Hopping Mappy
Japanese promotional sales flyer
Developer(s)Game Studio
Publisher(s)Namco
SeriesMappy
Platform(s)Arcade, Mobile phone
Release
  • JP: March 1986
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Hopping Mappy[lower-alpha 1] is an arcade game which was released by Namco in 1986. 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

Screenshot of the game

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. If the player takes too long to complete the level, a "Hurry Up" warning will appear and the cats will speed up, matching Mappy's accelerated speed. If the player takes too long again after the warning, a blue Gosenzo Coin will appear and chase the player. This coin is faster than Mappy and will eventually kill the player unless he collects the final treasure before it reaches him.[1]

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Hopping Mappy as being the 13th most-popular arcade game of April 1986.[2]

Legacy

The game is included in the arcade compilation title Pac-Man's Pixel Bash. A theme based on the game, was released as free DLC for Pac-Man 99 post-launch, featuring visuals and sound from the game.

On January 20, 2022, Hopping Mappy was released for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 as part of the Arcade Archives series.

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: ホッピングマッピー, Hepburn: Hoppingu Mappī

References

  1. ↑ "Hopping Mappy, 1986 Game Studio/Namco". YouTube.
  2. ↑ "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.
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