Zoo Keeper is an arcade developed by Taito, released 31 December 1983 on Arcade.
What Zoo Keeper is
Zoo Keeper is an arcade game developed by Taito and released in 1983. It is available on Arcade only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You control Zeke the zookeeper who must rescue his girlfriend Zelda from the Zoo. There are four levels or "adventures". Each level has its own task such as trapping the animals in the zoo, jumping ledges up the screen and jumping animals to earn a bonus keeper.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Zoo Keeper holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 80% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1983 averaged 75, so it scored 6 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Zoo Keeper launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac and Lords of Time. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.
Released around the same time: The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, Lords of Time.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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