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BaD #17: Plump Pop
Published on February 23, 2021 11:58 PM
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Plump Pop

Released: 1987

Pitch: Use a trampoline to bounce a baby animal into balloons.

As opposed to Plotting yesterday, Plump Pop is pretty easy to describe. It's basically a cross between that trampoline Game & Watch game and Breakout. Its presentation is very cute but the gameplay is very low rent. There are boss battles, which is cool, but you're just trying to bump into a large balloon repeatedly, and the usual frustrations with aiming in this sort of game apply to this one too. It's alright but nothing special.

Plump Pop

The second boss

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Posted on February 24, 2021 1:35 AM

What's with the trampoline games back in the 80s? I guess it a good excuse for a game mechanic. 

Posted on February 24, 2021 2:12 AM

Hmmm. I think I'll skip this one. Laughing

Posted on February 24, 2021 11:44 AM

I never saw this in arcades, but I certainly do remember it on the Taito collection.  I'm a sucker for cute Breakout style games.

Posted on February 25, 2021 5:27 AM

Looks like a Super Mario 64 DS extra mini game. At least, your description sounds just like it.

Posted on February 26, 2021 8:17 AM

Reminds me of an old arcade game called Circus, which was also on the 2600. Instead of the trampoline you had two clowns alternating on a seesaw to pop balloons.