Safari Sogoodi

I bet Sega couldn't believe their luck when Nintendo released the wii. It has potentially opened up a new market allowing Sega to release lesser successful games from other formats as well as previously unconverted arcade games that suit the wii console environment a treat.

Jambo Safari is one of them.



This game was originally released on the Naomi Arcade Hardware (twice the power of a dreamcast) in 1999 and was quite rare to find in the UK (see arcade flyer above).

The game was based on Sega's Real Life Simulation Series, which also included the Fire Fighting Simulation "Brave Firefighters", the flight simulation "Airline Pilots", and the drunken food preparation simulation "Friday Night Uncooked Kebab with chilli sauce" ..... although the latter may not have been official.

Set in Africa, your role is to drive your Jeep around, capturing wild animals for examination and tagging. Not a gripper of a plot you may say and why it was given a wide berth in the arcades!

However, for family fun on the wii, it is Purrrrfect (see what I did there?)

As well as the main stages there is also a bonus stage where you can catch Bengal White Tigers to sell for use by Stage Show Magicians in Las Vegas.... or maybe not.

Here are a few screenshots and the game box images in case you need help to find it in a shop!



The game is released on wii and DS on the 6th November this year and available at all good outlets including Sega Europe's own shop:

Sega's Online Games Shop