Game flow
There are six areas and each area is broken into four stages. In order to complete the game, the player must advance through several levels in order to reach the fourth stage of the sixth area. Although there are 24 stages in total, there are various warps which can be taken by the player to both advance ahead as well as travel back to various stages. If no warps are utilized, the player must advance through each section of each area.
However, in order to complete the fourth stage of each area, a key must be discovered in a prior stage. If the key is not located, the player will be unable to advance to the end of the stage, and must use a green spring to backtrack to the stage where the key is located. If you do possess the key, you will be permitted to challenge the area boss to a fight. All boss fights are pretty much the same, where you must take on a character much larger than you who tosses boulders and jumps around the stage. You must jump up in order to successfully hit them with your kicks, and you must kick them several times before they are defeated. Then you will advance to the next area.
Slot machines
When you discover a slot machine behind certain doors, you must possess coins in order to use them. Find coins by kicking various objects and spaces throughout each stage. You may use anywhere from one to five coins per turn. You must then press 
to stop each wheel. Prizes are determined by how many objects you have in a row, going from left to right. The number of coins you use will determine the outcome of your prize; multiply the values in the following table by the number of coins you used when you won. For example, if you used 3 coins and managed to get one coin in the left box, you will win 6 coins in return. A vitality prize means your health is restored by that number of bars, but a prize of health bars means you get extra bars of vitality above the usual 10, up to a maximum of 20.
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O - -
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nothing | nothing | nothing | vitality ×1 | health bars ×2 | coins ×2 |
O O -
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nothing | vitality ×1 | health bars ×2 | health bars ×2 | extra lives ×1 | coins ×5 |
O O O
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coins ×5 | extra lives ×1 | extra lives ×1 | extra lives ×1 | extra lives ×2 | coins ×10 |