Mappy-Land is very similar to the original Mappy, it’s still very much a maze chase where you have to collect items before bee-lining to the finish.

Mappy still jumps on trampolines and the stages have several levels to walk across, the game requires you to quickly take count of enemy locations, the next item you need, dead ends and ladders in order to progress.

The main difference gameplay wise is the use of items to distract or defeat the meowkies and/or Goro instead of using doors to avoid being caught.

The stages themselves have themes. Railroad Town, Western, Tropical, a Ghost Town (with Balloon traversal), Jungle World, Pirate World and Milky Town (which has a time limit)

It’s very much a sequel title to an old Arcade game, it has more polish than Lode Runner for instance but it’s still very much in the same world of Arcade gameplay.

There’s some variation, the repeated gameplay cycles are very clearly labelled with story events. Mapico’s Birthday, Mappy’s wedding, a Christmas party and Mappy Jr.’s Birthday. Each loop varies the general stage design to be more difficult.

Mappy-Land is probably as fully realised as you could make Mappy, it builds upon the formula with better gameplay design and story elements.