LGR - Jill of the Jungle - DOS PC Game Review

[@TheLorderrr]

Prince: "Jill, will you marry me?" Jill:"Okay" Best ending ever

[@tifforo1]

The Silent Player Jill is an ancestor of Forrest Gump.

[@elgoog-the-third]

Geez, man, spoilers!

[@pirajacinto4]

It's always such a trip seeing LGR's old intros and younger voice.

[@AsyrafFile]

If you don't know. This game is now available on GOG and is free forever yesterday.

[@ocarinaplaya]

Good tip. Just got it.

[@pentiummmx2294]

just applied the patch to it and started playing it on my Pentium 133 PC.

[@xXxstunner]

Thank you so much! I loved this game so much as a kid! It was one of the first games I ever played and it was so fun. The animation of Jill really impressed me at the time. Now I'll play the whole thing! Thank you!

[@aaadj2744]

Just got it :-)

[@Haywood-Jablomie]

I identify as Jill of the Jungle

[@YamisQueenJess]

I didn't have an NES growing up, so this game along with Commander Keen, Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure and Vinyl Goddess from Mars was my Super Mario Bros.

[@unbridledenthusiasm]

Ditto, honestly we were lucky

[@JanoyCresvaZero]

Cosmo’s Cosmic Adventure... Man that game was fun! It was one of the few computer games I had but tended to play constantly!

[@GabrielleTollerson]

I loved those games,they made my childhood 😭

[@TheBrazilRules]

Como's Cosmic Adventure hasn't aged well, but felt so good at the time

[@dwoodman26]

From 'Shareware' to 'No Sharing, It's Ours and Ours Alone!' Oh Epic...

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

Weird how things changed after 30 years.

[@diamondhamster4320]

Like any proper capitalistic business? Monopoly and total economic domination is the end goal of true Capitalism.

[@JS-wp4gs]

@@diamondhamster4320 Spoken like an idiot communist who doesn't understand anything about capitalism

[@PieceOfPieSoftware]

Thank you so much for this video. Xargon has always been one of my favourite childhood games, and I'd completely forgotten about Jill of the Jungle. I can't wait to play it again. I'd also never heard of that Vinyl Goddess From Mars game, but upon trying it, it's already amazing in the first level. I know what I'm doing today, and it's all thanks to you!

[@LGR]

Piece of Pie Software Haha, awesome! Vinyl really is a lot of fun, all the way through.

[@LGR]

Heck yeah love that game, along with its predecessor of sorts, Crystal Caves.

[@stefanpoirier6810]

So do I dude. So do I.

[@niwm]

Checking out your channel, I just can't stop nerd-gasming from all the nostalgia and game reviews of the stuff I used to play as a kid. The DOS era was incredible (and Jill of the Jungle in particular was one of the great ones). Thanks for helping me relive the memories! :)

[@WarlanderTV]

Jill of the Jungle was perhaps the greatest platformer I ever played on PC. Loved this game!

[@TheTjoconnor]

Clint, I love you man. I've been trying to the name of this game ever since our MS-DOS PC crapped out in '96. Now I finally remember. Thanks, dude!

[@LGR]

@gav1230 As far as PC platform games go, it's incredible. But compared to some of the high-end console games, your Sonics and Marios, it's hard to compete. The earlier Keen games anyways, I-III (and Dreams to a degree). Have you played the later games, IV through VI? Those were where it really perfected it, and honestly I still prefer those over any console platform game.

[@Hexumonium]

Thanks for this review. You refreshed my memory on everything about it. I used to love this game as a kid. I played that Xargon game too. And Epic Pinball. Vinyl Goddess from Mars sounds fun. I'm gonna watch your review for that now.

[@Maisonier]

Amazing video. I was searching for this because the ms-dos game "Gods". Reminds me to some kind of mix between Electroman, Jill and Xargon.

[@Aidyx3D]

6:42 This is my lost childhood game and you just casually mentioned it!! Thank you for making me remember its name! I'm going to play it nonstop

[@LGR]

@shaurz BoC owns. And yes, so it's not just me. I tried to explain how the jumping feels, saying "too tight or predictable"... I'm not sure how to express it, but it's certainly different than most anything else (other than Xargon of course). Really takes some getting used to.

[@LGR]

@AthensSword Thanks, and no worries - I've no plans of stopping anytime soon!

