Each level must be completed within a time limit, by progressing from left to right. The Vixen is armed only with a whip, used to defeat enemies and to collect bonus items such as gems (for points), extra lives and time. The Vixen can also collect fox head tokens. If enough are collected by the end of the level, she will transform into a fox, allowing the player to enter a special underground lair. Here she can collect gems, mega gems (which increase scoring potential above ground) and weapon upgrades (to increase the power of her whip).
Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".