New Zealand is a peaceful place to live - if you're a kiwi, particularly in the Auckland zoo - Tiki is as happy as can be.
Trouble turns up in the guise of psychotic walrus who has an enormous appetite for fresh Kiwi and kidnaps Tiki and his relatives to stock the larder.
The walrus hides his captives around the island in 20 hazardous locations and our hero escapes and sets about rescuing his buddies. Watch the feathers fly as Tiki escapes his plan, for the walrus has some very strange companions and their out for blood.
You control Tiki the kiwi in his search for the release of his kidnapped friends. Initially you are armed with just a bow and arrow, but occasionally when you kill an enemy, they drop an item which you can retrieve and use yourself. There are many different types of items which you must discover yourself, but they vary from extra weapons to temporary invulnerability pills.
Kiwis cannot fly and you are no exception, however you get around this by knocking/shooting creatures off their balloons, which you can then commandeer.
Surpassingly kiwis cannot breathe underwater either, so you must be careful if you go swimming. Your oxygen level is shown on the screen, so make sure you don't drown.
Shooting water from your mouth replenishes oxygen, and can be used to pot your adversaries.
In earlier levels, you will be shown arrows on the background which indicate the direction you must go to release the captured kiwi , but beware of certain stages, releasing your captured friend alerts the big guardian creature of that level, and you must first find a way of defeating it before progressing to the next level.
HINT: You must allow yourself to be swallowed by the whale so you can destroy him from inside.
On the bottom of the screen is the players remaining lives, the score and an O2 oxygen meter which decreases while the player is in the water.
The game finishes when the players lives are used up, or the game is completed.
For each special item which is collected you will get 1000 points. Fruits range between 300 and 8000 points. For each enemy which is killed the score ranges between 100 and 500 points, and the big boss characters are worth 10000, 20000, 30000, 40000, and 50000 points.
When in water, oxygen can be replenished by raising Tikis head above the water - than spit by pressing fire if you want to gain oxygen quickly.
Steal balloons by jumping on them while the baddie is still on , pushing him off.
After a lot of practice, playing skills can be improved considerably. Use the duck balloon when you need speed.