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Pandemonium!

Pandemonium features 2 playable characters: Fargus, a joker, and Nikki, who unwittingly casts a spell that destroys the town. The goal of the game is to reach the Wishing Engine, where they can wish the town…

68 5 November 1996

Pandemonium! is a platform developed by Toys for Bob, released 5 November 1996 on PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and N-Gage.

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What Pandemonium! is

Pandemonium! is a platform game developed by Toys for Bob and released in 1996. It was published by Bandai. It is available on PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, N-Gage, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, iOS, Legacy Mobile Device and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on TrueMotion.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Pandemonium! is a 1996 platform video game developed by Toys for Bob and published by Crystal Dynamics for the PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Microsoft Windows, N-Gage, mobile and iOS. Pandemonium! features Fargus, a jester, and Nikki, an acrobat, who unwittingly cast a spell that destroys the town. The goal of the game is to reach the Wishing Engine, where they can wish the town back to normal. For each level, the player can choose which character to be. Each has a special move – Fargus can deliver a special spinning attack, and Nikki can double jump. The game consists of a great variety of unique gameplay objects, such as watermelons, clouds, spider webs and logs. A sequel, Pandemonium 2, was…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Pandemonium! holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 29% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1996 averaged 70, so it scored 2 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 69, across 58 votes.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.8 GHz Processor, 512 MB RAM and 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.

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What it launched against

Pandemonium! launched on 5 November 1996, within three weeks of Tomb Raider, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain and Twisted Metal 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Tomb Raider, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, Twisted Metal 2.

Cheats and codes

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Quick answers

Pandemonium! — frequently asked questions

When did Pandemonium! come out?
Pandemonium! was released on 5 November 1996 for PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, N-Gage, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, iOS, Legacy Mobile Device and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Pandemonium!?
At minimum, Pandemonium! needs 1.8 GHz Processor, 512 MB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9 graphics, 1 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Pandemonium!?
The PC version needs about 1 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("1 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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