Arale's Jump Up (PC-8001 mkII Game)

Arale's Jump Up
	"Arale's Jump Up" Title Screen
アラレのJump up; Arare no Jump Up
アラレのJump up; Arare no Jump Up
Platform(s)	PC-8001 mkII
Release Date	1984
Genre	Comic-Style Reflex Game
Price	¥3,600
Catalog	E-G081
Publisher	Enix
Programmer	Geimu Kyojin
Music Composer(s)	Sahohime
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Arale's Jump Up is an action game published by Enix and released in 1984 for the PC-8001 mkII microcomputer in Japan.

Title

The box for this game features "Dr. Slump" as a sort of lower sub-title underneath the main アラレのJump up title, while the actual title screen for the game forgoes the Dr. Slump direct branding and instead includes the English word "GAME" after the all-caps "ARALE NO JUMP UP" title.

Gameplay

Players control Arale as she attempts to bop the various opponents either from above or below and ultimately reach the ladder that appears at the top, in a sort of combination of the original Mario Bros. with the original Donkey Kong arcade games. The game's packaging describes this as a "Comic-Style Reflex Game" (コミック思考型反射ゲーム).^[1]

The back of the box goes on to explain the game:^[1]

今ペンギン村ではニコちゃん大王が大襲来。「こんなはしごを降りなけりゃいけないんですか〜」「うるさい! しっかり降りろ!!」「大王様、先に降りて下さい。」「うわぁ〜ばか! たすけて〜。」ガッちゃんを従え、果敢に挑戦したアラレちゃん。「エイ!」とスプリングジャンプする。「うほほ〜い!! これは特種スプリングだ!!。」色々なスプリングが組み込まれた部屋、レーザー光線装置の取り付けられた部屋、はたまた落し穴。次々と各面に繰り広げられる遊び心いっぱいの仕掛。ゆかいな武器で二コちゃん大王をやっつけろ。少年ジャンプアイデアコンテスト入賞作がゲームになった。Dr.スランプの住人総出演。なんと、マンガが動くゲームになったのだ。

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Development

Arale's Jump Up was created by a doctor who started using microcomputers six years prior:^[1]

作者:芸夢狂人/昭和28年生れ。長野県出身。東京都在住。職業医師。6年前からマイコンを始め、PC-8001を手に入れてからは、雑誌に数多くの作品を発表した。商品化された作品は、ほとんどヒット作品である。

ENGLISH TRANSLATION TBD

Packaging

Box front cover
Box back cover
Packaging spread

Game Credits

All game credits / name spellings are presented below as-is from the in-game title screen.

Programmer: Geimu Kyojin
Designer: Norio Komaki
Music: Saohime
Copyright: Shuueisha, Akira Toriyama, Enix

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Notes

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Arale's Jump Up. Japan: Enix. PC-9001 mkII. 1984. (back packaging text)

[backofbox-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Arale's Jump Up. Japan: Enix. PC-9001 mkII. 1984. (back packaging text)

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