TIGSource: Teppodon

Teppodon

Derek Yu — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:20:00 +0000

It’s really interesting to see how Ikiki’s games influence one another. Teppodon is basically an upgrade to Teppoman, with some bits from Bimboman thrown in for good measure (like the mounted turrets and having to use explosions to propel yourself). The graphics are much more advanced than Teppoman and the controls are a bit more complex. Now, instead of only having one weapon at a time, you can switch between a knife and two guns of your choosing. Honestly, I have to say that I kind of prefer the simplicity of Teppoman – it’s a bit irritating to have to switch weapons all the time. It’s still pretty good, though, and I liked the boss fight at the end.

One of these days, it’d be fun to piece together a timeline for these games and examine how they influenced one another. Why? ‘Cause it’d be fun, that’s why! In the meantime, you’ll have to settle for this pictorial evolution of the Teppodon, from the primitive Bimboman.

Controls in the extended:

Left / Right – Move

Down – Free Hostage, Open Box

Shift – Jump

Control – Shoot

A – Switch Weapon

S – Drop Weapon

Z – Strafe

J – Suicide

"Teppodon" by PHeMoX

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 06:23:46 +0000

Should be useful for finding secrets

That’s lame dude …

Anyways, game is cool.

"Teppodon" by Blueberry_pie

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:21:27 +0000

Home of the Underdogs has an older version of the game up for download… it used to, at least. I can’t check myself because for some reason, the download page won’t load.

But anyway, this download also includes the source file of the game that you can open with Multimedia Fusion. Should be useful for finding secrets, I suppose. Three more of Ikiki’s games can also be downloaded from HotU… those include the source files too, I think.

"Teppodon" by cactus

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:38:30 +0000

There are plenty of secret areas in the game, yeah. If you jump at your start position and keep up pressed in the level that starts you out in the bottom of an elevator shaft then you’ll grab on to the elevator line and get to a secret room with powerups. Think there’s stuff like this on most levels.

"Teppodon" by SCrasher

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:27:31 +0000

Type dungroom as a password, and you go to a secret level. To the right of your starting position and in the bottom left room, if you wade around in the brown muck at the foot of the ladder, you can pick up items that give you invincibility and unlimited ammo. Also, every weapon in the game is available there in the boxes. Personally, I find the game to be much more interesting to play without using these power-ups.

"Teppodon" by soilworker

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 09:43:36 +0000

Use S to drop an empty weapon.

"Teppodon" by Jin Dogan

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:52:02 +0000

When my weapons are out of ammo, I can’t pick up any other ones. Is there some sort of way to drop these weapons or something?

"Teppodon" by Derek

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:13:23 +0000

Yeah, that’s probably the toughest spot in the game! It took me a while to get it… I can’t remember exactly how I did it, although you should be as close to the barrel as possible when you shoot it. Then make sure you’re holding left as soon as you start moving.

"Teppodon" by Gr.Viper

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:05:50 +0000

I was waiting for this one. Just to ask, what’s the trick in getting over the second floor gap on level 5? Every time I shoot that barrel I get blown not quite to the other side - the character hits the celling and falls..