I think I only really used it in the Tarzan to the Rescue level. The one complaint I have about Tarzan’s moveset is that the knife isn’t useful most of the time because it’s sluggish and not guaranteed to hit. Tarzan himself, however, is actually not slippery. Unfortunately for Jane and Terk, they play like Tarzan but more slippery and less attacks. According to Wikipedia, they had also planned a level where Tantor was playable, which I’m guessing would have been for the scene where he and Terk go to save Tarzan in the boat. The game has 3 playable characters: Tarzan for most of the game, Jane during the Baboon Chase level, and Terk during the Trashin’ the Camp level. It takes you back to the main menu, which is really what the Bug’s Life game should have done. Unlike A Bug’s Life, a game over doesn’t force you to go through all the logos again. On the technical side of things, like A Bug’s Life, the Tarzan game has no “Continue?” screen. Likewise, the obvious midi soundtrack is rather, nostalgic-sounding, especially the midi covers of Two Worlds, Son of Man, and Strangers Like Me.

It is also great to have Tony Goldwyn and Brian Blessed reprise their roles in the game. Since hands are an important motif in Tarzan, I really like this detail. Terk gives hints, Jane records your save files, the menu sound effects are bongos, the pieces of the bonus levels are Manu’s portrait, and my favorite detail, that on the opposite sides of the T coins are hands.

Thankfully, the second time was the charm and I finished the game no problem.Īs with any Disney game, the presentation is fantastic. Console: PlayStation (played on PlayStation 3)įunny story, my first attempt to play this game, it was a bad copy that refused to load level 7 (The Baboon Chase).

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