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Pang

Description

Guys in safari hats travel the world avoiding bouncing coloured bubbles that fragment into smaller ones when hit. Each screen has a backdrop of a famous place in the world. Clearing all the bubbles advances you to the next screen.

Pang was produced by Mitchell in 1989.

Mitchell released 14 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1989. Mitchell was based in United States.

Other machines made by Mitchell during the time period Pang was produced include: Pomping World, Poker Ladies, Super Pang, Funky Jet, and Karate Chakun Yaraku Shanku: The Karate Tournament

Specs

Name	Pang
Developer	Mitchell (United States)
Year	1989
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	8971
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Platform
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	JAMMA
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Joint
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 1 - Fire
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Video Clips

Pang shortplay by Ivan Paduano

Game Play

Power-ups can be grabbed during the game. These include: Vulcan Missile, Double wire, Power Wire, Forcefield, stop-time clock, dynamite, bonus fruit, and extra lives.

Pang KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.31 (3 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.20

Overall Like	5.00
Fun (Social)	3.33
Fun (Solo)	4.50
Collector Desire	2.50

Technical Rating: 4.63

Gameplay	5.00
Graphics	4.50
Originality	5.00
Sound/Music	4.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Images

Miscellaneous

This game is identical, apart from the title screen, to Buster Bros..

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Pang Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 63 known instances of this machine owned by Pang collectors who are active members. Of these, It is an original dedicated machine. One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 61 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Pang machine for sale. There are 6 active VAPS members with a Pang circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Pang circuit board set.

This game ranks a 20 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Legacy

Manuals

Pinout and DIP Switch Settings - Pang Manual — **Pinout and DIP Switch Settings**
(4 pages, 598 kB File)

Manual - Pang Manual — **Manual**
(4 pages, 0.33 MB File)

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