Topple Zip

Topple Zip

A vertical shooter/racing game developed by Bothtec for Japanese home computers. A Famicom Disk System version was also produced. The game was never made available outside of Japan.

Overview

Originally an MSX game, Topple Zip is a vertical shooter with a racing game aspect, as the player is competing with other computer-controlled ships. The goal of each stage is to find one of the warps scattered around and fly through it, hopefully to the next stage though there are plenty that simply warp back to the current stage.

Defeating opponents, often by ramming into them or shooting them, causes them to be stunned for a few moments and drop a capsule. Shooting these capsules reveal power-ups that range from new weapons, devices like smokescreens and mines that target enemies behind the player and the useful Radar item which highlights the destinations of nearby warps.