Sources
Contributors to this record: Flipcommons Catalog, Flipcommons AI Descriptions (MachineModel).
- theme
- JungleFlipcommons Catalog
- description
- Flipcommons AI Descriptions (MachineModel)*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]
- model_relationship
- Jungle Life (Gottlieb 1973) (relationship_type: copy) (license_status: unknown)[4]Flipcommons Catalog
- game_format
- Pinball[4]Flipcommons Catalog
- player_count
- 1[4]Flipcommons Catalog
- technology_generation
- Electromechanical[4]Flipcommons Catalog
- corporate_entity
- Emmepi[4]Flipcommons Catalog
- title
- Jungle Life[4]Flipcommons Catalog
- name
- Jungle Life[4]Flipcommons Catalog
- status
- activeFlipcommons Catalog
- slug
- jungle-life-emmepiFlipcommons Catalog
Citations
- 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'.
- 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).
- 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)
- TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/emmepi
Jungle Life (copy of same Gottlieb's game)