<s>
is	O
an	O
arcade	O
game	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Namco	O
in	O
1989	O
,	O
only	O
in	O
Japan	O
;	O
it	O
runs	O
on	O
Namco	O
System	O
1	O
hardware	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Akira	O
Usukura	O
(	O
who	O
had	O
designed	O
Splatterhouse	B-Application
the	O
previous	O
year	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
takes	O
control	O
of	O
,	O
a	O
gardener	O
wearing	O
a	O
straw	O
hat	O
,	O
who	O
must	O
collect	O
all	O
the	O
keys	O
in	O
61	O
maze-inspired	O
gardens	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
rescue	O
his	O
girlfriend	O
,	O
;	O
he	O
can	O
push	O
the	O
walls	O
in	O
the	O
gardens	O
over	O
to	O
crush	O
the	O
various	O
enemies	O
that	O
pursue	O
him	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
shall	O
immediately	O
be	O
resurrected	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
eggs	O
which	O
hatch	O
after	O
a	O
few	O
seconds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
cutscene	O
called	O
"	O
The	O
Rompers	B-Application
Show	O
"	O
also	O
appears	O
after	O
every	O
tenth	O
round	O
,	O
and	O
once	O
Chap	O
has	O
rescued	O
Rumina	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
they	O
both	O
go	O
back	O
to	O
free	O
Tsukaima	O
(	O
who	O
,	O
ironically	O
,	O
is	O
trapped	O
under	O
a	O
wall	O
,	O
given	O
that	O
she	O
cannot	O
be	O
crushed	O
by	O
them	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
wrap	O
her	O
feet	O
up	O
with	O
bandages	O
;	O
Chap	O
then	O
starts	O
to	O
carry	O
Tsukaima	O
off	O
on	O
his	O
back	O
,	O
which	O
angers	O
Rumina	O
as	O
he	O
went	O
through	O
a	O
lot	O
to	O
save	O
her	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
Rompers	B-Application
was	O
ported	O
to	O
many	O
home	O
video	O
game	O
consoles	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
given	O
an	O
official	O
North	O
American	O
release	O
,	O
possibly	O
due	O
to	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
enemies	O
,	O
Fumajime	O
Pyokorin	O
,	O
being	O
involved	O
in	O
drug	O
use	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Japanese	O
voice	O
samples	O
;	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
soundtrack	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
two	O
compilation	O
discs	O
known	O
as	O
Namco	O
Video	O
Game	O
Graffiti	O
Volume	O
5	O
,	O
and	O
Namco	O
Video	O
Game	O
Graffiti	O
Volume	O
6	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
soundtracks	O
for	O
other	O
Namco	O
games	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
official	O
home	O
conversion	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
in	O
Namco	O
Museum	O
Encore	O
,	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
only	O
Japanese-exclusive	O
installment	O
(	O
which	O
also	O
featured	O
Wonder	B-Application
Momo	I-Application
and	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
)	O
-	O
and	O
in	O
2009	O
,	O
Rompers	B-Application
went	O
on	O
to	O
appear	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Nintendo	I-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
's	O
Japanese	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2022	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Arcade	B-Application
Archives	I-Application
series	O
by	O
Hamster	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Device
4	O
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Rompers	B-Application
on	O
their	O
March	O
15	O
,	O
1989	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
seventh	O
most-successful	O
table	O
arcade	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
