Ponpoko
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Gameplay
In Ponpoko, the player controls a Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., or Japanese raccoon dog, that can climb ladders, walk across platforms, and jump over deadly apple cores and gaps.[3] Colorful creatures (called hairy caterpillars by Sigma,[4] scorpions by Venture Line[5]) move horizontally from one side of the screen to the other and back again, floating over gaps in the platforms.[3] A mystery pot usually gives bonus points when collected, but certain pots in each level always release a snake.[5] Both caterpillars and snakes are deadly to the touch.
Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed Ponpoko on their August 15, 1983 issue as being the fifteenth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.[6]
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ponpoko". Gaming History.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Overseas Readers Column - Sigma's "Ponpoko" Licensed To Venture Line For N.America". Game Machine (in 日本語). No. 202. Amusement Press, Inc. 1 December 1982. p. 26.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Coin Up! review Of Ponpoko!". October 3, 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sigma Ponpoko Flyer". The Arcade Flyer Archive. Sigma Enterprises.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Venture Line Ponpoko Flyer". The Arcade Flyer Archive.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in 日本語). No. 218. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 August 1983. p. 27.