Kabobber

Kabobber © 1983 Activision

The basic gameplay of Kabobber is very simple; you must hop on the enemy before he hops on you. To help you gang up on the enemy you are given command of an army of Buvskies. Your Buvskies troops appear in each of the squares immediately surrounding your character. When first summoned your Buvskies are only babies who must first conquer an enemy Kabobber to be promoted to full strength. Baby Buvskies can only conquer the green Guvskies and are crushed by all other enemies, so you must protect them until they reach full strength. You are given a limited number of baby Buvskies (displayed at the bottom of the screen), although you can gain extra Buvskies by conquering enemy troops (you are limited to nine reserve Buvskies). Your army moves with you in a square formation, so the more troops you have on the screen the bigger the target you are. However the more troops you have the more enemies you can crush, and you'll have a less chance of being totally annihilated by a rampaging enemy mob.

As the boards progress the enemies become faster and more numerous, and Princess Buvsky moves towards the rainbow faster. The game ends once all your troops are lost or Princess Buvsky reaches the energy rainbow. On the later levels it's all about strategy, simply jumping non-stop towards the Princess won't cut it anymore. You must carefully decide which enemies are worth conquering, and which are best left alone. Don't take too long however, as the Princess has her eye on the prize.