Save your Quarters... or Not!: Pengo (Arcade, Sega Game Gear and Mega Drive) 1st Level

[nickantibarney]

I agree with you. the arcade version suffered the same fate. some versions (mostly in the US) used a different theme as well, that was inspiration for the alfred j quack theme.

[nickantibarney]

japanese game gear version has popcorn. you are playing the ammerican game gear version.

there are 3 other home versions: atari vcs, 5200/800, and c64.

[DarkEvil87]

@nickantibarney I guess it was some licensing issue or they just wanted to be original with the American release or something like that. I would have liked Popcorn to be in it.

[WayneGumm]

Wasted many hours of my youth on this great game. Loved the soft marshmallow quality of the critters when they got squashed by the ice blocks.

[loser2356]

the 80s had everything :)

Cool Games, Amazing fashion. And great music

[ioport]

So sad they got rid of the Popcorn music in the Megadrive version

[DarkEvil87]

@ioport Yep, Popcorn was a nice touch. I actually discovered it playing an old Commodore 64 title.

[ioport]

@DarkEvil87 Yeah I used to play both Pengo and Chilly Willy on the C64. Chilly Willy had the Dallas tune on the title screen :)

[Peach0nade]

I blew every quarter I had on this game

[WeskerSega]

@sygo7g Add Sega Europe to the sum. Remember that Sega Europe did release Alien Soldier while Sega of America didn't. In this case, neither of them released this game.

[Firestar77777]

I just like Pengo's character.

[TaiFerret]

The Game gear version is the best in my opinion. The Arcade version was just too hard for me. A strange thing about the Game Gear version is that for some reason it plays different music depending on the emulator I use.

[WeskerSega]

I have the Mega Drive game, Pepenga Pengo, and it's an excellent effort. It's like the result of combining Pengo basics with Bomberman settings. The game is actually intended to be a sequel of the original, both in plot and gameplay terms. I still don't get why it wasn't released outside Japan (and there's NO Japanese to translate in the game).

[CruiseCntr]

arcade is best, the other two look awful

[culpit]

As a huge Pengo fan, I love seeing all these new scenes with Pengo. Especially the last one. Thank you for sharing. :)