Jack the Nipper II: In Coconut Capers
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Jack the Nipper II: In Coconut Capers is a video game by Gremlin Graphics released in for several home computer systems. It is the sequel to Jack the Nipper
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, Jack and his family have been deported to Australia
. Unhappy with this, Jack has jumped from the plane, using his nappy
as a parachute. He finds himself in the middle of the African jungle, surrounded by dangerous animals and natives. His father is also following close behind, determined to give his boy a good spanking. Jack must cause as much mischief as possible while avoiding punishment.
Jack must again perform naughty pranks - this time on the human and animal inhabitants of the jungle - while evading his father, who is in hot pursuit.
The game was reviewed in 1990 in Dragon
#158 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column, as part of the Mastertronic
MEGA Pack of 10 games previously released in Europe. The reviewers gave the game 3½ out of 5 stars, calling it "A rather cute arcade game that has the on-screen character running around in Africa".
Jack the Nipper
Jack the Nipper is a video game by Gremlin Graphics released in for several home computer systems. It was followed by a sequel, Jack the Nipper II: In Coconut Capers.-Gameplay:...
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Plot
Following his naughty exploits in Jack the NipperJack the Nipper
Jack the Nipper is a video game by Gremlin Graphics released in for several home computer systems. It was followed by a sequel, Jack the Nipper II: In Coconut Capers.-Gameplay:...
, Jack and his family have been deported to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Unhappy with this, Jack has jumped from the plane, using his nappy
Nappy
Nappy may refer to the following:* British, Australian, and New Zealand English for a diaper or another garment used for incontinence* Afro-textured hair* The raised surface and texture of cloth, referred to as the nap...
as a parachute. He finds himself in the middle of the African jungle, surrounded by dangerous animals and natives. His father is also following close behind, determined to give his boy a good spanking. Jack must cause as much mischief as possible while avoiding punishment.
Gameplay
As with the previous game, Jack the Nipper II is a side-view flip screen game with puzzle solving and platform elements. However the false-3D effect has been removed, making the gameplay pure 2D.Jack must again perform naughty pranks - this time on the human and animal inhabitants of the jungle - while evading his father, who is in hot pursuit.
Reception
- Your SinclairYour SinclairYour Sinclair or YS as it was commonly abbreviated, was a British computer magazine for the Sinclair range of computers, mainly the ZX Spectrum.-History:...
:"... another little spanker from Gremlin. As always with that company, the graphics are immaculate - colourful and with clash down to a minimum... And the jokes - well, hilarious, as always. Leave Jack for a moment and he'll start raking around in his nostril - bleugghhh! Quite what he does with the contents is never made clear..."
- Sinclair UserSinclair UserSinclair User, often abbreviated SU, was a magazine dedicated to the Sinclair Research range of home computers, most specifically the ZX Spectrum...
:"The music, Henry Mancini
Henry ManciniHenry Mancini was an American composer, conductor and arranger, best remembered for his film and television scores. He won a record number of Grammy Awards , plus a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously in 1995...
's 'March of the Baby ElephantsBaby Elephant Walk"Baby Elephant Walk" is a piece of music written in 1961 by composer Henry Mancini, for the 1962 release of the movie Hatari! The composer combines brass instruments and woodwind elements to convey the sense of a toddler that is large and plodding, but nonetheless filled with the exuberance of...
', is cleverly done, but not so cleverly that you don't want to use the OFF option after a few minutes. As with most games of this type, my main complaint is that it's much too complicated to solve at one sitting, and there's no SAVE option. Just Gremlin Graphics being naughty, I suppose."
The game was reviewed in 1990 in Dragon
Dragon (magazine)
Dragon is one of the two official magazines for source material for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game and associated products, the other being Dungeon. TSR, Inc. originally launched the monthly printed magazine in 1976 to succeed the company's earlier publication, The Strategic Review. The...
#158 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column, as part of the Mastertronic
Mastertronic
Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99...
MEGA Pack of 10 games previously released in Europe. The reviewers gave the game 3½ out of 5 stars, calling it "A rather cute arcade game that has the on-screen character running around in Africa".
External links
- Jack the Nipper II at Lemon 64
- Jack the Nipper II at C64.com