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Pengo

Pengo - Japanese Title

Pengo - marquee

Manufacturer: Sega
Year: 1982
Class: Wide Release
Genre: LabyrinthMaze
Type: Videogame

Monitor:

  • Orientation: Vertical
  • Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
  • CRT: Color
Conversion Class: unique
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:
  • Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right)
  • Buttons: 1 [Push]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Pengo


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Pengo 3-D Model (QuickTime (TM))


Pengo Description

You are a penguin in a maze of ice-blocks. Slide the blocks to squash the Sno-Bees chasing you or electrocute them by trapping them along a wall. Score 10,000 points for aligning three special diamond blocks. Bonus points are awarded for finishing a level quickly.

Game Play

Pressing the Push button slides ice blocks across the playfield, stopping only when they hit another ice block or the wall. Attempting to push an ice block in front of another will it crushes it. Sno-Bees hatch from flashing ice blocks, but they can be killed before they hatch by crushing the block.

Aligning the three diamond blocks along a wall scores 5,000 points while aligning them within the playfield scores 10,000. The game has animated intermissions featuring penguins doing things like dancing, imitating Space Invaders, and playing a cocktail arcade game. The game's music very catchy and you will never get it out of your head.

Hacks

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Miscellaneous

Pengo makes a cameo appearance in IUpn DownI. If you manage to pass the first four rounds in under a minute each, Pengo will appear in the water of round five riding a surfboard.

CAPS/VAPS Arcade Census

There are 6,862 members of the Classic Arcade Preservation Society / Video Arcade Preservation Society, 3,937 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 64,459 machines (3,753 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 124 known instances of this machine owned by Pengo collectors. Of these, 65 of them are original dedicated machines, 4 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 55 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

This game ranks a 67 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Wanted - There are 5 VAPS members currently looking for Pengo. There is one VAPS member looking for a Pengo circuit board set.

This game ranks a 16 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

For Sale - There are 3 VAPS members with Pengo machines for sale. VAPS members are totally independent of VAPS and the International Arcade Museum, and we are unable to recommend, endorce, or guarantee any person or company selling games or game parts.

Rarity is NOT necessarily an indication of value. [More Information]

Trivia

The song that plays in the background is called Popcorn. The group that released it originally was called Hot Butter.

Manuals

  1. Preliminary Owner's Manual  8 Pages, 357 KB File.

Foto-Finder™ (books)

  1. The Encyclpedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 132; Color photo;
  2. Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 132; Color photo; Price guide:

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Pengo - Title screen image

Pengo - Title screen image
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Pengo - Title screen image

Pengo - Title screen image

Pengo - Title screen image

Pengo - Title screen image

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