Tumble Pop is a single or multiplayer action game for Game Boy, featuring characters who capture monsters and ghosts in vacuum-like devices. These enemies can be transformed into projectiles to defeat additional foes. Players collect alphabet letters from bubbles to spell TUMBLEPOP, unlocking a timed bonus level for extra points and lives upon completion. The game’s visual style is reminiscent of Pang.
The game involves one or two ghost-busters who can suck monsters, ghosts, aliens and various other oddball characters into vacuum-cleaner-like devices and spit them back as bouncing/rolling balls. Expelled enemies function as projectiles that can damage and kill other opponents on the screen when colliding with them. The game's looks are reminiscent of Pang. Throughout the game, the player/s can collect letters of the alphabet found in randomly appearing bubbles in order to gradually spell the word `TUMBLEPOP`, the progress of which is permanently displayed at the bottom of the screen. When completed, players are transported to a bonus level which gives them the opportunity to obtain higher scores and an extra life, although this level is strictly timed. The word goes back to default after completion.