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The game features a simple stage in which the player plays in an endless game. Much of the gameplay appears to have been inspired by an arcade game named ''[[wikipedia:Joust (video game)|Joust]]''. Enemies come from the [[Warp Pipe|pipe]]s on the top and head downwards, where they may enter the pipes again to return to the top. The game features 22 unique phases (although Phase 2 was removed from non-Japanese versions of the game), and after the last phase has been completed, it merely loops the phase order from then on; the screen will still read "Phase 23" onward up to "Phase 98" (99 in Japan). After reaching Phase 98/99, screen text will stop incrementing, though the order of unique phases still loops. The phase counter at the bottom of the screen reads "KO" from Phase 25 onward.
The game features a simple stage in which the player plays in an endless game. Much of the gameplay appears to have been inspired by an arcade game named ''[[wikipedia:Joust (video game)|Joust]]''. Enemies come from the [[Warp Pipe|pipe]]s on the top and head downwards, where they may enter the pipes again to return to the top. The game features 22 unique phases (although Phase 2 was removed from non-Japanese versions of the game), and after the last phase has been completed, it merely loops the phase order from then on; the screen will still read "Phase 23" onward up to "Phase 98" (99 in Japan). After reaching Phase 98/99, screen text will stop incrementing, though the order of unique phases still loops. The phase counter at the bottom of the screen reads "KO" from Phase 25 onward.


The goal in each phase is to defeat all enemies, which is done by jumping up and hitting the [[floor (Mario Bros.)|floor]] below enemies. This flips them, giving the player the chance to kick them away, which is rewarded with 800 [[point]]s. Enemies that are kicked over in succession quickly enough after the first will award 800 more points, up to 3200 points. The highest score that the game can display is 999,990 points, and scoring any more will overflow the display and make it start counting from 0 again. The [[POW Block]] can also be used to flip enemies; however, it can be used only three times. After an enemy is knocked away, a [[coin]] (a "[[wafer]]" in the Atari 2600 version of the game) appears from one of the pipes, and gives 800 points when collected. When all enemies are defeated, the player continues to the next phase. In later levels, different types of enemies and harming fireballs appear. In Phases 4, 9, and every seventh phase after that (Phase 3 and every fifth phase after that in the NES version), a bonus level appears where all the coins have to be collected in order to get an extra 5,000 points (during the first bonus level) or 8,000 points (during the second bonus level onwards). The time limit of the bonus level at first is 20 seconds, but starting from the second bonus level (third in the NES version), it is reduced to 15 seconds. Excluding the first bonus level, all bonus levels have floors of [[ice]]. The POW Block regenerates after the second bonus level and every subsequent bonus level. Unlike the arcade original, upon reaching Phase 100 in the NES version, the screen reads "Phase 0", and completing it will start incrementing the phase counter again as normal.
The goal in each phase is to defeat all enemies, which is done by jumping up and hitting the [[floor (Mario Bros.)|floor]] below enemies. This flips them, giving the player the chance to kick them away, which is rewarded with 800 [[point]]s. Enemies that are kicked over in succession quickly enough after the first will award 800 more points, up to 3200 points. The highest score that the game can display is 999,990 points, and scoring any more will overflow the display and make it start counting from 0 again. The [[POW Block]] can also be used to flip enemies; however, it can be used only three times. After an enemy is knocked away, a [[coin]] (a "[[wafer]]" in the Atari 2600 version of the game) appears from one of the pipes, and gives 800 points when collected. When all enemies are defeated, the player continues to the next phase. In later levels, different types of enemies and harming fireballs appear. In Phases 4, 9, and every seventh phase after that (Phase 3 and every fifth phase after that in the NES version), a bonus level appears where all the coins have to be collected in order to get an extra 5,000 points (during the first bonus level) or 8,000 points (during the second bonus level onwards). The time limit of the bonus level at first is 20 seconds, but starting from the second bonus level (third in the NES version), it is reduced to 15 seconds. Excluding the first bonus level, all bonus levels have floors of ice. The POW Block regenerates after the second bonus level and every subsequent bonus level. Unlike the arcade original, upon reaching Phase 100 in the NES version, the screen reads "Phase 0", and completing it will start incrementing the phase counter again as normal.


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