A Taito platformer with a kiwi rescuing captured friends. Precise controls, inventive levels, addictive gameplay. Very popular in arcade, well adapted on NES. An overlooked classic.
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Platformer featuring Tiki the small bird flying through underground levels to save friends. Published by Taito, released in Europe in 1990. Tiki in side-scrolling view flying through colorful caverns and dungeons. NES port of Taito's The New Zealand Story game.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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The NES port of The New Zealand Story reached Europe after Taito's arcade hit had already left its mark, giving this PAL version a genuine place among Taito devotees. Tiki and his colorful caverns carry an unmistakable Taito signature, and the lack of any North American NES release makes the European cartridge the only way to own the title on the console.
Is NewZealand Story, The still worth playing in 2026?
The NewZealand Story brings Taito's cult platformer to NES, in which the little kiwi Tiki crosses labyrinthine levels to save his kidnapped friends, jumping and firing arrows. The cartoon charm, the ingenious vertical level design and the unlockable vehicles bring real freshness. The fearsome difficulty and a few technical compromises compared with the arcade temper the enthusiasm. For fans of cute and demanding retro platformers, it is an endearing conversion of a genre classic.
