Pang Arcade
Pang Arcade
PangArcade.com
One Game, Many Versions.


 

The Pang Arcade

Welcome to the Pang Arcade. We only have one game on offer here - but we have enough versions to satisfy even the most addicted Pang fanatic. A decent amount of time has been put into this site researching the game and the various platforms it plays on, as well as trying to make it look presentable, so I hope you enjoy it. Here you will find reviews, downloads and guides on every version I pang that I know about. There are about 20 different versions on this site. Some of them are variations of the original, different countries or different systems, some of them are completely different games based on the Pang idea, and some of them are newly created versions of the original. They are almost all however very fun and addictive games to play


About Pang

I first played pang in the Australian summer of 1997-1998 in Marooya Heads. We were camping with our cousins for 2 weeks at the caravan park. There were 4 arcade machines in the gaming room which was also equipped with a table tennis table. Out of the 4 arcade machines Pang was the only one that looked any good, It had good sound and a clean graphics, the others were slightly dodge in one way or another. My cousin Richard was the first to play it, I liked the look of it and I was right. The game cost 40c a game, which allowed me to play many games (I think I spent at least $6).

Pang is an extremely addictive game. As you go on, the levels get harder, and the speed increases. Developed in 1989, Pang has the drop on many games developed around that time. There is something of a charm in the old arcade games - they are small, and simple, however they have fun graphics and music and exciting gameplay. Although these games rarely pass the 1MB mark, it is incredible how more fun we can gain when compared to some of these new 1GB+ games.

Over the years, there have been many versions made of Pang. The "Original" version is available on MAME, which is the arcade version. The version that is closest to the one I played however is on the Atari ST. The graphics and sound is identical to the version at Marooya. The only difference is that with the one I played you had to insert coins, and you only had 3 lives. The graphics aren't as smooth, and the sound is similar. The biggest difference is the "death" music when you run out of lives, which I remember vividly from the one I played. If anyone knows of this version of which I can't find the exact version, email me! My other favorite versions are the Java version and the TI Calculator. To my knowledge, there are 17 distinct versions, of which I have 14. The ones I am missing is the Playstation Super Pang Collection which I believe is Pang 3! available for the MAME, a capcom java demo of that game which isn't very good and the exact coin-op version which I played on the arcade machines (which is really just a coin-op variation of the Atari ST version, so it's no great loss).
IMPORTANT: If on browsing this site you feel it is missing a version, please email will@pangarcade.com with as much info as you can and I will look into it for you. If you have a ROM which isn't listed here then please send that as an attachment also!

Platforms
Here is the list of all platforms we have Pang versions for. On each page, you will find downloads, links, articles, guides and more.
Coming Soon
Here is the list of all versions which I am aware about but havn't had the time to upload.
  • none! There are no versions of Pang which the author is aware of that are not already listed on this site!


Navigating Pang Arcade

Pang Arcade has been organised in an effort to provide you with easy access to all of the pang information. It is split up into platforms like for example the Atari ST or SNES. Each platform has a wealth of information as well as links to ROMS and system emulators. To further assist navigation, each game has lists recommended emulators to make choosing the right emulator a breeze, and you can use the navigation links at the top right of every page on the site to move around.