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Tumble Pop

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Also known as
Tumblepop タンブルポップ

Suck up enemies with a vacuum and launch them to clear platform stages.

Tumble Pop was originally released in arcades in 1991. The Game Boy version was released in 1993.


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Released
1993
Original release
1991
Genre
Perspective
Side view
Visual
2D scrolling
Size
70.88 KB
Rating
0 votes

About Tumble Pop

Tumble Pop is a platform game that shares mechanical similarities with titles like Bubble Bobble. The central mechanic involves a backpack-mounted vacuum cleaner, which the player uses to capture enemies and then launch them as projectiles before they escape.

Certain enemies drop letters that collectively spell the game's title. Successfully gathering the full set of letters allows the player to skip the remainder of the current stage and enter a bonus round. In this bonus phase, items such as currency and additional lives can be obtained.

The game's progression is structured around a series of standard levels interspersed with boss encounters. These bosses represent a variety of themes, including a squid, a man-eating plant, a genie, and a robotic opponent. Beyond the main campaign, a construction mode is provided for designing custom levels.

Tumble Pop Screenshots

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Title
Password Input
World Map
Level Map
Game Play
Zoned Out
Sucking an enemy up into the vacuum cleaner
Enemy gets dazed
Stage complete
Items that you are carrying
Get the coin
Sub-game