[3] A remastered version, Trip World DX, was developed by Limited Run Games and released in 2023.

At first glance, Trip World appears to be a scaled-down version of Gimmick!, another Sunsoft game released in the same year.

In Trip World, the player controls Yakopoo (ヤコプ) through five relatively large and slightly linear stages.

The objective is to find the stolen flower of peace, since the inhabitants of Trip World turned mad because of its absence, acting as the enemies in the game.

While he can't move on the ground, the fish-like Yakopoo is able to swim well and attack enemies with foam in water.

[7] The player's character has four health points and loses them by touching spikes or when being hit by enemy attacks.

Unlike many other platform games, most of the enemies in Trip World don't hurt the player's character on touch.

Yakopoo lives with his grandfather, an old Shabubu, on the holy mountain known as Mount Dubious, where the Maita Flower is found.

However, one day mysterious shadowy creatures appear, attack Yakopoo's grandfather and steal the flower of peace.

Since the Maita Flower has been removed from its place, the peace is gone and the inhabitants of Trip World get mad and don't stop quarreling with each other.

The King turns good again, Yakopoo's grandfather returns the flower to the holy mountain and the peace is back in Trip World.

The review's author commented that Trip World is "ideally suited" for inexperienced players due to its low level of difficulty.

[16] Marcel van Duyn of Nintendo Life was impressed with the visuals as well, but found the simplicity of the gameplay and the game's length to be lacking.