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Tumble Pop

The game involves one or two ghost-busters who can suck monsters, ghosts, aliens and various other oddball characters into vacuum-cleaner-like devices and spit them back as bouncing/rolling balls. Expelled…

20 November 1992

Tumble Pop is an arcade developed by Data East, released 20 November 1992 on Nintendo 3DS and Game Boy.

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What Tumble Pop is

Tumble Pop is an arcade game developed by Data East and released in 1992. It is available on Nintendo 3DS and Game Boy.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game involves one or two ghost-busters who can suck monsters, ghosts, aliens and various other oddball characters into vacuum-cleaner-like devices and spit them back as bouncing/rolling balls. Expelled enemies function as projectiles that can damage and kill other opponents on the screen when colliding with them. The game's looks are reminiscent of Pang. Throughout the game, the player/s can collect letters of the alphabet found in randomly appearing bubbles in order to gradually spell the word "TUMBLEPOP", the progress of which is permanently displayed at the bottom of the screen. When completed, players are transported to a bonus level which gives them the opportunity to obtain higher…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Tumble Pop launched on 20 November 1992, within three weeks of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Streets of Rage 2, Super Star Wars and Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting.

Released around the same time: Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Streets of Rage 2, Super Star Wars, Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting.

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When did Tumble Pop come out?
Tumble Pop was released on 20 November 1992 for Nintendo 3DS and Game Boy.

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