It's time to attack sentient fruit with sportsball! Why? I have no idea.
The game begins with a monkey named Spanky traveling through the forest when bricks suddenly start falling down from the sky. Before he knows it, he is trapped in a tower. Suddenly, a witch shows up and sics sentient fruit and vegetable minions on him. Now it's up to Spanky to get out of there.
Area 1-1
You have a bunch of melon enemies, but that's it. These guys move around fairly fast, so be careful. Some enemies will carry keys above their heads throughout the game, and this is true here. By defeating enemies, you can take these keys. You will need the keys to open the door to the next area.
To defeat enemies, press B to create a magic ball, and press it again to create an attack ball. You can stun enemies with the magic ball (and keep them in place with repeated hits from it), but you must turn it into an attack ball to defeat them.By moving under it and bouncing it off your head (which will be referred to as "heading"), you can make the magic ball bigger (as well as different colors), and more powerful when you turn it into an attack ball.
The smallest (blue) ball is the baseball, which only takes out one enemy. The green ball is a set of soccer balls that can defeat multiple enemies. The yellow ball is the volleyballs, which stay in one spot and defeats multiple enemies as they spin around before disappearing and ends up being useful in boss battles as a result. The largest (red) ball becomes five basketballs which will spread out as they drop down to cover a wide range and take out a lot of enemies.
The heads-up display is pretty simple. The number next to the tower shows which world you are in. The scroll next to the door indicates which stage you are currently in. Below all that, you have your score (which awards you an extra life every 100,000 points), the number of lives you have and the number of keys you have. Whenever you get hit, you lose a life, which acts more like a hit point than an actual life. If you lose all your lives, the game is over and you have to restart the world from the very first stage to get back to where you were.
The number of locks on the door indicates how many keys you need to open it. The one here has two; in other stages, the door may have as many as four or five. When the key icon at the top of the screen is flashing, you have enough keys to go up to the exit door, press Up and enter the next stage. Once you use the keys, however, you'll have to replace them with new ones in the next stage.
Area 1-2
The oranges move back and forth. If they are on platforms, they will look down before deciding not to jump off the platform and instead walk to the other side, and will continue to do this.
If you go to the far right and send attack balls through the blocks near the wall, you will find a gold door. Entering it takes you to a bonus area.
Bonus Stage
In the bonus stage, you will be bouncing a huge ball off Spanky's head for a ton of points. If you bounce it enough times, you will get a few coins for some extra points and a 1-Up as well as the door to the next stage. Just make sure the ball does not phase through the wall, or else you will lose it. Regardless of how you do, you'll be able to head to the next stage anyway (and if you collected all the keys before this, you'll have a key surplus).
The more coins you pick up without losing a life, the more points you will get from each coin you pick up.
Area 1-3
If you need a key (or want to keep the key surplus going), go all the way to the right. Be sure to take care of all the oranges, too. Thankfully, the door here only needs one key.
From here on out, you can either choose to use your surplus keys to breeze through a few levels or go through the stages and stockpile more. Stockpiling can help, especially in later stages.
Area 1-4
More oranges and keys here. The purple pads with the star on them will bounce you up to the exit platform.
Area 1-5
The lemons fly around, and when they come to a stop, they look around before going in another direction. Take them out as you see them on your way up, since you can't hit them while they are off the screen.
Area 1-6
Throughout the game, there are hats you can pick up which will let Spanky do cool things. If you get hit by enemy, you will lose the hat. Enemies can also take the hat and wear it, but you can take the hat from them as well.
The top hat, when picked up, allows you to increase the magic ball to its biggest size after bouncing it off your head once.
Don't forget the 1-Up at the bottom of the stage.
Area 1-7
The apples bounce around as they move left and right.
As you defeat enemies, there may be cans that have a fruit on them. When these cans shake, the enemy pictured on them will spawn out of the can, which will disappear.
Area 1-8
The kiwis will charge at you if they see you.
Area 1-9
The chestnuts jump around when in their bushes. You can hit them whether they are in their bushes or not, but a baseball from above will bounce off in bush form.
There is a bonus room door hidden in the lower-right corner of the room.
Area 1-10
The strawberries are pretty fast and are willing to go anywhere. They can fly up and down if need be, and they also will stand around once in a while and either brush their leaves when allowed.
Boss 1
Mac the Apple is the first boss. He will slowly fly around and dive at you if he reaches the ceiling every now and then. Keep heading the ball and hitting him with soccer balls, volleyballs and basketballs. Volleyballs work well if you can get him in the corner.
When you beat Mac, you'll be able to get a 1-Up as well as a few coins.
Area 2-1
You'll go from an area full of ivy-covered walls to a city with newspaper clippings making up the white background for both the clouds and the vehicles going by. This is also the first place where you will see more than one kind of enemy at the same time; in this case it is the melons and the oranges.
The conveyor belts will move you in the direction they are moving in, which can be figured out at a glance.
The viking hat is hidden in one of the sets of blocks and can be freed by attacking it with attack balls; this hat will allow you to take three extra hits (and kill the enemy that touches you!) before it disappears.
Also, Area 2 has some really good music.
Area 2-2
Be sure to hit the springs with attack balls if you can; you might find a hidden 1-Up and some coins as you fight off the oranges on the platforms.
Area 2-3
The black and purple things that look like fish on chains are really crushers. Wait for them to drop down and then come back up to move on. If you can get to the enemy controlling the switch and attack them, you can stop the crushers.
If you make the magic bubble big enough, you can use it to collect an item out of your reach and get it closer to you when you turn the magic bubble into an attack ball.
Area 2-4
There will be multiple types of enemies here. Be careful on your way up.
The bonus area is hidden in the set of blocks in the lower-right corner.
Bonus Area
In Area 2, the bonus areas have conveyor belts on the floor.
Area 2-5
The straw hat allows you to slow down while falling by holding Down on the Control Pad.
The cannon shoots you forward when you jump into it, and will allow you to attack all enemies in your path. The enemies can use it, too, so be careful!
Area 2-6
The statue heads will spit fireballs forward, and the fireballs can travel a good distance. Once again, if you can beat up the enemy at the switch controlling it, you can stop the fireballs.
Area 2-7
To reach the key at the bottom of the stage, you must make it to the top, as the stage vertically loops. This won't be the last time this happens in the game.
Area 2-8
Be ready to launch some attack balls and leap to higher platforms to clear out a few enemies before moving around here. The shiny blue platforms are icy platforms, and they make Spanky slip around.
Controls
Control Pad: Left and Right allow for movement, Up opens doors with keys
A button: Jump
B button: Attack
Start: Pause
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