Snow Bros. – Nick & Tom is a classic single-screen platform arcade game released by Toaplan in 1990. Taking control of the eponymous twin snowmen, players must clear 50 stages of enemies to rescue the captured princesses Puripuri and Puchipuchi from the evil King Scorch. It shares its core arcade action with titles like Bubble Bobble, focusing on fast-paced, screen-clearing strategy and colorful cooperative gameplay.
How to Play
The objective in each stage is to eliminate every enemy before time runs out. Your primary attack is tossing snow at foes until they are completely frozen into a giant snowball. Once an enemy is encased, you can kick the snowball, sending it ricocheting around the platforms to crush any other enemies in its path.
- Movement: Arrow Keys
- Throw Snow: Z
- Jump: X
- Insert Coin: Shift
- Start: Enter
Tips
- The One-Kick Clear: Try to trap an enemy at the very top of the stage, then kick the snowball so it rolls all the way down, taking out every other enemy on the screen in one go. This rewards you with a shower of bonus points and a special power-up.
- Potion Power-ups: Defeating enemies can drop colorful potion bottles. The Red potion increases your movement speed, the Blue potion makes your snow throws more powerful, and the Yellow potion increases your throwing range. A Green potion causes your character to temporarily inflate and fly around the screen, knocking out enemies on contact.
- Evading the Pumpkin Ghost: Don’t take too long on a single stage. If the invisible timer runs out, an invincible, life-draining Pumpkin Ghost will appear and pursue you relentlessly until you either clear the remaining enemies or lose a life.
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