Buttons, and to collect tokens.
Completing Levels
Reach Jane's parasol to complete a level. The parasol opens and you are taken to the Level Complete screen.
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The number beside the Tarzan icon shows how many lives are left.
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The number beside the Token icon shows how many tokens have been collected. Tarzan will get additional lives for each 100 tokens collected.
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The letters that spell T-A-R-Z-A-N are at the top of the screen. The ones you have collected are highlighted. If you have collected them all, you can access a movie. (See the Options screen.)
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The highlighted portions of the sketch show how many of its parts you collected during the completion of the level. If you completed the sketch, you will play a bonus level before going on to the next story level.
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When the count is completed, press the Button to continue to the next level, or press the Button to save the game to the Memory Card.
Bonus Levels
Stork Ride
Enjoy the ride and collect your tokens. Guide the stork using the Button to avoid running into overhanging branches. Miss those trees in the stork's way using the Directional Buttons.
Jungle Cruise
Collect those tokens and watch out for whirlpools.
Tree Surfing
Catch some branch and do a little surfing, jungle style.
Terk and Tantor's Great Escape
Terk and Tantor are on the run from Kerchak. Maintain control and avoid obstacles by using the right and left directional buttons to steer Tantor.
Jungle Jumpin'
Terk and Tarzan are jumping and flipping for a ton of bonuses.
Completing Bonus Levels
Completing bonus levels is the same as completing levels except that you cannot save bonus levels. Collect all four pieces of the sketch and you will be able to play another bonus level.
Any tokens you collected will be added to the number of lives left. Collect the Purple fruit to extend the time in the bonus levels.
Enemies & Characters
Terk
A feisty, wisecracking tomboy, Terk quickly adopts Tarzan as a little brother. She teaches Tarzan the ways of the jungle and is always there to help him.
Tantor
An elephant bundle of nerves and neuroses, Tantor's size does nothing to waylay his numerous anxieties. However, when Tarzan is in trouble, Tantor will always trumpet-charge to his friend's rescue.
Jane
A proper young Victorian woman, Jane eagerly embraces the excitement and danger of the jungle. She discovers she can teach Tarzan the ways of Man, while Tarzan happily guides Jane to the hidden wonders of his exotic world.
Professor Porter
As the world-leading expert on gorillas, Professor Porter is eager to observe them in the jungle. He is a good-natured man, full of enthusiasm, and easily distracted, always watchful when it comes to his daughter Jane.
Kala
Tarzan's adoptive mother, Kala loves Tarzan unconditionally and teaches him that family is more a matter of heart than of blood.
Kerchak
The respected patriarch of the gorilla family, Kerchak is fiercely devoted to the apes in his care. He refuses to accept Tarzan, convinced he will bring danger, but acknowledges Tarzan's worthiness when he puts himself at risk to save his gorilla family.
Jungle Animals
The jungle is alive with animals, some of which are cute and fuzzy but can still be hazardous to your health. Some animals are even downright mean and will throw harmful fruit at Tarzan.
Clayton
An experienced hunter, Clayton guides Jane and Professor Porter through the jungle, with a natural instinct to shoot first and explore later. Although he appears to be the ideal example of civilized man, Tarzan soon discovers who is the true savage.
Thugs
When the humans arrive in the jungle, new dangers face Tarzan in the form of Clayton's thugs. They are out to hurt Tarzan and capture his gorilla family.
Hazards
Certain plants and animals decrease Tarzan's strength so that he must find health to continue.
Animals
While some animals are openly hostile to Tarzan, others will decrease Tarzan's strength by simply making contact. Jump to avoid them or throw harmful fruit at them.
Birds
Birds drop coconuts on Tarzan. Jump to see them coming or duck to protect Tarzan, then head for cover.
Exotic Plants
Activate these plants to make bananas and fruit fly out, which can be collected for bonuses and health boosts. Be careful not to touch these plants.
Tips & Maps
Ground Pound
Press the Button to have Tarzan pound the jungle floor. This move can release health, power fruit and mangos from trees, provide access to hidden areas on the jungle floor, or break open boxes.
Power Jump
Have Tarzan leap, using the Button, on springy plants and large animals, then use the Directional Buttons to move him where he needs to go.
Knife
Find the knife, pick it up, and use the L1 Button to slash with it, and the R1 Button to thrust.
Spear
Tarzan has a spear for his fight against Sabor. Use the Button for high attack and press the Button for low attack.
Jane's Parasol
This item is used while tree surfing with Jane. Press the Button to pop open the parasol while tree surfing and knock baboons off the tree.
Power Fruit
Tarzan has three different colored fruits he can collect, each with increased power to help him with larger enemies. Press the L2 or R2 button several times to see the quantity of each color fruit Tarzan has available. Cycle to the color of fruit you wish to use.
Jungle Coloring
Look for highlight differences in jungle coloring and have Tarzan pound the ground. Bananas and tokens are hidden in strange places.
Springboards
Watch for springboards of all kinds, jungle branches, loose boards, springy plants, the backs of large animals, and then power jump.
Lives Counter
Watch the counter in the leaf on the lower right corner of the screen to know how many lives Tarzan has left.
Rockin' the Boat Levers
On the "Rockin' the Boat" level, look for levers that open access to blocked off areas.
Journey to the Treehouse Paths
There are many paths on the Journey to the Treehouse, but some are more profitable in terms of bonuses than others. So search high and low and you will be sure to discover more than you bargained for.
Vines
Vines are not just for swinging. Several vines have bonus items hidden along the tops of the trees. Climb up to the tops of vines and discover Jungle Tokens and Health.
Camp Crates
In the camp, trash some crates to find Jungle Tokens and other valuable items.
Teeter-Totter
You also will want to hang out on the teeter-totter for a second, as the result can be uplifting.
Items & Weapons
Yellow Fruit
Standard power. Tarzan has an unlimited supply of this fruit to throw.
Purple Fruit
First level of increased power. This fruit has double the impact power of the Yellow Fruit.
Red Fruit
Second level of increased power. This fruit splits to hit multiple enemies.
Blue Fruit
The most powerful fruit. This fruit blasts all the enemies in the vicinity.
Tokens
For every 100 tokens Tarzan collects before completing a level, he gains a life.
Tarzan Letters
Collect all six letters that spell T-A-R-Z-A-N on a level and you can open movies in the movie viewer on the Options screen.
Sketches
Complete a sketch before you complete a level by collecting its 4 pieces, and get a bonus level.
Level Select
Upon completing a level you will be taken to the level select screen. The next level in Tarzan's journey will be highlighted.
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