{{Short description|1990 video game}} {{Infobox video game |title = |image = TrampolineTerrorBoxShotGenesis.jpg |caption = Cover art |developer = Masaya |publisher = DreamWorks |platforms = [[Sega Genesis]] |released = {{vgrelease|NA|1990}} |genre = [[Action game|Overhead view action]]<ref>[http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=16206 ''Trampoline Terror!''] at [[allgame]]</ref> |modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]<ref name="sega16"/> }}
'''''Trampoline Terror!''''' is an [[action game|overhead view action]] video game with [[strategy video game|strategy]] elements developed by Masaya Games and published by DreamWorks in 1990 for the [[Sega Genesis]] exclusively in North America. A Japanese release under the name ''Explode Star'' was planned, but was cancelled.
==Gameplay== The player, who is the titular Trampoline Terror, must put a halt to the [[extraterrestrial life|aliens]] who are trying to take over the planet Ahas after kidnapping their queen.<ref name="mobygames">[http://www.mobygames.com/game/genesis/trampoline-terror- ''Trampoline Terror!''] at [[MobyGames]]</ref>
Players must defuse bombs by walking over their destruction sequences while at the same time avoiding enemies.<ref name="mobygames"/> Trampolines can only be jumped on a few times before breaking, at which point the square they had occupied becomes useless. If the player jumps on this square again, he falls to his death.<ref name="mobygames"/> Powerballs can be picked up in limited numbers in order to defeat the villains that impede the player's path.<ref name="mobygames"/> Each level in the game is a 16x16 grid containing various obstacles, tiles, and strategically placed trampolines with which the character is able to interact.<ref name="sega16">[http://www.sega-16.com/2005/09/trampoline-terror/ ''Trampoline Terror!''] at Sega-16</ref> While players can jump on the tiles as often as they want without the squares ever breaking, they are not as versatile as the trampolines. Upon having exhausted their reserve of extra lives, players can choose the "continue" option, and are awarded five extra lives with which to continue the game.<ref name="mobyscreenshots">[http://www.mobygames.com/game/genesis/trampoline-terror-/screenshots ''Trampoline Terror!''] screenshots at MobyGames</ref>
There are thirty-three levels in the game, featuring varied degrees of difficulty.<ref name="sega16"/>
==References== {{reflist}}
[[Category:1990 video games]] [[Category:Action games]] [[Category:DreamWorks games]] [[Category:Masaya Games games]] [[Category:North America-exclusive video games]] [[Category:Sega Genesis games]] [[Category:Sega Genesis-only games]] [[Category:Single-player video games]] [[Category:Video games developed in Japan]]