Play James Pond 3: Operation Starfish Online

Summary

James Pond 3: Operation Starfish feels like a quirky, dairy‑flavored spin on Super Mario World. The Moon’s map is a patchwork of cheese, custard and ice‑cream zones, each ending in a boss that plays on the cheesy puns – think “The Garden of Edam” for the opening stage.

Pond’s magno‑boots let him sprint up walls and cling to ceilings, turning the usual side‑scroll into an upside‑down puzzle platformer. While he can’t stretch like in the previous title, a handful of gadgets give him the lift needed to scale the Moon’s lofty heights.

The arsenal is delightfully odd: dynamite explodes on contact, bombs light only when tossed, and the fruit gun upgrades ordinary fruit into ammo – a cupcake becomes a homing missile. Spring shoes boost bounce height, a television releases a ghost you can hop on, and the jetpack not only rockets you upward but fires a yogurt cannon, refuelled by scattered cans.

Rescuing Finnius the Frog unlocks a secret playable character; a cheat code lets you hop around as him everywhere. He bounces on his belly for ever‑higher jumps but can’t wield the gadgets, only chattering teeth.

Each level hides a communication beacon, often gated behind four colored teacups. Secret exits appear after completing hidden pickups, and destroying all of Dr. Maybe’s cheese mines isn’t enough – you also need to smash the Stiltonium extractors for the true ending.

Storyline

James Pond 3: Operation Starfish (often just called James Pond 3) finds our amphibious secret agent facing a new lunar threat. After his defeat in RoboCod, the mad Dr. Maybe discovers a vein of high‑quality cheese hidden on the Moon and decides to mine it, hiring an army of rats to fund his world‑domination schemes. The cheesy bounty would let him dominate global markets, so he sets up a full‑scale operation on the lunar surface.
To stop the rodent‑run cheese mine, James teams up with a fresh sidekick, Finnius Frog, and rockets to the Moon. Together they must dismantle the mining rigs and put an end to Dr. Maybe’s cheesy conquest.