Percy Penguin is an arcade, released 31 December 1984 on Acorn Electron, BBC Microcomputer System and Commodore C64/128/MAX.
What Percy Penguin is
Percy Penguin was released in 1984. It was published by Superior Software Ltd.. It is available on Acorn Electron, BBC Microcomputer System and Commodore C64/128/MAX.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Percy Penguin is a game similar to Pengo. It features two levels of difficulty (normal and fast), each with 3 lives at the beginning. You command a little penguin on a board who has to win against enemies in the form of green balls. The penguin can push iceblock away to arrange the board or to crush monsters. There are two ways for wining a level: crushing every monster on the current board or collecting the three diamonds. At the end of a level, the time elapsed is used for score calculation. The penguin can be moved in four directions with a joystick or the keypads and the fire button is used to push the blocks.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Percy Penguin launched on 31 December 1984, within three weeks of Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike and Bomb Jack.
Released around the same time: Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike, Bomb Jack.
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When did Percy Penguin come out?
Percy Penguin was released on 31 December 1984 for Acorn Electron, BBC Microcomputer System and Commodore C64/128/MAX.
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