Description
You play a small green guy who needs to blow up eight towers, because their presence is somehow poisoning the water of planets which could potentially be ideal colonies. Unfortunately you need to get to the top of these towers to blow them up.
You make your way up to the top of the tower via walkways around the outside of the towers. You need to jump over, kick, and run from various enemies in your journey to the top. Most vertical movement is achieved by jumping onto moving ledges at the right moment.
The game was considered revolutionary in its time for its graphic technique. As the main character walked around the outside of the tower, the character was fixed in the middle of the screen while the tower itself rotated. This gave it a pseudo-3D effect.
Towers are linked together via a voyage through the sea in your trusty MK.7 submarine. This plays out as a side-scrolling collect-'em-up in which bonus points can be obtained.
Alternate Titles
- "Nebulus" -- European title
- "Kyorochan Land" -- Famicom title
- "Castelian" -- NES title
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User Reviews
The Press Says
| Zzap! |
Amiga |
Dec, 1988 |
97 out of 100 |
97 |
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) |
DOS |
Apr, 1989 |
952 out of 1000 |
95 |
| Commodore User |
Amiga |
Nov, 1988 |
92 out of 100 |
92 |
| The Games Machine (UK) |
Commodore 64 |
Dec, 1987 |
90 out of 100 |
90 |
| The Games Machine (UK) |
ZX Spectrum |
Dec, 1987 |
87 out of 100 |
87 |
| Abandonia |
DOS |
Feb 17, 2006 |
4 out of 5 |
80 |
| Power Play |
Game Boy |
Oct, 1991 |
76 out of 100 |
76 |
| Commodore User |
Commodore 64 |
Nov, 1987 |
7 out of 10 |
70 |
| IGN |
Wii |
May 05, 2009 |
6 out of 10 |
60 |
| The Video Game Critic |
Atari 7800 |
Aug 15, 1999 |
C+ |
58 |
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Trivia
A remake of this game has been written to work on modern Hardware/OS. It is freely available from
http://toppler.sourceforge.net/
