The NewZealand Story
New Zealand Story is a platform game which was written by Taito. You are a kiwi, 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.
Your weaponry starts out as arrows, but pickups can change these to bombs or lasers. These act a little differently, and what's useful depends on where you are. You also get the oppertunity to hop on balloons and fly around.