History VideoGame / Pang

* SequelEscalation: The machine gun was [[TheScrappy really wimpy]] in the first game, firing only two shots immediately above you and it had a crappy fire rate. This increased to four shots in a wider range and with a better fire rate in ''Super Pang''. By ''Pang! 3'' and ''Mighty! Pang'', it is taken UpToEleven: it will vaporize the largest balloons so fast that '''the sound effects can't keep up'''. The only disadvantage to using the machine gun is that it can't break destructible blocks (see RewardingVandalism above).

Ports of the first game were published for numerous computers by Ocean Software, and for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy and [[UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 Turbo-Grafx CD]] by Creator/HudsonSoft. (Perhaps not coincidentally, Hudson had produced a rather similar game titled ''Cannon Ball'' in their early years.) A [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] version of the first game was cancelled, but [[https://gonintendo.com/system/file_uploads/uploads/000/034/835/original/hudson_stuff.jpg the box art can be seen in this image]] (it's the same artwork used for the Game Boy port). The notorious Taiwanese bootleg game company Sachen published unlicensed ports of the first game for the Famicom and UsefulNotes/{{Supervision}} titled ''Super Pang''. Capcom published a UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem port of the second game, and a UsefulNotes/PlayStation CompilationRerelease of the first three games titled ''Super Pang Collection''.

* GameGourmet: Things like corn, apples, coffee, donuts, and pineapples. Collecting these just nets you some points (though [[EveryTenThousandPoints points do lead to extra lives]]), except for in the [=SNES=] version of ''Super Buster Bros.'', where you can earn a continue for every ten you collect without losing any continues.
** The food in the final stage of the arcade version of ''Super Pang''/''Super Buster Bros.'' is a piece of egg sushi worth a OneUp instead of points (if not shot with a harpoon to collect).

* ''Pang[=/=]Buster Bros.'' (1989)

Ports of the first game were published for numerous computers by Ocean Software, and for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy and [[UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 Turbo-Grafx CD]] by Creator/HudsonSoft. (Perhaps not coincidentally, Hudson had produced a rather similar game titled ''Cannon Ball'' in their early years.) The notorious Taiwanese bootleg game company Sachen published unlicensed ports of the first game for the Famicom and UsefulNotes/{{Supervision}} titled ''Super Pang''. Capcom published a UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem port of the second game, and a UsefulNotes/PlayStation CompilationRerelease of the first three games titled ''Super Pang Collection''.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: The [[WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther Pink Leopard]].

** In the same game the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcazar_of_Segovia Alcázar de Segovia]] appears alone, not in the city of Segovia.

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: ''Super Pang'' puts Tower Bridge somewhere in Lancashire.

* GameGourmet: Things like corn, apples, coffee, donuts, and pineapples. Collecting these just nets you some points, except for in the [=SNES=] version of ''Super Buster Bros.'', where you can earn a continue for every ten you collect without losing any continues.

* HyperDestructiveBouncingBall: Trying to take over the world and being able to kill you in one hit is pretty destructive.

** During Panic Mode in ''Pang! 3'', the music speeds up one notch whenever a certain number of balloons are on the screen, or two notches as soon as you reach the last level in each set of 10.

* MercyInvincibility: A few seconds' worth after losing a shield.

** The final food in the arcade version of ''Super Pang''/''Super Buster Bros.'' is a piece of egg sushi worth a OneUp instead of points (if not shot with a harpoon to collect).

* HarpoonGun: Your basic weapon, shooting one harpoon at a time. A balloon will pop if it hits the harpoon or rope.

GameGourmet: Things like corn, apples, coffee, donuts, and pineapples. Collecting these just nets you some points, except for in the [=SNES=] version of ''Super Buster Bros.'', where you can earn a continue for every ten you collect without losing any continues.

* EdibleCollectible/GameGourmet: The major bonus-point items are fruit, cakes, pizza, sushi, etc.

* EdibleCollectible: The major bonus-point items are fruit, cakes, pizza, sushi, etc.

* RougeAnglesOfSatin: In the original Pang, scene 16 (stages 46-48) is "Antartica" instead of Antarctica,

* LighterAndSofter: ''Mighty! Pang'' is much more [[{{Kawaisa}} Japanese-style "cute"]] than the other games in the series.

In 2010, Mitchell released ''Pang: Magical Michael'' exclusively for the NintendoDS. In 2016, ''Pang Adventures'' was published on Steam, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne.

In 2010, Mitchell released ''Pang: Magical Michael'' exclusively for the NintendoDS.

* EndlessGame: Depending on the game, Panic Mode will either end at level 99 or go on forever.

* HyperDestructiveBouncingBall: Trying to take over the world and being able to kill you in one hit is pretty destructive, I'd say.