In each level of the game, the player controls one of the main cast. The objective is to collect a number of comic pages in a 3D maze-like environment populated by enemies (the Mane-iac's henchponies, including soldiers, officers, and captains). The player can move up, down, left, and right with the arrow keys and attack enemies with the spacebar. Attacks vary depending on the character the player is in control of: