Super Pang

Nintendo console exclusive

Super Pang is an adventure for one or two players that takes the player around the world, aiming to rid the planet of a terrible foe: seemingly innocuous-looking bubbles. The main portion of the game is Tour mode, where the player visits a series of different levels representing different countries of the world. Each player's character is armed with a gun, which shoots a vertical cable. If this hits a bubble, it will cause it to split in two. Upgrades allow two cables to be shot at once, or the ability to stick a cable to the ceiling where it will cling for a few seconds, bursting any bubble that hits it.

Released: 1990
Platforms: Arcade SNES
Genres: Puzzle Shooter
Developers: Capcom
Publishers: Mitchell Corporation
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Action
Country: Japan
Languages: English

About

Super Buster Bros., released as Super Pang outside of North America, is a cooperative two-player shooting puzzle arcade video game developed by Mitchell and released in the United States in 1990 by Capcom. It is the second game in the Pang series and was ported to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992. It is also featured in the compilations Buster Bros. Collection for the original PlayStation and Capcom Puzzle World for PlayStation Portable.

Keywords

shoot 'em up
time limit
high score
floating blocks
bonus stage
single-screen level
survival mode
misrepresentative box art

Media

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Gameplay

The object of the game is to take the role as Buster (P1) or Kutch (P2) to use their guns to pop bubbles that bounce around the screen. There are two different modes: Panic mode and Arcade mode. Similarly to Asteroids, when a player pops a bubble, it splits into two smaller bubbles. Sufficiently small bubbles simply vaporize when popped.

Occasionally, monsters walk or fly on to the screen. When the player character touches the bubble or the timer reaches zero, they die. Monsters can also pop bubbles. Although the arcade game and the PlayStation version included in Buster Bros.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Super Buster Bros. on their January 1, 1991 issue as being the eight most-successful table arcade unit of the month, outperforming titles such as Carrier Air Wing and Columns.

In 1995, Total! ranked Super Buster Bros. 83rd on their Top 100 SNES Games writing: "Otherwise known as Super Pang this is an unusual game in which you break up bouncing bubbles."

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Platform	Released	Regions
Arcade	19 September 1990	Europe · Japan 19 September 1990 · North America 1 November 1990
SNES	7 August 1992	Japan · North America 31 October 1992 · Europe 31 December 1992 · Brazil 1 November 1993