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  1. By Flipcommons Catalog

    Theme read off the game's name and subject.

    theme
    Theme
    Jungle
  2. By Flipcommons AI Descriptions (MachineModel)
    description
    *Jungle Life* is [[manufacturer:emmepi]]'s unauthorized rebuild of [[manufacturer:gottlieb]]'s 1973 *[[model:jungle-life]]* — a *bootleg* copy of the American game reconstructed from scratch in the [[technology-generation:electromechanical]] era. Its [[theme:jungle]] theme came straight from the donor, which Gottlieb had itself tailored to the Italian trade: *Jungle Life* was the single-player, add-a-ball member of a three-machine family — its four-player replay sibling sold as *[[model:jungle-2]]* and its two-player replay sibling as *[[model:wild-life]]* — and it was built specifically for export to [[location:italy]].[1] The three shared one playfield across different player counts, and the export edition was the scarcest: 2,731 were built against 5,775 of the domestic four-player *Jungle*, so the genuine American machine was thin on Italian floors and ripe for copying.[2] Emmepi was one of several Italian firms to reconstruct it outright — [[manufacturer:lori]] and [[manufacturer:zaccaria]] issued their own versions as *[[model:jungle-life-lori]]* and *[[model:jungle-life-zaccaria]]*. Emmepi's own catalogue was narrow, pairing this jungle table with a copy of Gottlieb's export *[[model:card-king]]*, catalogued as *[[model:card-king-emmepi]]*.[3]
    1.
    Internet Pinball Database (IPDB) — Internet Pinball Database (IPDB) #1337
    This add-a-ball game was made for export to Italy. The 2-player replay version is Gottlieb's 1972 'Wild Life' and the 4-player replay version is Gottlieb's 1972 'Jungle'.
    2.
    Pinball Repair & History (pinrepair.com) — https://www.pinrepair.com/gtb/jungle.htm
    Same game, just different number of players (4 players versus 2 players versus 1 player). [...] They made 5775 Gottlieb Jungle pinballs, and 3875 Gottlieb Wild Life pinballs, and 2731 Gottlieb Jungle Life pinball machines (for export to Italy).
    3.
    TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/emmepi
    Card King (copy of same Gottlieb's game) Jungle Life (copy of same Gottlieb's game)
  3. By Flipcommons Catalog
    model_relationship
    Target machine
    Jungle Life (Gottlieb 1973)
    Relationship type
    Copy
    License status
    Unknown
    TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/emmepi
    Jungle Life (copy of same Gottlieb's game)
  4. By Flipcommons Catalog

    tilt.it gives no year; lineage per the source line: Tilt: 'copy of same Gottlieb's game' - copy of Gottlieb's 1972 'Jungle Life' (ipdb 1337). Maker: Emmepi (catalog CE emmepi; precedent: Emmepi's Card King copy, catalog card-king-3 / ipdb 6423)..

    corporate_entity
    Emmepi
    TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/emmepi
    Jungle Life (copy of same Gottlieb's game)
    game_format
    Pinball
    TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/emmepi
    Jungle Life (copy of same Gottlieb's game)
    name
    Jungle Life
    TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/emmepi
    Jungle Life (copy of same Gottlieb's game)
    player_count
    1
    TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/emmepi
    Jungle Life (copy of same Gottlieb's game)
    slug
    jungle-life-emmepi
    status
    active
    technology_generation
    Electromechanical
    TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/emmepi
    Jungle Life (copy of same Gottlieb's game)
    title
    Jungle Life
    TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/emmepi
    Jungle Life (copy of same Gottlieb's game)