Pingo (1984) 
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| Publisher: Genre: Author(s): Minimum Memory Required: Maximum Players: Joysticks: Language: Media Code: Media Type: Country of Release: Comments: |  ProfisoftArcade Jochen Merz, R. Bieniek 48K 1 Kempston Eng N/A Audio cassette Europe | Sinclair ZX Spectrum |
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Issue 31 (Sinclair User) 3rd Jan 2010 11:16Snow business
WHEN penguins are not jumping off icebergs for David Attenborough, they spend their time hunting snow bees. If you have never heard of snow bees, it is probably because the penguins are very good at killing them. That peculiar ecological cycle is demonstrated in a new game from Profisoft, a West German software company.
In Pingo you are the penguin, inhabiting a maze of ice blocks. The deadly snow bees will kill you if you touch, but they can be destroyed by pushing blocks of ice into them. Pushing the blocks of ice alters the configuration of the maze, so there is scope for strategic thinking as well as quick reactions in the game.
The graphics have a workmanlike chunkiness about them. New screens involve more bees, so the game rapidly develops into a considerable challenge.
Penguin durch technik, as they say in Germany.
Chris Bourne
PINGO Memory: 48K Price: £5.95 Joystick: Cursor Gilbert Factor: 6
WHEN penguins are not jumping off icebergs for David Attenborough, they spend their time hunting snow bees. If you have never heard of snow bees, it is probably because the penguins are very good at killing them. That peculiar ecological cycle is demonstrated in a new game from Profisoft, a West German software company.
In Pingo you are the penguin, inhabiting a maze of ice blocks. The deadly snow bees will kill you if you touch, but they can be destroyed by pushing blocks of ice into them. Pushing the blocks of ice alters the configuration of the maze, so there is scope for strategic thinking as well as quick reactions in the game.
The graphics have a workmanlike chunkiness about them. New screens involve more bees, so the game rapidly develops into a considerable challenge.
Penguin durch technik, as they say in Germany.
Chris Bourne
PINGO Memory: 48K Price: £5.95 Joystick: Cursor Gilbert Factor: 6
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This title was first added on 14th May 2007
This title was most recently updated on 3rd January 2010