Hopping Mappy
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| Hopping Mappy | |
|---|---|
 Arcade flyer | |
| Developer(s) | Game Studio |
| Publisher(s) | Namco |
| Series | Mappy |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Mobile phone |
| Release |
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| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Up to 2 players, alternating turns |
| Arcade system | Namco System 86 |
Hopping Mappy (ホッピングマッピー, Hoppingu Mappī) is an arcade game which was released by Namco in 1986. It runs on Namco System 86 hardware, and, as the name suggests, it is the sequel to Mappy, which was released three years earlier. The game was ported to the Wii Virtual Console in Japan on June 2, 2009.
Gameplay
In Hopping Mappy players control the Micro Police mouse, Mappy, as he bounces on a pogo stick to run circles around pink cats, called Meowkies, who patrol either vertically or horizontally. There is also Goro, a cat who patrols in a zigzag pattern, but he needs to take occasional breaks. There are eight treasures that a player must grab to complete a round, except on the bonus round where the player will just want to collect all the balloons that he can. The main intrigue here is getting past a blockade of Meowkies. The player controls are simple - he can bounce in any of the four directions, the only places he can land are the centres of the checkerboard squares (making for very few locations overall), and he will move at the same speed as the cats. If the player pushes the accelerator button and runs around, he will go twice as fast. When the cats have sped up (after a "Hurry Up" warning has appeared) they will match Mappy's accelerated speed.
Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed Hopping Mappy on their April 15, 1986 issue as being the thirdteenth most-successful table arcade game of the year.[1]
References
- ^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 282. Amusement Press. 15 April 1986. p. 21.