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The upright machine came in a conservatively designed cabinet that had curves instead of sharp angles. The cocktail one really lent itself to easy conversion due to the large control panels, so the upright is far more common. Jack The Giantkiller was available in two different dedicated cabinets, and upright and a cocktail. After rescuing the princess the game starts over with increased difficulty.

The last one is the princess, when you have her the giant himself will follow you down the beanstalk, and you must chop it down to defeat him. There are four different treasures altogether. The fifth screen is the first one again, except that this time you are climbing down the beanstalk, and you have falling rocks to dodge, and the giant himself may even be after you (that one depends on the level).Īfter making it back to your house you get to watch a little intermission before going after the next treasure. There will be several treasures, grab the flashing one and try to make your escape.

On the fourth screen you have to jump from platform to platform until you reach the giant's lair. Avoid the cat and the mouse and you can make it to the top.

The third screen has Jack climbing the castle stairway in a scene that was obviously inspired by Donkey Kong. In the second screen, Jack manuevers through the clouds and attempts to cross the drawbridge into the castle, but lions and birds stand in his way. You can find the beans scattered all around the stalk, and picking one up adds one to your ammunition count (or two, depending on the dip switch settings). There are a few enemies, but they can be defeated by simply tossing beans at them. The first screen is fairly simple, you just have to climb to the top of the beanstalk. The first time through the game skips from screen one right to screen four. You do not get to play each screen at first, they are added on as you progress through the game. There are five screens to master if you want to help Jack in his mission. This game plays a lot like Donkey Kong except that the controls are not quite as smooth. Jack The GiantKiller was the first of three games on that hardware, the others were Zzyzzyxx and Naughty Boy. So they bought 5000 arcade boards from a Japanese manufacturer ( Jaleco), and set out to develop a line of raster games to run on their new (purchased) platform. Cinematronics was already well known for their high quality vector titles such as Space Wars and Star Castle, but vector games were on the way out due to the high cost of vector equipment, and the many problems associated with them. Jack The Giantkiller was an old arcade game released by Cinematronics way back in 1982.