[@lanigoesrawr]

OH WOW! I used to love this game!! So glad I stumbled across it on your channel as it brought back so many memories. Love your channel. Great stuff :)

[@ChrisHenares]

Great archive dude. Thanks for the review. I played it in its age and it was a great game, just like Jazz JackRabbit, Commander Keen saga and Duke Nukem (Duke Nukum I think it was) great games!

[@Cziczaki]

Xargon? HOLY MOLY! I haven't seen this game for like 20 years, thanks for nostalgia!

[@kurtg5405]

This game is a core childhood memory of mine.

[@LGR]

@shorty1k Yup, I got quite lucky with finding Jill boxed! I've been looking for a boxed version of Vinyl for a long time myself. Never have found one, only the one Gamewurx boxed compilation with Vinyl on the CD.

[@LGR]

@Ruinah That is awesome! Any chance of pix/scans of the poster?

[@FantasticTechnology]

loved that game as a kid 😃

[@Guedzilla]

I remember taking 2 hours to play through the first episode every time, because back then I had a 1 hour limit to play daily. You sir got a new subscriber!

[@elementalfunk]

This was the first video game I ever played at the ripe old age of 4 or 5 on the computers at my home town's library. The sounds in this game are what I remember most but I still have clear recollection of the platforming action. Fantastic.

[@SplitSight]

Eyyy I have the same Boards of Canada shirt. Didn't expect LGR to have good taste in music

[@LGR]

@crystyxn There's no telling, it really depends on who notices it and who is selling it. I got my Jazz CD for a few dollars on ebay, I've seen it go for upwards of $40. JJ2 is usually less than $10 for just the CD, much more for the box.

[@LlamaRed]

I only played this a couple of years ago, but it's one of my favourite 2D platform games ever. I love the humor, simplicity and the sound effect when you pick up a key. The soundtrack is also really fantastic, all except for that bonus theme music which I can't stand. :V It can be beat in about 15 minutes but I also like that, it feels like you're always making progress and is fun to keep playing through from start to finish again and again. :] I'm not a huge fan of Jill 2, the levels feel much larger and it lacks that sense of constant progression the first games has.

[@LGR]

Awesome! These games were fantastic back in the day. I also reviewed Jazz Jackrabbit and one of the Holiday Hare editions if you're curious.

[@imnotdavidxnsx]

Stop reviewing yourself. That's weird.

[@Furthermore26]

I had completely forgotten about this gem of a game. I really loved it back in the day. Ah the memories..

[@stopthrm]

One of the first PC games I ever played... (along side epic pinball). I remembered it being fun to play, but revisiting it again recently, I can say that it definately still holds up to this day. Its a testament to what PC games could do at that time. When you think about it, Mario 3 had been released just a year earlier than Jill 1 so it was still very much the NES era of gaming... good stuff.

[@FreshSqueezedLightning]

I still remember booting my grandpa's comp into MS-DOS mode to launch this game I played it so much

[@LGR]

@Lachlant1984 It runs, just not very quickly. It really needs a higher-end 286 or low-end 386 at least. I agree, I'd KILL to have these on Wii VC, XBLA, PSN etc

[@cosmicwartoad2587]

Hey, LGR. Thanks for the recommendation. I downloaded this from GOG the other day,

[@dappergremlin4935]

I had never heard of jill of the jungle until today. And probably wouldn't have given it a second thought. Till you covered it. Thank you.....p.s. my dog loves you.

[@AcidKun]

Yesss, Xargon! I knew there was something familiar about Jill and Vinyl. Remember playing it as a kid :D

[@RetroJaro]

I remember that there was something of a bug of sorts in jill of the jungle where you can throw your knives in a certain way and you could duplicate it. I'm not entirely sure how it works but I used to do this a lot when playing.

[@danhoang4291]

I don't know why I keep watching these videos. I like 'em, but there's something special about your videos...

[@c0ldb33r]

Great review you're becoming one of my favourite KZbin reviewers

[@TheLogicman1]

Great review! I've always heard of this game, but never really knew what it was all about.. haha

[@PeasantOfPerversion]

You know how to make me feel old! Thank you so much! This was one of the first games my father let me play on his 486 PC. How about a review on the Gobliins series? Those wre great games! (Except maybe for the 3D sequel ^^)

[@46Arkie]

Excellent video !!!

