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title	Super Pang (World 900914)
set name	spang
manufacturer	Mitchell
year	1990
genre	Shooter / Gallery (hof)
category	Shooter / Gallery (hof)
driver status	good
driver source	mitchell.c
snapshots	PS: in game \| title \| select \| scores \| how to \| gameover / MW: in game / CT: in game \| title / Mr. Do: artwork / EJ: in game / artwork: cabinet \| PCB zoom
rating	70.3% after 241 votes
clones	Super Buster Bros. (US 901001) Super Pang (Japan 901023) Super Pang (World 900914, bootleg)

colour emulation	good
palette	2048
display type	raster
orientation	horizontal
resolution	384x240
frequency	57.420000Hz

sound emulation	good
channels	mono

players	2
nplayers	2P sim
controls	8 way joystick
buttons	2
coin slots	1

cpu	Z80 @ 8MHz
audio	OKI6295 @ 1MHz
audio	YM2413 @ 4MHz

version added

.035b04

last change(s)

.136 .081u7

roms

name	size	crc	set	sha1
spe_06.rom	32768	1af106fb	spang	476ba5c95e090663a47d3f98451bf3b79bac7748
spe_07.rom	131072	208b5f54	spang	9d44f7240b56756dcb69d110036b1cb13b1bbc02
spe_08.rom	131072	2bc03ade	spang	3a8ee342b0556a8f6d5a417c98e5c3c43422713d
spe_02.rom	131072	63c9dfd2	spang	ddc8ddee336855e857fb3124c8b64af33c2d0080
03.f2	131072	3ae28bc1	spang	4f6d9a86f624598ebc0825b50941adfb7436e98a
spe_04.rom	131072	9d7b225b	spang	d949c91da6ba6b82df0b3445499761a98c7e2703
05.g2	131072	4a060884	spang	f83d713aee4230fc04a1d5f1d4d79c64a5bf2753
spj10_2k.bin	131072	eedd0ade	spang	f2da2eb743c68c5c9a56a94709527110cef5d91d
spj09_1k.bin	131072	04b41b75	spang	946ed04a17f1f71085143d43905aa310ce1e05f4
spe_01.rom	131072	2d19c133	spang	b3ec226f35494dfc259e910895cec8a49dd2f846
eeprom-spang.bin	128	deae1291	spang	f62f2ad99852903f1cea3f8c1f69fc11e4e7b48b

control panel	spang.png
flyer	spang.png
PCB	spang.png

info

0.35b4 [Paul Leaman]

0.34b2 [Paul Leaman]

Artwork available

WIP:

0.136: Added eeprom-spang.bin EEPROM.
0.133u1: Corrado Tomaselli changed VSync to 57.42 Hz in Super Pang.
0.122u1: Changed OKI6295 clock speed to 1MHz.
0.119u3: David Haywood added clone Super Pang (World 900914, bootleg).
19th September 2005: Corrado Tomaselli dumped Super Pang (World 900914, bootleg).
0.87: Nicola Salmoria decrypted clone Super Pang (Japan) - Game now working.
0.81u7: Added clone Super Pang (Japan). Needs new decryption key.
18th April 2004: David Haywood added the Japan version of Super Pang to the Mitchell driver but it doesn't work because of encryption.
0.63: All new, much better, YM2413 emulation [Jarek Burczynski].
1st February 2001: Sean Young integrated Mitsutaka Okazaki's YM2413 emulator.
0.35b6: Added clone Super Buster Bros (US). Keep 1 pressed while booting the first time.
0.35b4: Paul Leaman added Super Pang (World) (Mitchell 1990). The first time you start the game, keep 1 pressed until you see the "SUPER PANG 900914 ETC" screen, otherwise it won't initialize properly. This is needed only the first time, the setup is saved to the EEPROM after that.
0.34b2: Paul Leaman added Super Pang (Mitchell 1990) (Testdriver).
24th November 1997: CaBBe dumped Super Pang (World 900914).

LEVELS: 40 - 99 (tour mode - panic mode)

Other Emulators:

Raine

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Romset: 1185 kb / 11 files / 598.9 zip

history

Super Pang (c) 1990 Mitchell.

1 or 2 players use a harpoon gun to burst a number of large, bouncing balls. when hit, each ball breaks down into smaller balls. A sequel to the 1989 original which, while not adding anything particularly new, retains the superb playablility of its predecessor.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Z80 (@ 8 Mhz)

Sound Chips : OKI6295 (@ 7.5 Khz), YM2413 (@ 4 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 384 x 240 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 2048

Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 1 (FIRE)

- TRIVIA -

Released in September 1990.

This game was also released by Capcom for US as "Super Buster Bros.".

The game forbids the initials 'SEX' on the high score table. If you try, it gets changed it to '???'.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Stage Select on Tour Mode : Select Tour mode. Hold down the joystick and press fire button.

* Win 500 Points in Panic Mode : Hold down the joystick and 500 points will be added to your score every few seconds.

* Win 100.000 Points in Panic Mode : If you go without shooting anything for the amount of time it takes for the background song to repeat, you will automatically get 100.000 points, but the speed of the balls will suddenly become extremely fast.

- SERIES -

Pang (1989)
Super Pang (1990)
Pang! 3 (1995)
Mighty! Pang (2000)

Planners : Uda, Futoshi Kuwahara
Designers : Kurihara, Furukawa
Programmers : Shinohara, Nakai
Composer : Takaoka
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
Nintendo Super Famicom (1992)
Sony PlayStation (1997, "Super Pang Collection")
Sony PSP (2006, "Capcom Puzzle World")
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=super-pang&page=detail&id=2737&o=2

resource links

view in MAWS
view in mini MAWS
view in CAESAR
view high score and replay at MARP
view in Progetto EMMA (Italian)
view game bugs at MAME Testers
view driver bugs at MAME Testers
view in arcade-history.com
view in Games Database
view in KLOV
view in MamEnd
view in System16
view in The Arcade Flyer Archive
view in VGMuseum Gamepics