Comments on: Pengo returning to arcades, supports up to 8 players http://arcadeheaven.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/pengo-returning-to-arcades-supports-up-to-8-players/ The Saviours of Coin-Op Mon, 06 May 2013 15:51:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: SI Electronics develops hardware for glasses-free 3D arcade games; Sega bringing Pengo to JAMMA « Arcade Heroes http://arcadeheaven.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/pengo-returning-to-arcades-supports-up-to-8-players/#comment-15919 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:21:42 +0000 http://arcadeheroes.com/?p=11223#comment-15919 [...] of Sega, they have revealed that the new multiplayer Pengo arcade title that was recently tested in Japan will be at the show. The game uses the Ringwide hardware but the [...]

]]> By: justonemoregame http://arcadeheaven.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/pengo-returning-to-arcades-supports-up-to-8-players/#comment-15443 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:34:00 +0000 http://arcadeheroes.com/?p=11223#comment-15443 I always loved the ‘idea’ of Pengo, but found the baddies a little too hard to avoid, due to the lack of walls (a la Pacman) and their random movements.

If this 8 player version is ‘baddie free’ (ie you just flick blocks at other players) then I’d certainly give it a go.

After all, anything that reminds me of Saturn’s 10 player Bomberman – in an arcade – sounds awesome!

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