Ancient Cheese

Ancient Cheese is the third level in Pizza Tower, and the third level of the Tower Lobby.
The level takes place in an ancient ruin featuring a cheese-made land with remnants of some sort of civilization left behind. The level's titlecard shows Peppino in the midst of these ruins, looking at a large purple statue of himself.
Enemies
This level contains the following enemies:
Transformations
- Ball — initiated by getting kicked by a Pepperoni Goblin
Gimmicks
- Cheese Block
- Bomb — thrown by a Pizza Box Goblin or spawned by an Enemy Spawner
Locations
Toppins
In the first room after the Key Door, under a platform with a one-block passage, blocked by Breakable Blocks.
Out in the open in the first room after the Box of Pizzas, directly where the player would naturally progress to.
In the room right after Pillar John, directly where the player would naturally progress to.
Tower Secret Treasure
In a hidden room, behind a Fake Wall in the top right corner of the second Key path room, on one of the platforms.
In a room after the second Box of Pizzas, in the top right corner, behind a Fake Wall, indicated with four Pizza Points. The Tower Secret Treasure is a peanut butter jar.
Secret Eyes
In the first room of the Key path, behind a Metal Block in the top left corner of the room, indicated with a Stupid Rat's face.
In this secret room, the player needs to hop on Cheese Blocks to get across, as well as maintain a dash to break a Metal Block at the end.
In the room directly after the Tomato Toppin, behind a Stupid Rat.
This secret room contains a respawnable Bomb which the player needs to move across a small series of platforms to throw at a Stupid Rat near the end.
Right after Pillar John, in a secret passage with a one-block opening.
This secret room consists of multiple one-block passages blocked by Breakable Blocks, as well as a Metal Block at the end. The player needs to maintain momentum while timing their ducking to pass through each passage.
Pizza Tower Guy
Located in the room directly after the Tomato Toppin, near the room's entrance. The player must reach this area within a minute in order to see him, and he disappears when approached.
Chef Tasks
This level has the following Chef Tasks:
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Delicacy Make more than forty one sets of cheese platforms crumble in Ancient Cheese. |
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Volleybomb Kill a rat using a bomb dropped by an enemy in Ancient Cheese. |
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Thrill Seeker Finish Ancient Cheese without getting hurt by an explosion. |
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Ruinas Queijinas | |
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古老芝士 | |
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古老起司 | |
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Parmensantiquité | A portmanteau, combining the words Parmesan and Antiques |
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Uralter Käse | Ancient Cheese |
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Formaggio Antico | |
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古代チーズ | |
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치즈의 유적 | Ruin of Cheese |
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Древний сыр | Ancient Cheese |
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Queso Viejuno | Old Cheese, with "Viejo" (old) having the suffix "-uno" |
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Queso Antiguo | Ancient Cheese |
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ruin | The vauge location of the level, likely named before the level became more Greece-themed |
Music
- Mr. Sauceman – Theatrical Shenanigans
- ClascyJitto – Put On A Show!
Sub-pages
Trivia
- In the SAGE 2019 Demo, Ancient Cheese's first rooms use a beta version of "Theatrical Shenanigans", which existed as early as the Early Test Build, along with the "Funiculi Funicula". This was presumably a mistake, as the updated version used later was posted onto Mr. Sauceman's SoundCloud and YouTube channel not far from the demo's release.
- Also notable in the SAGE Demo, the second half of the level uses a song called "Theatrical Mischief" instead of "Put On A Show!".
- It's the only playable level from the SAGE demo to not get its own holiday-themed level.
- Despite having a final name in the SAGE 2019 Demo, it was temporarily called Ruin in the Eggplant build.
- Level's title is most likely a pun on Ancient Greece and the fact that cheese is a very ancient food, dating back to roughly 1615 BC.
- Per above, level's design is full of references to ancient and classical arts, such as the giant Peppino statue in the titlecard parodying the Thinker, background arts resembling Acropolis, and decorations having images of Peppino and other characters as Greek painted pottery and Archaic reliefs.
- Before version v1.0.594, the escape time limit was 2:50. The update extended the timer by ten seconds, bringing it up to 3:00.
Pizza Tower | Levels in|
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Tower Lobby | |
Western District | |
Vacation Resort | |
Slum | |
Staff Only | |
Bonus Levels |