[@diegog1853]

wow, i was really expecting for you to trash this game. I played it when i was young but since Xargon, Comander keen and the snes were all already out i just saw jill of the jungle as the inferioir, you don't preserve your momentum as you jump and the graphics are really obviously a grid, with not even slopes or different tiles to connect the grass to the ground or do a ledge realistically. But no, i was wrong, you like it and i can respect that, this is the first time in my life i feel like i'm the young one, and that i'm very used to modern conventions so its hard for me to appreciate this. i always like seeing someone appreciating something that i don't like and explaning to me why its awesome And yeah, now i see, jill of the jungle is awesome great video

[@blues2807]

Great review man, thank you for your time doing this

[@GameplayandTalk]

Very nice, glad to see a mention of the Jill table from Epic Pinball!

[@OOZEgraffiti187]

this + jazz jackrabbit were my first games ever! I was like 5 or 6. Good old days

[@Psera]

This was some nostalgia for me. I played this and so many other shareware games on my first PC.

[@WhiskeyRichard.]

I am so infinitely happy that you reviewed this game

[@LGR]

Heh, true, though I mentioned it in my Jazz review :) And thanks!

[@paulmasoner8073]

Omg I love you boards of canada shirt! I've never met anyone else who knows them. Also, I loved Jill as a kid.

[@mikado387]

This Dos Game was my childhood.Thanks for review man.

[@AkuTenshiiZero]

Man, talk about weird. I had remembered playing Onesimus a lot as a kid, and I came ehre because I had heard it was a mod of Jill of the Jungle. What I didn't expect was to be reminded of Xargon, I had 100% forgotten that game.

[@c82over]

I remember playing this game at my aunts when i was a child. Had no idea it was so famous. To a 10 year old kid who loved computer games it was a surreal experience. Time to find a copy and play it again :)

[@HighTreason610]

Weird thing is I just raked this game out yesterday after forgetting about it somewhat. A great game and a very good review.

[@TBoneTony]

This game was amazing. I first heard about this game when a university lecturer told me about Jill of the Jungle after he saw my Jungle Lydia flash game back in 2010. I was really impressed it was one of Epic's earlier games, because I knew of Epic's Robot Fighter game called One Must Fall and I think that game too was part of the Shareware games for DOS and early Windows 95 computers if you know how to activate it through Windows DOS mode.

[@ZipplyZane]

Me too! Or, at least, really close! What I love about Jill of the Jungle is that they gave you infinite lives. They were ahead of their time on that, as now pretty much every game does it (or, like Mario, they give you so many 1-ups that you might as well have infinite lives.)

[@jasongretencord3326]

She resembles Samus Aran

[@the_major]

Good lord is the sound good on this game. I played this a lot as a kid but our computer sound card must have been crappy because it sounded so much worse. Nice to hear the real deal.

[@EnigmaHood]

Played this game way back in the day on a CGA computer. Loved it even in CGA.

[@lucapeyrefitte6899]

Wow just watching this is interesting cuz I'm so used to your deeper radio voice

[@eexot]

Good Lord! I had no idea so many games came from the Jill Engine. Cannot wait to play Xargon and Vinyl.

[@Thekinggamelon]

I really love this game, it's awesome, even Xargon, it's successor

[@krayzieridah]

This game reminds me of ''Xargon'' I use to love that game!

[@Ruinah]

Just watched a video walk-through of this game the other day. Such a classic. I even still have the poster for it that came with my registered version of ZZT. :D

[@chidagamer6497]

This was one of those games I played over, and over, and over, and over... The biggest thing I remember about it is that it nearly blew out my eardrums every time I played it. Damn, was this game loud.

[@Kalphoenix]

"Jill, Will You Marry Me?" "Okay."

[@lurkerrekrul]

These early DOS games always stuck me as being really primitive in their design. Rather than sticking with a consistent theme like games on other systems, the level designers seemed to plop in all sorts of crap. Stone tiles floating the air in the middle of the jungle? No problem! Giant rooms? Sure, why not! It's like they were given a set of generic tiles and had to use them to design the levels. Compare this to Turrican on the C64. The level design is much more consistent, the scrolling is smoother and the game just looks more polished. And this is on a 1Mhz, 64K machine a full two years before Jill.

[@FedorovAvtomat]

lurkerrekrul Ooh, LGR should do the Turrican games. Though he should stick to the C64 and Amiga titles, didn't like the Atari ST versions too much.

[@jakomeisselitulppa]

evil death laugh might be one of my all time favourite sound effects

[@JohnnnyJohn]

I could watch Jill climbing vines all day long.

