Pengo (video game)

Pengo
North American arcade flyer
DeveloperCoreland
PublisherSega
DesignersNobuo Kodera
Tsutomu Iwane
Akira Nakakuma
Shinji Egi
PlatformsArcade, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, Atari 2600, Game Gear, mobile phone, Sharp Zaurus
Release
September 1982
  • Arcade
    • JP: September 1982
    • NA: October 1982
    • EU: December 1982
    5200
    • December 1983
    Atari 8-bit
    • March 1984
    2600
    • May 1984
    Game Gear
    • JP: October 6, 1990
    • EU: December 12, 1991
    Mobile
    • JP: August 27, 2001
    Zaurus
    • JP: September 2001
GenreMaze
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Pengo (ペンゴ) is a 1982 maze video game developed by Coreland and published by Sega for arcades. The player controls Pengo, a red penguin who resides in the Antarctic. The game takes place in an overhead maze made of ice blocks, where Pengo crushes blob-like Sno-Bees by sliding blocks into them. The objective is to survive each round by eliminating all Sno-Bees and Sno-Bee eggs, while optionally lining up the three diamond blocks to earn a large score bonus.

There are two versions of the arcade game: the first uses "Popcorn" as the theme, and the second has original music. There are other small differences as well. Pengo was ported to the Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit computers, and Game Gear.