You play a small green guy who needs to blow up eight towers because their presence is somehow poisoning the water of planets that could potentially be ideal colonies. Unfortunately, you need to get to the top of these towers to blow them up.
You make your way up to the top of the Tower Toppler via walkways around the outside of the towers. You need to jump over, kick, and run from various enemies in your journey to the top. Most vertical movement is achieved by jumping onto moving ledges at the right moment.
The game was considered revolutionary in its time for its graphic technique. As the main character walked around the outside of the Tower Toppler , the character was fixed in the middle of the screen while the tower itself rotated, giving it a pseudo-3D effect.
You also get to travel through the sea on your trusty MK.7 submarine, which plays out as a side-scrolling collect-'em-up in which bonus points can be obtained.