- Liquid Kids
Infobox VG
title= Liquid Kids
developer=Taito
publisher=Taito
released= 1990
genre= Platform
modes= Two players alternating turns
platforms= Arcade, NEC PC Engine,Sega Saturn ,Commodore Amiga
input= 8-wayjoystick , 2 button
cabinet= Upright, Cocktail
cpu= 68000 (@ 12 MHz)
sound= Sound CPU: Z80 (@ 4 MHz); Sound Chips: YM2610 (@ 8 MHz)
display= Raster, 320 x 224 pixels (Horizontal), 4096 colorsnihongo|"Liquid Kids"|ミズバク大冒険|Mizubaku Daibouken is an arcade
videogame released by Taito in 1990.Gameplay
"Liquid Kids" is a single player platform game that features Hipopo, a
hippopotamus (or presumably aPlatipus , based on his appearance and size) who must fight his way through a large number of enemy-packed levels in search of his missing girlfriend - rescuing other hippo-like creatures along the way. Hipopo is armed with water bombs which can be thrown at enemies to soak and damage them. Once soaked, the enemies can then be kicked and destroyed completely. Enemies left unkicked however will dry out and recover after a short period of time.The level design presents moving platforms, collapsible floors, boats and water-wheels all making an appearance. Small plants also appear on certain levels which can be "watered", causing them to grow and creating new platforms. Appropriately enough for a game which features water as the main weapon, many of the enemies and the later levels have a fire thematic.
Ports
*The game was originally ported to the
PC Engine by Taito and released on January 171992 .
*A belated Saturn port by Ving followed on October 22 1998.
*The game was then included in theTaito Legends 2 (Taito Memories 2 in Japan) compilation for the Xbox, PS2 and PC in 2006.
*An Amiga port was completed, but not released by the publisherOcean Software . The original master copy of the game was found in 2003 and thedisk image has since been distributed online.Trivia
*Hipopo, the main character, appears in "
Bubble Symphony " as a special character and in "Bubble Memories " as a giant bonus item. One of the secret rooms is built in the image of Tiki, the kiwi bird from "The New Zealand Story ".
*The English translation of the original Japanese title is "Water Bomb Adventure".External links
*KLOV game|id=8433
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