Tumble Pop is a cult classic platform game in which the aim is to clear each level of enemies by sucking them into (then ejecting them from) a portable vacuum-cleaner.
Like many of those types of platformers, it includes an invisible rage timer: if you don't complete the level fast enough, a vampire will appear, which can kill you in one hit.
The game features a number of locales such as Egypt, Moscow, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, New York City, Australia, Antarctica, Japan, Australia, Space, and the Moon.
Holding down the fire button sucks the enemies into the cleaner, releasing the button causes them to be expelled back out. Ejected enemies act as projectiles that can damage and kill any other on-screen enemies that they collide with. You must kill all the enemies before you can progress to the next stage.
Throughout the game, letters of the alphabet randomly appear in bubbles. These can be collected to eventually spell the word "TUMBLEPOP". Once this has been achieved, you are transported to a time-limited bonus level, giving you the opportunity to earn bonus points and extra lives.
If you take too long to finish a stage, a Dracula-like enemy appears. If it touches you before you eliminate all enemies, your life is lost. This also applies to the Boss levels.
The game feature ten stages, with the first eight set in different parts of the World and the final two set in Outer Space. Each stage has its own themed enemies and level bosses and players can choose to start the game on any of the eight World-based stages.
The levels and enemies are: *** Moscow: Set at the Moscow-state circus, enemies are clowns, invisible conjurers and fire spitters. *** Egypt: Set near the pyramids and Sphinx at Giza, enemies include fire spitters and mummies. *** Paris: Set near the Arc de Triomphe, all of the enemies are robots. *** New York City: Set near the Statue of Liberty and World Trade Center, the enemies are pumpkin-headed zombies and octopuses. *** Rio de Janeiro: Set near the statue of Christ the Redeemer, enemies are fire monsters. *** Antarctica: Populated by snowmen, snowmen armed with shovels and hairy yeti-like monsters. *** Australia. Enemies are carnivorous plants, cavemen and mud men. *** Japan: Set at Mount Fuji, enemies are yureis, kappas and skeletons. *** Outer Space: Enemies are grey aliens and spacemen with blaster guns. *** The Moon: All bosses from the previous worlds must be fought again.
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