Sky Pop

Up to four flyers float over the sea in little baskets, each held up by three balloons. Flap to rise, steer with the stick, and drop onto your rivals from above to pop their balloons. Lose all three and you fall like a stone. Land on an island and you can pump up new balloons, but drop into the sea and you lose a life.

Waves of wasps buzz in from the clouds. They sting balloons from above, so get over them and squash them first.

Ways to play

• Online (up to 4 flyers): Join a sky that's already playing, or open your own. You're flying straight away, even in the middle of a game. Out of lives? Press fire to fly again. Leave whenever you like and the others play on.
• Alone: Just you and the wasps.
• 2 players, 1 NABU: Two flyers on one NABU, with joystick 1 and joystick 2.

Controls

Your basket drifts, so it takes a moment to speed up and slow down. Fly off one side of the screen and you come back in on the other. Clouds and stars are only scenery, so you fly straight through them. The islands are solid: you can stand on them, and you bounce off their sides and undersides.

Balloons

• With three balloons you flap strongly. With two or one you rise more slowly, and with none you drop fast.
• When a rival lands on your balloons from above, one pops and you get knocked down. You blink for a moment and can't be popped again while you blink.
• With no balloons left, try to land on an island. Hold fire for a couple of seconds to pump up two new balloons, but watch out: you can't fly away while you're pumping.

Wasps

Wasps come in waves, and every wave brings more of them (up to six) that fly faster. They try to get above you and sting your balloons.

• Land on a wasp from above to squash it.
• A wasp coming down on your balloons stings one.
• Bump into a wasp from the side and you just bounce off each other.

When every wasp in a wave is gone, everyone still flying gets a bonus and the next wave arrives.

Points

You start with 3 lives and get an extra one at 10,000 points.

Splash!

Fall into the sea and you lose a life. Your next flyer floats in at the top of the sky with three fresh balloons, blinking for a few seconds so nobody can pop it. When your lives run out your score shows OUT, and you can press fire to start again. If nobody else is flying, the waves start again from wave 1.

The top of the screen

The top two rows show each flyer's colour, name, score and lives left. An empty slot shows OPEN, so another player can still join.

Tips

• Height is everything. Whoever is higher wins the clash.
• Tap fire for small hops and hold it to climb fast.
• A flyer with no balloons is easy prey on an island. Pump fast, or float to a quieter island first.
• Use the wrap-around sides to escape, or to surprise someone.
• Squash wasps before rivals do: every wave cleared pays everyone who is still flying.