The final boss? A living mountain of 1986 VHS waste called Polybius the Rot . Garb wins not by fighting, but by sorting it into correct recycling bins—unlocking the secret Emerald U ending, where the world becomes clean… until the sequel, Trashman 2: Landfill Boogaloo .
In a forgotten corner of the 1986 arcade scene, a bootleg cabinet flickered to life: .
You play as Gary “Garb” Garbagio , a sanitation worker in neon-drenched Neo-Tokyo. One night, while crushing radioactive junk, he unearths a strange, shimmering trash can lid—the Lid of Legends . It lets him summon “Trashmon”: mutated critters made of rotten food, tangled cassette tapes, and busted CRT glass.
The villain is Lord Litter , a former EPA agent who wants to bury the world in eternal landfill. To stop him, Garb must ride his garbage truck through eight “Dump Gyms,” battling with creatures like Recyclops (a psychic soda can) and Stenchu (a poison-typed rat with a mohawk).
No one remembers this game. But somewhere, an old arcade owner swears he saw it.