Jill of the Jungle: The Complete Trilogy

About the game

Jill of the Jungle was one of the first hits for Epic MegaGames, a small shareware publisher that decades later became Epic Games. It was designed by Tim Sweeney and arrived in 1992, when shareware platformers were competing for attention on bulletin boards and floppy disks. The trilogy follows Jill, a jungle heroine who runs, jumps, and climbs through levels full of hazards, collecting keys and items to open the way forward.

The collection contains three episodes: Jill of the Jungle, Jill Goes Underground, and Jill Saves the Prince, with about fifty levels in total. The first game is the most approachable, so start there to learn how Jill moves. Later episodes add more complex levels and puzzles, so take your time exploring each screen instead of rushing, and save a state before any jump that looks risky.

In the browser, use the arrow keys to move and the game's own Controls menu to check which keys handle jumping and actions. On a phone, the on-screen pad covers movement and two action buttons. The rights holder now gives the trilogy away for free on GOG, which makes this a legal and easy way to try a piece of PC gaming history.

How to get and play it

1. Open the official GOG page and add the free game to your account, then download the offline installer.
2. GOG supplies an installer, not a zip. Install the game on a computer, or extract the installer with a tool you trust, then zip the resulting game folder.
3. Come back to KritZaar and drop that zip into the box. If KritZaar asks which program to start, pick the main game file once and it will be remembered.

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