
Popeye
1990 Action
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes for Game Boy feels like a quirky side‑step from its NES sibling – it wears the same box art but the code is entirely its own, crafted by the little‑known studio Equilibrium. THQ handled the launch in Europe and the United States in 1992, while Altron gave Japanese players a version a year later.
The handheld platformer leans on the classic jump‑and‑stomp formula, letting you flatten oversized tomatoes or shatter them into swarms of smaller foes. Along the way you’ll run into a parade of oddly named bosses – Zoltan, Beefstake, Mummato, Fang, Ketchuck and the final showdown with Tomacho – each demanding a different rhythm of jumps and timing.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes on the Game Boy follows Chad Finletter, a young boy determined to stop the mad scientist Dr. Putrid T. Gangreen. Gangreen plans to unleash his Doomsday Tomato on the town of San Zucchini, and Chad must battle endless waves of mutant tomatoes on his own. The citizens are too terrified to help, leaving Chad to face the crimson menace solo. Throughout the side‑scrolling adventure, he navigates hazardous streets and hidden passages, confronting the grotesque fruit until he can finally put an end to the scientist’s plan.
Edited by Maya Carter

1990 Action

1995 Platformer

1992 Shooter

1993 Platformer