TumblePop

I’ve just played TumblePop. An ancient game

Its first release was in 1991, when I was still a one year old baby. I played this game for the first time was when I was in Junior High. This game was really addictive. I always repeated to play it again and again. I remember my brother ever asked whether I could not finish the game because he always saw me played it. The game was really enjoyable and suitable for having fun in relax time. I found the game on our old PC in my brother’s room and I fell in love with the game in the first play. So last night I downloaded it again and I surprised when found the game size was only 20,3 MB.

The game involves one or two ghost-busters who can suck monsters into their vacuum-cleaner-like devices and spit them back in a bouncing / rolling ball. Expelled enemies can be used as weapons that can result in bonus items when used to crush other enemies. The bonus can be golden coins, diamonds or ruby. Collect them to gain your points.

You must collect letters of the alphabet found in bubbles in order to complete a word of ‘T.U.M.B.L.E.P.O.P’ found at the bottom of the screen to play a bonus level which gives you a chance to obtain higher scores and an extra live, although this level is strictly timed. And then the word goes back to default after completion.

In the beginning of the game, you will see a world map which had several signs of country that you must choose as your first stage. Every place has different kind of monsters and a Boss in the end of the level.

Moscow

Which is a circus-like stage, enemies being clowns, invisible conjurers, fire sputters. 

The boss is a giant clown held by balloons who juggles with bombs.

Egypt

Near the pyramids in the desert, the enemies include fire sputters and mummies. 

The boss is a giant genie who spits fireballs.

Paris

Near the Arch of Triumph, all the enemies are robots. 

The boss is a big flying robot that sends out flying hands.

New York City

near the Statue of Liberty and the World Trade Centre, the enemies are pumpkin-headed zombies and octopuses. 

The boss is a giant octopus.

Rio de Janeiro:

Near the Statue of Christ the Redeemer: with several fire monsters. 

The boss is a dragon made out of fire.

Antarctica

Populated by snowmen, snowmen armed with shovels, and hairy monsters.

The boss is a giant snowman wearing a bucket on its head.

Australia

It has carnivorous plants, cavemen and snowmen made out of mud. 

The boss is a giant two-headed carnivorous plant.

Japan

Near Mount Fuji with yureis, kappas and skeletons. 

The boss is a giant pile of daruma dolls.

Space

Greys, spacemen with blaster guns. 

The boss is a flying robot that looks like the Flatwoods monster.

Moon

All the bosses from the previous worlds must be fought again. The final boss is a cyborg mad scientist controlling a giant robot.

The difficulty level was different for each country depends on the country order of selection. The first country you choose will be started as the easiest stage.

You had to complete every level within a specific period of time before exceeding an invisible timer. If you did not eliminate all the monsters in time, a Flying Dracula would attempt to approach you with a sinister laugh. Don’t try to suck the Dracula, okay! You’ll just humiliate yourselfIf the Dracula touches you, you will loss one live.