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Tumblepop

Tumblepop - Japanese Title

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Name: Tumblepop
Manufacturer: Data East
Year: 1991
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Platform
Monitor:

  • Orientation: Horizontal
  • Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
  • CRT: Color
Conversion Class: JAMMA
Settings: Tumblepop Dipswitch Settings

Number of Simultaneous Players: 2
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Joint
Control Panel Layout: Multiple Player
Controls:

  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Buttons: 2 [FireJump]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

  • Upright/Standard
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Tumblepop Description

Tumblepop was produced by Data East in 1991.

Data East released 174 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1979.

Other machines made by Data East during the time period Tumblepop was produced include Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Wild Horse Saloon, Caveman Ninja, Checkpoint, Death Brade - Mutant Fighters, Total Recall, Edward Randy, Cosmo Gang, Simpsons, and Dark Seal.

Platform game using backpack to suck up enemies. Once enemies have been sucked up they can be used as ammunition. Game set in different countries with five stages per country. Irritating music.

Tumblepop - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.55 (1 vote)

 Personal Impressions Score: 4.60

     Overall 'Like': 5.00
     Fun (Social): 5.00
     Fun (Solo): 4.00
     Collector Desire: 4.00 
Technical Impressions Score: 4.50

     Gameplay: 4.00
     Graphics: 5.00
     Originality: 4.00
     Sound/Music: 5.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, "Like" carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Tumblepop Census

There are 11,146 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 8,910 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 149,039 machines (6,451 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 75 known instances of this machine owned by Tumblepop collectors who are active members. Of these, It is an original dedicated machine., 3 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 71 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 6 active VAPS members with extra Tumblepop circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There are 2 active VAPS members currently looking for Tumblepop.

This game ranks a 30 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are NOT necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Manuals

  1. Instructions  12 Pages, 413 kB File.

Additional References
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  1. The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Tumblepop Flyer #1517    

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