Arcade Archives: Frisky Tom

Frisky Tom is a 1981 action video game developed by Jorudan and published by Nichibutsu for arcades. It was released in Japan in September 1981 and North America in November 1981. In this game, the player assumes the role of a plumber, named Tom, who is tasked with protecting and maintaining a network of plumbing pipes that route water from a storage tank to a shower. A Bandai Electronics VFD handheld version of Frisky Tom was released in 1982. A version for the Atari 5200 was programmed in 1983, but never published. A port was published for the Game Boy in 1995.