Revenge of the Gator, known in Europe

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Pinball

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 video game for the original Game Boy. It was developed and published by HAL Laboratory in 1989. The theme of the game is to score as many points as possible without having your pinball eaten by the gator.

Gameplay

You launch the ball from the Shooter Lane and with the flippers you hit the ball around screen hitting targets and rolling through lanes to score points. There are four modes of play in Revenge of the 'Gator; Gator 1Player, Gator 2Player, Match Play A, Match Play B.

Gator 1Player/Gator 2Player

These two modes are the same game; the difference is that in Gator 2Player, Player 1 and Player 2 alternate turns by sharing one Game Boy. The objective of these modes is to gain a high score and have your name added to the Top 5 score screen when your game is over. There are eight playing areas total; Four Primary Screens, 3 Bonus Stages and 1 Gator Screen.

Screen A is the top of the Pinball game. Your objective is to hit the fish on the upper left and right rollover where they pop out and become Gator Bait for the gator in the cage. Once the gator is fattened up it will break out of the cage where you have a chance to hit it for an extra ball. It is in this screen where if you get your ball into upper left slot you will warp to Bonus Stage 3

Screen B is the area below Screen A. Here there are a bunch of blocks in front of a door and a slot. Knocking out all the block on the left side will take you to Bonus Stage 2, while the right side will open the door to Screen A. If you roll over three gators to full size, you gain side savers and saver post.

Screen C is the opening area from where you launch your pinball. If you light all four hearts, you activate the side savers and side posts. If you hit the left three targets, you open the door to Screen B. If you roll the ball around the Loop Lane to the right, you activate the Slot Machine.

Screen D is the bottom of the Pinball game. Here you have seven gators that give you bonuses. Gators 1, 2 and 3 open and close their mouths; if you hit the ball the into their mouths, they will send to three locations in the game. Gators 4, 5, 6 and 7 offer you two bonuses in the screen. It is also in this screen where you launch your ball to Screen C. Should you miss the ball with your flipper, the ball will go out of the game and into the Gator Screen.

Gator Screen is where your ball falls down to end your turn. It is an animation of your ball falling into the mouth of a gator where his belly is flattened and you're taken to the score screen before starting your next turn.

In Bonus Stage 1 you must knock out all the blocks to make the gator fall. If you hit the gator you get 10,000 points.

In Bonus Stage 2 you must break 5 eggs to hatch baby gators then hit the baby gators for 30,000 points.

In Bonus Stage 3 you must hit each small gator head that pops out of the hole in order to make the big gator head pop out for 50,000 points.

Match Play A/Match Play B

This is the two player mode of Revenge of the 'Gator. Match Play A is for beginners and Match Play B is for experts. Both players can see each others side of the screen. Both players knock the ball back and forth until one of the them gets the past the flippers. Hitting your opponents targets will reduce your opponent's points. The first player to reduce his opponents points to zero and hits the 'Gator and Crossbones' wins the game.

There are three gators for each player, rolling over them will make them appear, grow large, then disappear. If you get all three gators to be large at the same time you get side savers and saver post.

Items are scattered throughout the match which affects play. Which player is affected is determined by the direction of the ball.