Kitten Kaboodle

Kitten Kaboodle
Arcade flyer
DeveloperKonami
PublisherKonami
PlatformArcade
Release
  • JP: August 1988
  • WW: 1988
GenreAction
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemKonami GX400

Kitten Kaboodle[a] is a 1988 action video game developed and published by Konami for arcades.[1] It was released in Japan in August 1988 and outside Japan the same year.[2] It was released for the Xbox 360 as part of Microsoft's Game Room service. Hamster Corporation released the game as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in February 2025.[3]

Gameplay

Kitten Kaboodle is a top-down action game where players control two kittens who aim to find hidden keys in levels occupied by enemies and obstacles.[4] The player can jump over enemies and kick blocks in their direction to defeat them, which may occasionally yield a key, while collecting cash to purchase power-ups. Three blocks with symbols such as fire, dynamite, a crown and a stopwatch can be connected to activate effects such as burning enemies within a chosen radius, blowing up enemies, making the player character invincible and stopping time. Between levels, a shop, slot machine or Whac-A-Mole mini game will appear for players to spend coins and/or score extra points.[5] A boss stage occurs every 5 levels, where both the boss and the player aim to defeat each other by throwing bombs.[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: にゃんにゃんパニック, Hepburn: Niyannyan Panikku

References

  1. ↑ Akagi, Masumi (October 1, 1988). 話題のマシン § コミカルな敵にブロック飛ばし ネコが多彩攻撃 コナミ「にゃんにゃんパニック」基板 [The much-talked-about machine § Block-throwing against comical enemies, cats launch diverse attacks Konami "Nyanyan Panic" arcade board] (PDF). Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 341. p. 13. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 31, 2020. Retrieved August 3, 2026.
  2. ↑ Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 27. ISBN 978-4990251215.
  3. ↑ Yarwood, Jack (February 12, 2025). "Konami's Adorable Action Puzzler 'Kitten Kaboodle' Is This Week's Arcade Archives Release". Time Extension. Retrieved August 3, 2026.
  4. ↑ Koji, Mijo (October 1988). "ビデオゲーム新作インフォメーション § なんとコナミからかわいいかわいい固定画面キャラクター・ゲーム登場". Micom BASIC Magazine. p. 269.
  5. ↑ "新作SCRAMBLE VIDEOGAME § にゃんにゃんパニック コナミ". Gemaga. October 8, 1988. p. 32.
  6. ↑ "【アケアカ】『にゃんにゃんパニック』2月13日配信。キュートなネコが主人公のブロック蹴飛ばしアクション | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com". ファミ通.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 3, 2026.
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