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Pang Adventures

The Pang series is a beloved collection of arcade video games from the early 90s. Guide two brothers on a quest around the world to save humankind from a massive alien invasion!

73 18 April 2016

Pang Adventures is an arcade developed by DotEmu, released 18 April 2016 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Pang Adventures is

Pang Adventures is an arcade game developed by DotEmu and released in 2016. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Pang, originally released in Japan as Pomping World and known in North America as Buster Bros., is a 1989 action game developed and published by Mitchell Corporation for arcades. It was released in North America by Capcom, which most of the developers had previously worked for. The basic gameplay is identical to a 1983 Japanese MSX computer game called Cannon Ball by Hudson Soft.
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How it plays

Its themes are action and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 9 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Pang Adventures holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 5 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Core 2 Duo 2.2 Ghz, 4 GB RAM and 256 MO 100% COMPATIBLE OPENGL 3.0 AMD RADEON HD 5000 SERIES/NVIDIA GEFORCE 9000 SERIES. At 4GB 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

Pang Adventures launched on 18 April 2016, within three weeks of Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition, Ratchet & Clank, Don't Starve Together and Quantum Break. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition, Ratchet & Clank, Don't Starve Together, Quantum Break.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Pang Adventures yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Quick answers

Pang Adventures — frequently asked questions

When did Pang Adventures come out?
Pang Adventures was released on 18 April 2016 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Pang Adventures?
At minimum, Pang Adventures needs Core 2 Duo 2.2 Ghz, 4 GB RAM, 256 MO 100% COMPATIBLE OPENGL 3.0 AMD RADEON HD 5000 SERIES/NVIDIA GEFORCE 9000 SERIES graphics, 1 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Pang Adventures?
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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