Pang 1989 Mitchell
1989
Pang (c) 1989 Mitchell.
1 or 2 players control safari suit-wearing characters armed with harpoon guns and must destroy bouncing balls. When hit, h balls break down into smaller fragments, in a similar fashion to Atari's 1979 classic, 'Asteroids'. The players can only fire virtually upwards, but can move right and left, as well as climbing the ladders that appear on many of the levels. Each screen features a backdrop of a famous world landmark. All bubbles must be destroyed before players can advance to the next screen.
>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Main CPU : Z80 (@ 8 Mhz)
Sound Chips : OKI6295 (@ 7.5 Khz), YM2413 (@ 4 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 384 x 240 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 2048
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2
>>> TRIVIA
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This game is known in Japan as 'Pomping World' and in US as 'Buster Bros'.
The version version was released in 1990.
Pang was an updated version of a game Hudson Soft originally released in 1983 in Japan and UK for the Sinclair ZX-Spectrum. The game was called 'Canon Ball' in Japan and Sinclair Research limited released 'Canon Ball' in the UK as 'Bubble Buster', under license from Hudson Soft.
>>> GAME SERIES
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1. Pang (1989)
2. Super Pang (1990)
3. Pang! 3 (1995)
4. Mighty! Pang (2000)
>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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Planner : NDA
Programmers : Hospitel Masa, Mamichan Otona
Music composer : Tamayo Kawamoto
Character designers : Hiramattyo, Oyuu
Direction : Kihaji Okamoto
>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Consoles :
Amstrad GX4000 (1990)
Nintendo Game Boy (1993)
Sony PSP (2006, 'Capcom Puzzle World')
* Computers :
Amstrad CPC+ (1990)
Atari ST (1990)
Commodore Amiga (1990)
Commodore C64 (1991)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1991)
* Others :
Mobile phone [Nokia 7650] (2003)
>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.