Danan: The Jungle Fighter

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Danan: The Jungle Fighter

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Whiteboard^[1]

Genre: Action^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
EU	1991-01^[3]		7049
UK	1991-01^[3]	£29.9929.99^[4]^[5]	7049
AU	199x
MX	199x
BR	1991-09^[6]

Danan: The Jungle Fighter is a 1991 side-scrolling action game for the Sega Master System.

Story

Long ago in a distant land, an evil sorcerer named Gilbas tried to destroy the inhabitants of the land. A great warrior named Aganan defeated him and sealed him away in a tomb with three sacred objects. Now, Gilbas has returned, and a new warrior, named Danan, must defeat him.

Gameplay

Pause menu

The game is a side-scrolling action game with some RPG elements. Danan must explore four maze-like rounds filled with enemies and hidden items. Rounds contain vertical platforms that must be reached with ladders or by entering houses. At the end of each round, there is a boss fight, with dialogue progressing the plot. Rounds are timed, though Danan can extend the timer by finding Clock items.

Danan moves with and and kneels with . He attacks by stabbing his knife with and jumps with . He climbs ladders with and and enters doorways with . In one round, Danan swims using the D-Pad and .

Danan gains experience by defeating foes (or by collecting Star items). When he gains enough experience, he advances a level, which increases his hit points. He loses hit points when he takes damage from an enemy or a hazard. The game ends if he loses all of his hit points or if time runs out, but the player can collect Elixer items that restore his health upon taking fatal damage. Danan can enhance his attack by finding special knife items in the rounds. These knives are necessary to defeat some of the bosses.

Danan can summon animal friends to assist him. Danan can find Animal Tokens that he can spend to summon an animal. The player can select an animal friend by pausing the game with PAUSE , using or to highlight an animal, and pressing to use it (or pressing to exit the menu without using an animal). The player can also see Danan's current level and number of experience points from this menu, as well as the knife, amulet, and orb items that he possesses (which he acquires over the course of the game). The player cannot invoke the pause menu or use animal aid during boss fights.

Animals

	Armadillo
	Helps Danan fight enemies. Costs 3 animal points to use.
	Eagle
	Transports Danan to high places (using the D-Pad to control its movement). Costs 6 animal points to use.
	Gorilla
	Restores most of Danan's hit points. Costs 9 animal points to use.

Items

	Treasure Chest
	Contains an item.
	Small Star
	Increases Danan's experience by 15 points.
	Large Star
	Increases Danan's experience by 25 points.
	Beef
	Restores 10 hit points.
	Chicken
	Restores 25 hit points.
	Clock
	Adds 30 seconds to the timer, up to a maximum of 100 seconds.
	Oxygen
	Replenishes 10 units of air (in underwater segments).
	Elixer
	Gives Danan an Elixer, a potion that restores all of his health when it is depleted, preventing his death.
	Knife
	Knives enhance Danan's attack. Danan starts the game with the Knife of Wildcat, but he finds a Knife of Panther in the first round, which is necessary to defeat the boss. He finds a Knife of Lion in the second round, which is again necessary to defeat the boss, and acquires a Knife of Light before the final boss.
	Amulet
	Amulets increase Danan's defense. Danan finds an Amulet of Bear in the second round and then gets an Amulet of Light after defeating the boss of the second round.
	Animal Token
	Gives the player points that can be spent to summon animal aid.