Underplayed Gems

Oil Panic (1997)

Oil Panic cover
Developer
Nintendo, Tose
Publisher
Nintendo
Platforms
Game Boy
Genres
Arcade

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How it feels

Catch dripping oil in buckets before it hits the floor while dodging Bowser and helping Yoshi in this frantic arcade game.

casualarcade-stylelightheartedfast-pacedcharming

About

Bowser is dropping oil into a castle, and Mario must use two buckets to catch the oil before it touches the floor. Yoshi serves to dispense oil and can even be used to take out Bowser from the top of the castle, gaining bonus points in the process. In Classic Mode, the Station Helper must collect oil dripping from the ceiling of a gas station in one bucket and dump it to his boss before the bucket overflows.

Screenshots

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