More Kiwi Fun On The Way

July 20th, 2006 by Sean in Game Previews, Retro Games

Tiki
Following the recent updates of Taito classics such as Bubble Bobble and Rainbow Islands comes the news that New Zealand Story is the next candidate for update on the DS.

The arcade original was a platform game where you played as Tiki the Kiwi. Your mission was to rescue all your Kiwi pals, who had been captured by Wally Walrus. As well as being able to jump around the platforms, you could also ride around on bizarre little hover pods and hot air balloons, and had a variety of weapons such as a bow and arrow, exploding bombs and even a Laser pistol that could be used to dispatch the many cute and cuddly enemies.

The game was very popular when released, with many home computer versions being produced. The Amiga version was particularly close to the arcade original, and also had a rather memorable cheat mode (MOTHERF**KENKIWIBA**ARDS - fill in the blanks yourself).

We must also acknowledge Bolak for the image on this post, a particularly good rendition of Tiki made using the pixel blocks modelling blocks. Check out his site here for some more excellent gaming related images, including Jet Set Willy and a 1 UP Mushroom.

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