Summary
Basic summary of gameplay or storyline.
The game centers around the main character of Apollo (no relation to the sun god) who progresses through the game in an alternating format that switches between platform, side-scrolling action (similar to the Super Mario Bros. series) and side-scrolling shooter action (similar to Konami's Parodius series). The goal of the series is, stereotypically, to rescue a princess - in this case, Princess Maria. The odd-numbered stages in the game (1, 3, 5, etc.) utilize mostly platform-style gameplay. For the even-numbered stages (2, 4, 6, etc.) the character is prompted to jump into a vehicle (a different one each time) and take part in an auto-scrolling Parodius-like level ending with a boss fight, once again set against a solid black background. The boss fights in even and odd-numbered stages are similar; the only difference is that in the even-numbered stages Apollo is in his vehicle instead of standing on a floating platform.
