<s>
is	O
a	O
maze	B-Application
arcade	O
game	O
that	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Namco	O
in	O
1994	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
characters	O
from	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
earlier	O
games	O
(	O
including	O
:	O
the	O
Galaxian	B-Application
flagship	I-Application
,	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Rally-X	B-Application
Special	O
Flag	O
,	O
the	O
Solvalou	O
from	O
Xevious	B-Application
,	O
Mappy	B-Application
from	O
his	B-Application
self-titled	I-Application
game	I-Application
and	O
several	O
others	O
besides	O
,	O
many	O
of	O
whom	O
only	O
initially	O
appeared	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
they	O
were	O
created	O
for	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pitt	O
(	O
and	O
Patti	O
)	O
must	O
walk	O
around	O
the	O
mazes	B-Application
,	O
collecting	O
items	O
and	O
avoiding	O
enemies	O
(	O
which	O
include	O
the	O
Heitai	O
from	O
Toy	O
Pop	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
Pookas	B-Application
and	O
Fygars	B-Application
from	O
Dig	B-Application
Dug	I-Application
)	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
they	O
have	O
the	O
power	O
to	O
drop	O
their	O
Tinker	O
Balls	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
both	O
invulnerable	O
to	O
the	O
enemies	O
,	O
and	O
move	O
around	O
by	O
pressing	O
the	O
Line	O
button	O
,	O
therefore	O
creating	O
a	O
line	O
between	O
them	O
and	O
their	O
balls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
pieces	O
of	O
popcorn	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
picked	O
up	O
around	O
the	O
mazes	B-Application
-	O
and	O
pressing	O
the	O
Popcorn	O
button	O
,	O
Pitt	O
and	O
Patti	O
can	O
throw	O
them	O
at	O
the	O
enemies	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
shall	O
bounce	O
off	O
the	O
walls	O
until	O
they	O
hit	O
one	O
(	O
or	O
evaporate	O
if	O
they	O
have	O
not	O
done	O
so	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
stage	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Killing	O
all	O
enemies	O
in	O
a	O
maze	B-Application
advances	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
the	O
next	O
stage	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
event	O
of	O
one	O
enemy	O
remaining	O
,	O
he	O
will	O
make	O
for	O
the	O
nearest	O
corner	O
of	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
,	O
say	O
"	O
Bye-bye	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Tinkle	B-Application
Pit	I-Application
on	O
their	O
April	O
15	O
,	O
1994	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
twenty-first	O
most-popular	O
arcade	O
game	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scott	O
Alan	O
Marriot	O
of	O
Classic	O
Gamer	O
in	O
2004	O
believed	O
Tinkle	B-Application
Pit	I-Application
carried	O
the	O
same	O
kind	O
of	O
simplicity	O
present	O
in	O
games	O
like	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
(	O
1980	O
)	O
and	O
Dig	B-Application
Dug	I-Application
(	O
1982	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Retro	O
Gamer	O
also	O
viewed	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
good	O
example	O
of	O
the	O
transitioning	O
video	O
and	O
arcade	O
game	O
scene	O
of	O
the	O
decade	O
,	O
writing	O
:	O
"	O
If	O
you	O
ever	O
need	O
reminding	O
that	O
the	O
arcade	O
market	O
of	O
the	O
early	O
Nineties	O
was	O
a	O
weird	O
,	O
transitional	O
scene	O
,	O
Tinkle	B-Application
Pit	I-Application
should	O
serve	O
well.	O
"	O
</s>
