<s>
Liquid	B-Application
Kids	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1990	B-Application
platform	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Taito	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
and	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Liquid	B-Application
Kids	I-Application
enjoyed	O
success	O
in	O
arcades	O
among	O
players	O
,	O
garnering	O
positive	O
reception	O
from	O
critics	O
,	O
while	O
its	O
home	O
conversions	O
were	O
also	O
met	O
with	O
similarly	O
positive	O
response	O
from	O
gaming	O
magazines	O
who	O
reviewed	O
it	O
as	O
an	O
import	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Liquid	B-Application
Kids	I-Application
is	O
a	O
platform	O
game	O
where	O
players	O
assume	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
Hipopo	O
,	O
a	O
platypus	O
(	O
erroneously	O
called	O
a	O
hippopotamus	O
in	O
English	O
versions	O
)	O
who	O
fights	O
his	O
way	O
across	O
various	O
stages	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
land	O
of	O
Woody-Lake	O
against	O
enemies	O
led	O
by	O
Fire	O
Demon	O
in	O
search	O
of	O
his	O
missing	O
girlfriend	O
Tamasun	O
while	O
rescuing	O
other	O
hippos	O
along	O
the	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	B-Application
is	I-Application
over	I-Application
once	O
all	O
lives	O
are	O
lost	O
,	O
unless	O
players	O
insert	O
more	O
credits	O
into	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
machine	O
to	O
continue	O
playing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Liquid	B-Application
Kids	I-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
arcades	O
by	O
Taito	O
in	O
August	O
1990	B-Application
,	O
using	O
the	O
Taito	O
F2	O
System	O
board	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
21	O
,	O
1991	O
,	O
an	O
album	O
containing	O
music	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
Space	B-Application
Gun	I-Application
was	O
co-published	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
by	O
Scitron	O
and	O
Pony	O
Canyon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
title	O
was	O
first	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
by	O
Taito	O
and	O
released	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
January	O
17	O
,	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
faithful	O
conversion	O
that	O
retains	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
gameplay	O
elements	O
from	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
original	O
but	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
graphical	O
effects	O
were	O
removed	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
time	O
transitions	O
and	O
parallax	O
scrolling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
would	O
later	O
be	O
re-released	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
's	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
near-arcade	O
perfect	O
port	O
was	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Ving	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
on	O
October	O
22	O
,	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Taito	O
Legends	O
2	O
(	O
Taito	O
Memories	O
2	O
in	O
Japan	O
)	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
is	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
included	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Taito	O
Egret	O
II	O
mini	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Amiga	B-Device
port	O
was	O
completed	O
by	O
Ocean	O
France	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
released	O
by	O
Ocean	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Likewise	O
,	O
an	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
version	O
was	O
also	O
in	O
development	O
but	O
never	O
released	O
by	O
Ocean	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Liquid	B-Application
Kids	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Arcade	B-Application
Archives	I-Application
series	O
on	O
December	O
2	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Liquid	B-Application
Kids	I-Application
on	O
their	O
November	O
15	O
,	O
1990	B-Application
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
seventeenth	O
most-successful	O
table	O
arcade	B-Application
unit	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
,	O
outperforming	O
titles	O
such	O
as	O
Parodius	B-Application
!	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
Myth	O
to	O
Laughter	O
and	O
Magic	B-Application
Sword	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	B-Application
original	O
was	O
also	O
met	O
with	O
positive	O
reception	O
from	O
critics	O
since	O
its	O
initial	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
conversion	O
was	O
met	O
with	O
positive	O
reception	O
from	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hipopo	O
makes	O
cameo	O
appearances	O
in	O
Arkanoid	B-Application
vs.	I-Application
Space	I-Application
Invaders	I-Application
.	O
</s>
