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Tarzan Freeride for PlayStation 2
Tarzan Freeride for PlayStation 2 combines a three-dimensional platform adventure with fast jungle stunts. After the events of Disney's animated film, Tarzan faces Oswald Gardner and his helpers, who have captured apes. You travel through forests, swamps and the Elephant Graveyard to free his animal friends. Along the way, you search for film reels connected to Gardner's plans and use Tarzan's strength and agility to overcome enemies and dangerous passages.
Tarzan runs and jumps, swings on vines and uses his hands or a spear in combat. Other sections focus on surfing, waterskiing and performing tricks while dodging obstacles. Rapids therefore require different timing from a forest path. Movement remains important: you look ahead to a jump, a turn or a place where a stunt brings you closer to a collectible.
The jungle areas also contain side paths. Help from gorillas can open new passages, while extra tasks reward you with new abilities. This gives returning to a previously unreachable film reel a practical purpose. Alongside the story, Terk's Challenge offers extra challenges in which you unlock characters and tricks. Tarzan Freeride is a single-player game. You alternate between careful searching, platforming obstacles and fast sports-like sections, all within the same jungle world of Tarzan and his friends.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 2 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Tarzan Freeride for PlayStation 2 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Tarzan Freeride
Ubisoft Montreal developed Tarzan Freeride for PlayStation 2; Ubisoft released it in 2001. The same game is called Tarzan: Untamed in North America. The European title emphasises the fast movement and stunts that distinguish this adventure. The story continues after Disney's animated film and features familiar characters such as Tarzan, Jane and Terk. The developers chose new events in the film world, with captured apes and Gardner's film reels prompting Tarzan's journey.
The original publisher information placed great emphasis on physical movement. Alongside running and jumping, Ubisoft mentioned surfing, waterskiing and bungee jumps. These activities brought the period's enthusiasm for extreme sports into a Disney adventure. The jungle became not only a setting for combat, but also a series of fast routes where turns, obstacles and tricks shaped the task together. The swamp and Elephant Graveyard provided distinct, recognisable environments.
Collecting film reels and rescuing apes held the different sections together. In quieter places, Tarzan could search and interact with the environment; water sections demanded speed and stunts. Terk's Challenge gave the sporting side its own place alongside the storyline. That combination defines Freeride on PS2: a film sequel in game form where a familiar jungle hero follows platforming routes and tackles acrobatic challenges to help his friends.
Similar games for PlayStation 2
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy on PS2 also features jumping, exploring and collecting in a three-dimensional world. Jak searches for Power Cells and uses vehicles and temporary Eco powers to overcome obstacles. Tarzan Freeride links film reels and ape rescues with vines, water sections and stunts. Both make movement part of the search; Jak's continuous fantasy world differs from Tarzan's jungle adventure with separate fast sporting sections.
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc on PS2 also uses a cartoon world where special abilities open new routes. Rayman gains temporary powers while fighting the Hoodlums and trying to help Globox. Tarzan uses agility, vines and sporting stunts to rescue apes. Both combine combat with platforming obstacles, but Rayman's time-limited equipment creates a different rhythm from Tarzan's alternation between forest paths and fast water sections.
Stitch: Experiment 626 on PS2 also gives a Disney hero a new adventure outside the events of his film. Stitch collects DNA for Jumba on alien worlds and uses blasters, claws and a grappling hook. Tarzan Freeride instead tells a jungle sequel, with captured apes prompting the journey. Climbing and searching are shared, while Tarzan's water stunts serve a different role from Stitch's gunfights and devices.
Ratchet & Clank on PS2 links exploration and platforming with tools for hard-to-reach places. Ratchet and Clank travel between planets and buy weapons and devices with bolts. Tarzan Freeride has you use Tarzan's body, vines and the help you receive to reach film reels. Both reward spotting an alternative route, but Ratchet's equipment and firearms contrast with Tarzan's jungle setting, physical movement and fast stunts.
Stuart Little 3: Big Photo Adventure on PS2 also alternates running and jumping with other ways to travel. Stuart uses cars, boats and costumes to take photos for George's project. Tarzan Freeride has its jungle hero surf, ski and swing while rescuing his animal friends. Both connect varied activities to a single collection goal, but Stuart's city tasks and photo album differ from Tarzan's film reels and acrobatic jungle journeys.
