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{{Short description|1988 video game}}
{{More footnotes|date=May 2010}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Toobin'
| image = Toobin' Poster.png
| caption = Arcade flyer
| developer = [[Atari Games]]
| publisher = [[Atari Games]]
| designer = Milt Loper
| programmer = Dennis Harper
| composer = [[Brad Fuller (composer)|Brad Fuller]]
| artist = Will Noble<br>Mark West<br>Deborah Short
| engine = 
| released = 1988
| genre = [[Action game|Action]]
| modes = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]
| platforms = {{collapsible list|title={{nobold|[[Arcade video game|Arcade]]}}|[[Amiga]], [[Commodore 64]], [[Atari ST]], [[Amstrad CPC]], [[NES]], [[MS-DOS]], [[Game Boy Color]], [[ZX Spectrum]], [[MSX]]}}
}}

'''''Toobin{{'}}''''' is a 1988 [[action game]] developed and published by [[Atari Games]] for [[Arcade video game|arcades]]. Based on the recreational activity of [[Tubing (recreation)|tubing]], it sees players traveling down rivers, collecting items and avoiding obstacles on their way to an endpoint. 

The game has been ported to various [[home consoles]] and [[Home computer|computers]] as well as emulated as part of other video games.

== Gameplay ==
[[Image:ARC Toobin'.png|thumb|left|Bif and Jet [[Tubing (recreation)|tubing]] down the [[Colorado]] river. Bif and Jet's score and [[Life (video games)|lives]], as well as the river they are currently riding on, are shown in the interface at the top of the screen.]]''Toobin''' is a [[Vertically scrolling video game|vertically scrolling]] [[action game]] based on the recreational activity of [[Tubing (recreation)|tubing]]. The player controls either Bif or Jet, identified by the colors red and yellow respectively, as they travel down rivers. Although there is no ending so to speak, the objective of the game is to travel through five rivers in order to reach an end point. Upon completing the objective, the player is set back to the beginning to complete the cycle again.

On each river, players must contend with various obstacles that stand in their way. Along the way, the player can pass through gates and collect treasure chests to gain points, as well as grabbing cans which can be used to stun certain obstacles on the side of the river.

== Legacy ==
The game is included as part of ''[[Midway Arcade Treasures]]'' and ''[[Arcade Party Pak]]'', where it was given a remixed soundtrack. It was also included in the 2012 compilation ''[[Midway Arcade Origins]]''.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/14/midway-arcade-origins-review | title = Midway Arcade Origins Review - IGN | date=14 November 2012}}</ref> The game is one of the 23 arcade games that are included with the Midway Arcade Level Pack for ''[[Lego Dimensions]]'', unlocked by using the hidden Arcade Dock in the level "Follow The Lego Brick Road". It is also an included title on the [[Arcade1Up]] Midway Legacy Edition cabinet.

==References==
<references/>
{{refbegin}}
*{{citation|title=Ult Unauth Nintendo Game Strat, Volume 3 - The Bantam game mastery series
|author=Corey Sandler
|publisher=Bantam Books
|year=1990
|isbn=978-0-553-35225-2}}
*{{citation|title=Arcade fever: the fan's guide to the golden age of video games|author=John Sellers|publisher=Running Press|year=2001|isbn=978-0-7624-0937-2}}
*{{citation|title=Game design: secrets of the Sages|author=Marc Saltzman|editor=Marc Saltzman|publisher=Brady Games, 2000|isbn=978-1-56686-987-4|year=2000|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/gamedesign00marc}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
* {{KLOV game|id=10149}}
* [http://www.arcade-history.com/?page=detail&id=2933 "Toobin'"] at the Arcade History database
* {{WoS game|id=0005325}}

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[[Category:1988 video games]]
[[Category:Arcade video games]]
[[Category:Atari arcade games]]
[[Category:Amiga games]]
[[Category:Amstrad CPC games]]
[[Category:Atari ST games]]
[[Category:Commodore 64 games]]
[[Category:Domark games]]
[[Category:DOS games]]
[[Category:Game Boy Color games]]
[[Category:Midway video games]] 
[[Category:MSX games]]
[[Category:Nintendo Entertainment System games]]
[[Category:Tengen (company) games]]
[[Category:Teque London games]]
[[Category:Unauthorized video games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in the United States]]
[[Category:Video games scored by Allister Brimble]]
[[Category:Video games scored by Brad Fuller]]
[[Category:Video games scored by David Whittaker]]
[[Category:Video games scored by Matt Furniss]]
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[[Category:Video games set in Colorado]]
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[[Category:ZX Spectrum games]]
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