PrinceWatercress plays Puss 'n Boots: Pero's Great Adventure - Part 1 of 3

I played this a long time ago and beat it back when I got into emulation, but it wasn't until years later that I realized "Wait a minute, I haven't done it for what I'm doing now." So here we are.

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Here's the story, according to the manual:

Count Gruemon, a notorious swine, hated mice with a passion. One day, he discovered a mouse in his castle. Frustrated and irate, Count Gruemon ordered Puss 'N Boots (Pero) to find and destroy the mouse. However, Pero was a kind-hearted cat and had become friends with the mouse, and so, helped the little creature to escape. In a fit of anger, Count Gruemon, aided by Dr. Gari-gari, a fiendish scientist wolf, sent Pero on a perilous time-travel journey around the world and into the past.

Pero must locate and defeat Count Gruemon and the mad Dr. Gari-gari, and use their time machine to get home - or be stuck in the past forever. To make matters worse, the Cat Kingdom has sent Killers after Pero because he helped a mouse and thereby violated Cat Kingdom Law. Pero must travel to exotic lands and overcome many hazards, but can he defeat the combined might of the diabolical Count Gruemon, Dr. Gari-gari, and the Killers?

(Count Gruemon was named Count Gourmon in the anime.)

The West

The D-Pad lets you move around and duck, while B attacks with your currently activated weapon and A jumps. If you press Start to pause, you can select weapons with the D-Pad. You have three weapons: a gun that shoots bullets, a bomb that has a throwing arc and can do damage to enemies and bosses, and a giant boomerang that let you attack from far away a little more quickly.

If you stick to the rooftops of the buildings, you won't have to deal with a lot of enemies. There will be some enemies such as flying horseshoes and bouncing balls.

Ocean

You'll first be on a ship. You can hold Up and press B to fire upwards, which helps with the thunderbolts and some of the enemies that try to jump over you. Other enemies here include shark fins that take one bullet and ships that take three bullets. Take it slow and steady, and you can easily beat the enemies.

Next, you'll be in a submarine. You'll need to shoot the rock walls in order to open a path through them. Thankfully, you can move in eight directions, even though the A button lets you move upwards. Enemies here include fish that leap up, some weird orange thing that hits you from a distance from the ground, manta rays that move up and down as they move forward.

The areas with the black lines pull you forward a little bit.

The boot gives you temporary invincibility.

The boss here is a giant metal frog. Equip the bomb and throw bombs into the frog's mouth when it is opened while avoiding the smaller frogs that are sent at you.

Arabia

You're in a car here. Thankfully, you can jump in the car, and you can also shoot bullets. Take out the bats if you can, and avoid them if you can't. Hopping lets you move forward faster than just moving on the ground. 

If you stick to the rooftops, you can get a Pero icon, which nets you an extra life. You can also get the boot.

Jump over the geysers when they make their way down.