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The New Zealand Story

Developer:	Taito
Publisher:	Taito
Release date:	1988
Genre:	Platform
Game modes:	Up to 2 players; alternate turns
Cabinet:	Standard
Controls:	Joystick, 2 buttons
Monitor
Orientation:	Horizontal
Type:	Raster, standard resolution
Size:	?
Notes
None

The New Zealand Story is a platform game by Taito. The player controls a kiwi called Tiki, and a walrus has kiwi-napped all of your friends. At the end of each level, you find one of your friends in a cage. Like Bubble Bobble, letters can be collected to spell out "EXTEND" for a bonus. However, levels scroll rather than being stationary.

The weaponry starts out as arrows, but pickups can change these to bombs, lasers, or bouncing fireballs. These act a little differently, and what is useful depends upon the player's location. A distinctive, almost unique feature of this game is the ability to ride a variety of flying vehicles, ranging from balloons to laser or guided-missile armed UFOs. Vehicles can be found ready for use or can be stolen from any enemy.

Other features are the many secret areas and shortcuts hidden throughout the game, as well as a special "Heaven" round where the player goes after losing their last life, actually having a chance of escaping(!) and continuing the game "on earth".

The hero of this game, Tiki the kiwi, also appears in other Taito games like Liquid Kids and Bubble Symphony as a guest star, although he never became a popular Taito mascot.

The game has been converted for most game consoles and most 8-bit and 16-bit home computers. The original arcade game was released in 1988, whereas most home computer conversions were done in 1989, with some game console versions coming in 1990 and 1991. The game was also converted for the Fujitsu FM Towns and X68000 systems in Japan.

The game had no official sequel, but there were several clones and modified versions, usually called New Zealand Story 2 or New Zealand Story Extra. The only Taito game which bears a faint resemblance to it, is Liquid Kids or Mizubaku Adventure, released in 1990, which uses the same screen font, reuses some gameplay elements and has a similar plot, although there are important differences between the two.

You can emulate TNZS using the emulators MAME, Shark and Raine.

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-'''''The New Zealand Story''''' is a [[platform game]] by [[Taito Corporation|Taito]]. You are a [[kiwi]] called Tiki, and a [[walrus]] has kiwi-napped all of your friends. At the end of each level, you find one of your friends in a cage. Like ''[[Bubble Bobble]]'', you can collect letters to spell out "EXTEND" for a bonus. Unlike it, levels scroll rather than are fixed to one screen.
+|- bgcolor=#99B1FF
+| align=center colspan=2|<font size="2">'''''The New Zealand Story'''''</font>
+|-
+|align="center" colspan=2|[[Image:tnzs_screenshot.png|225 px|''Screenshot from an early level of The New Zealand Story]]
+|-
+|[[Video game developer|Developer]]:
+|[[Taito]]
+|-
+|[[Video game publisher|Publisher]]:
+|[[Taito]]
+|-
+|Release date:
+|[[1988]]
+|-
+|[[Computer and video game genres|Genre]]:
+|[[Computer_and_video_game_genres#Platform|Platform]]
+|-
+|Game modes:
+|Up to 2 players; alternate turns
+|-
+|Cabinet:
+|Standard
+|-
+|Controls:
+|[[Joystick]], 2 buttons
+|- bgcolor=#99B1FF
+|align="center" colspan=2|<font size="2">Monitor</font>
+|-
+|Orientation:
+|Horizontal
+|-
+|Type:
+|[[Raster graphics|Raster]], standard resolution
+|-
+|Size:
+|?
+|-  bgcolor=#99B1FF
+|align="center" colspan=2|<font size="2">Notes</font>
+|-
+|colspan=2|None
+|}
+'''''The New Zealand Story''''' is a [[platform game]] by [[Taito Corporation|Taito]]. The player controls a [[kiwi]] called Tiki, and a [[walrus]] has kiwi-napped all of your friends. At the end of each level, you find one of your friends in a cage. Like ''[[Bubble Bobble]]'', letters can be collected to spell out "EXTEND" for a bonus. However, levels scroll rather than being stationary.
+The weaponry starts out as arrows, but pickups can change these to bombs, lasers, or bouncing fireballs. These act a little differently, and what is useful depends upon the player's location. A distinctive, almost unique feature of this game is the ability to ride a variety of flying vehicles, ranging from balloons to laser or guided-missile armed UFOs. Vehicles can be found ready for use or can be stolen from any enemy.
-<div style="float:right; margin-left:10px; margin-right:10px; width:320px; text-align:center">
-[[image:tnzs_screenshot.png]]<br>
-<small>''Screenshot from an early level of ''TNZS''.''</small>
-</div>
+Other features are the many secret areas and shortcuts hidden throughout the game, as well as a special "Heaven" round where the player goes after losing their last life, actually having a chance of escaping(!) and continuing the game "on earth".
-Your weaponry starts out as arrows, but pickups can change these to bombs, lasers, or bouncing fireballs. These act a little differently, and what's useful depends on where you are. A distinctive, almost unique feature of this game is the ability to ride a variety of flying vehicles, ranging from balloons to laser or guided-missile armed UFOs. Vehicles can be found ready for use or can be stolen from any enemy.
-Other features are the many secret areas and shortcuts hidden throughout the game, as well as a special "Heaven" round where you go after losing your last life, actually having a chance of escaping(!) and continuing the game "on earth".
 The hero of this game, Tiki the kiwi, also appears in other Taito games like ''[[Liquid Kids]]'' and ''[[Bubble Symphony]]'' as a guest star, although he never became a popular Taito [[mascot]].
 The game has been converted for most [[game console]]s and most 8-bit and 16-bit home [[computers]]. The original arcade game was released in [[1988]], whereas most home computer conversions were done in [[1989]], with some
-game console versions coming in [[1990]] and [[1991]].
+game console versions coming in [[1990]] and [[1991]]. The game was also converted for the [[Fujitsu FM Towns]] and [[X68000]] systems in Japan.
-The game was also converted for the [[Fujitsu FM Towns]] and [[X68000]] systems in Japan.
-The game had no official sequel, but several [[clone]]s and modified versions, usually called ''[[New Zealand Story 2]]'' or ''[[New Zealand Story Extra]]''. The only Taito game which bears a faint resemblance to it, is ''[[Liquid Kids]]'' or ''[[Mizubaku Adventure]]'', released in [[1990]], which uses the same screen font, reuses some gameplay elements and has a similar plot, though there are important differences between the two.
+The game had no official sequel, but there were several [[clone]]s and modified versions, usually called ''[[New Zealand Story 2]]'' or ''[[New Zealand Story Extra]]''. The only Taito game which bears a faint resemblance to it, is ''[[Liquid Kids]]'' or ''[[Mizubaku Adventure]]'', released in [[1990]], which uses the same screen font, reuses some gameplay elements and has a similar plot, although there are important differences between the two.
 You can emulate ''TNZS'' using the [[emulator]]s [[MAME]], [[Shark Emulator|Shark]] and [[Raine]].