[@arthas640]

Everytime i read the title I always think it says "Jilling in the jungle" (jilling is like the girly version of jacking off)

[@joshuanorris5860]

@@arthas640 the fuck......

[@joshuanorris5860]

Lol john. Best comment :p

[@C7kizer]

I remember playing the hell out of episode 1 then scoring episode 2 at Kmart for $4 when I was a kid. Great games for a 486 computer back in the olden days

[@MegaAwesomeToast]

I was so happy when I found this game on an old pc I found at the reject shop

[@LilychanPie]

I'm so happy you did this game it was the very first game i ever won at!!!

[@Czafa]

@c82over strangely enough, i also played this game on my aunts computer when i was a kid. Never had it myself. I remember spending whole day playing and finally beating the game. It was a great satisfaction.

[@KombatGod]

Oh ok. So maybe I actually downloaded a rom of the retail version. Thanks for responding and for all your awesome reviews! :)

[@Nest2641]

You forgot the Cameo of Jill in Jazz Jackrabbit, nice video ;)

[@DirtyKameSennin]

Jill answers: "Okay." straightforward as ever

[@derekmorrison1426]

I was five playing this on my moms laptop way back in the day had to look it up on the tubes haha still a pc gamer after all this time

[@frantisekdaart]

This was the first game ever I was able to finish as a child somehow

[@theusher2893]

My God how I loved this game. I'd still play it if my pentium 2 still worked.

[@RetroGeek94]

One of my favorite DOS games!

[@barry-allenthe-flash8396]

Well, they're giving away _Jill of the Jungle Trilogy_ on GOG right now, so I don't NEED to look up reviews to know I should pick it up..... but it's still a terrific excuse to check out classic LGR reviews anyway! :D

[@handsomebrick]

Jill is pretty deadly, she has insane proficiency with all kinds of weapons, and she can turn into all kinds of creatures including a flying fire being that engulfs its enemies in flames, and she's in phenomenal physical condition.

[@LGR]

@harrybean96 eBay is still the best way currently. There's a Gateway E-3110 for 9 bucks on there right now, no bids, ends in an hour. 233Mhz with Windows 95, it would be a great mid-90's gaming rig!

[@theblackbaron4119]

:'D I've played this game so much back in the day. Also SAM , Alley cat and road rash.

[@mynameisUhrl]

the JOTJ games were more than a few hours for a kid. Tons of hours, including playing it with friends for a completely different experience. I only need to brief a little bit of these good old game videos like Secret Agent to remember all the flavour and savour you got out of the game as a kid.

[@MegaAwesomeToast]

I love this game! I used to play this for ages!

[@xXxstunner]

I loved this video, thank you for sharing this!

[@RetroGamerVX]

Usually I ain't interested in pc games, but your way of presenting them makes me interested in even them lol :o) 'Jill' of the jungle? couldn't they have thought of a more exotic name? lol, I agree, for '88', this is very impressive :o)

[@oalfarog]

Excelent production, content and review

[@DANNY40379]

Jill of the jungle came on a shareware cd I got in the 80s, my kids positively got hooked on the game, to this day when I mention JOTJ they go AWWWW..lol. They also liked playing Hocus Pocus also on that cd.

[@ranton1990]

I remember playing this for years on my IBM PC II with PC-Speaker sounds :) great times

[@landieguy5776]

Game is free on GOG so you dont have any reason to skip this masterpiece.

[@hosebeatings]

@kmment Yeah, I remember when my school upgraded from 286 to 386 in the electronics shop. We were amazed at how great they were.

[@ElegyForTheMasses]

The noisemaker in this game + wobble bass + a little bit of melody = Skrillex :p

[@sfmtv8399]

Did you ever play the microman or dare to dream games? My GPA had them on an old pc running win95.

[@NordiusOfficial]

That BoC shirt is amazing!

[@Gigacolossus]

Xargon has my favorite soundtrack of any early PC game.

[@SQGReviewShow]

This game got me into DOS gaming. Well, that and Doom. I'll definitely check out the other Epic Games platformers that are kind of like Jill.

[@jamesisaac7684]

Fortnite

[@FuzzyKittenOfDoom]

....I've traveled far enough back into LGR's timeline to find a video in 4:3 ratio... my god, I feel like a timelord...

[@MountainDaughter]

The boards of canada shirt must make a comeback!