Pang! 3

Manufacturer: Mitchell
Year: 1995
Class: Wide Release
Genre: Platform
Type: Videogame

Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color

Conversion Class: JAMMA
Number of Simultaneous Players: 2
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Joint
Control Panel Layout: Multiple Player
Controls:

Joystick: 8-way
Buttons: 1 [Fire]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

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Pang! 3 Description

Your character is locked inside an art museum and has to avoid bouncing balloons of various sizes, most of which split when hit. The player has the option of "normal" play with stages or "panic" mode in which balloons will appear continuously. In normal mode, watch out for characters like birds and dogs that will paralyze your character.

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Conversion

While the game is made by Mitchell, it runs on very similar hardware to the CP System I games.

Game Introduction

The third game in the Pang series, this game features new graphics, new digitized psuedo-3D characters, a new beginner mode, and a couple new power-ups. The characters in the game move much more fluidly than in the previous versions.

Each character has a unique power. Don Tacos, the character in the sombrero, can shoot two barriers in separate places. Captain Hog, the pirate character, fires a barrier that connects to the underside of ledges or the top of the room. A new feature to the barrier is that it now has twice the power, so when a balloon hits the barrier, one of the split balloons will be instantaneously hit as well. The other two characters have features new to Pang. The pink leopard, the animal character, only can fire one barrier at a time, but has an immunity to the characters which paralyze. Shiela the Thief, the female character, shows off the new weapon, the diagonal barriers. When fired, they are sent off at a 45 degree angle in different directions.

In addition to the characters, the game no longer has a world traveler theme, the setting is now an art gallery. There are wonderful digitized renditions of famous paintings in the background as you play. During the game, when all the balloons have been cleared, each character shows off a signature dance, which really shows off the great graphics. For example, Don Tacos does a dance with his maraccas.

Game Play

After selecting a character, the player selects a mode of play. The left mode is a 10-level practice mode, which is a specialized stage mode with basic instructions on the game before each level. After figuring out basic gameplay, players can then choose from either a 50-level normal mode or a frantic panic mode.

Normal mode features stages where all the balloons must be popped within a certain time limit before advancing. Ladders and ledges that disappear when shot are commonplace in normal mode. Also common are special creatures that come out after a certain time. If you shoot them, you're fine, but don't let them touch you or they will paralyze you and you will be frozen, allowing any balloon to hit you at will.

Panic mode features just balloons, and more balloons, and even more balloons. In this mode, they just keep on coming, and only an expert will be able to pass all 99 levels. Specialized balloons will sometimes be available for you to pop. Huge balloon bombs, when shot, will destroy any balloons on its sides when shot. Flashing balloons, when shot, will freeze the balloons for a couple seconds, allowing you to shoot them easily. In panic mode, star balloons will appear. When these are shot, all balloons will be popped.

In normal mode, power-ups will often appear. Coins will give you a 100 point bonus. Bubbles will enclose players in a golden bubble and prevent players from one hit from a balloon. Hourglasses will extend time, while clocks will stop time for an extended time, longer than flashing balloons. Food bonuses will also appear, and will give a point bonus, which is progressively higher as the game goes on. Also, weapons can be upgraded. Double barriers will allow the player two shoot two barriers at once. Grappling barriers will allow barriers to connect onto a ledge or wall and will pop any balloon that it touches. Machine guns give you awesome power and will pop at will, but the effects will only last for five seconds and they cannot break ledges.

Miscellaneous

The U.S. version of Pang! 3 is called Buster Buddies. This game is also available in the Buster Bros. collection for the Sony Playstation.

VAPS Arcade Census

GAMES OWNED, WANTED, or FOR SALE BY MEMBERS OF THE VIDEO ARCADE PRESERVATION SOCIETY

Common - There are 21 known instances of Pang! 3 owned by one of our 900 members. Of these, 21 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Of the 57,098 video games (3,420 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 15 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on ownership records.

Wanted - We currently do not know of any VAPS members that have gotten around to adding this game to their wish list. The wish-list system is fairly new (not all VAPS members have filled one out) and there are probably a number of collectors who might purchase this game if offered one at the right price. There is one VAPS member looking for a Pang! 3 circuit board set.

Rarity is NOT necessarily an indication of value. Some common games show up as very rare here because collectors don't want them (they are common because arcade operators might be sitting on tons of them in warehouses), while some fairly scarce games are grabbed by collectors every time they show up. Additionally, some games made in the last 5 years are still making money for operators and are thus not yet affordable to the typical collector. For a clue to value, compare how many people have this game vs. how many people want this game and then click on the eBay links to help determine an accurate price range.

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