

The player controls Pengo, a red penguin that resides in the Antarctic. The game takes place in an overhead maze made of ice blocks, where Pengo fights the trolling, blob-like Sno-Bees. The objective of the game is for Pengo to survive a series of rounds by eliminating all Sno-Bees, while amassing bonuses by bringing together the three diamonds dispersed in the maze.
PuzzleArcadeActionComedyabstractdigital distributionanthropomorphismlaunch titlesice stagegames released for unsupported platformssharp zaurusArcade, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, BlackBerry OS, Sega Game Gear, Atari 5200
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Character
Plot-driven, intimate, cool and resolved.
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
- cooloverwhelming
- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the game
- Platforms
- Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, BlackBerry OS, Sega Game Gear, Atari 5200, Legacy Mobile Device
- Developer
- Coreland
- Publisher
- Sega Enterprises, Ltd., Atari, Sharp, Codeten
- Released
- September 26, 1982
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
IGDB rating 6.0/10 from 12 ratings.
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