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title Super Pang (Japan 901023)
set name spangj
manufacturer Mitchell
year 1990
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Gallery (hof)
driver status good
driver source mitchell.c
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rating

61.4% after 152 votes
 
parent Super Pang (World 900914)
other clones Super Buster Bros. (US 901001)
Super Pang (World 900914, bootleg)
display
colour emulation good
palette 2048
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 384x240
frequency 60.000000Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 2
coin slots 1
hardware
cpu Z80 @ 8MHz
audio OKI6295 @ 1MHz
audio YM2413 @ 4MHz
data
version added .081u7
last change(s) .087
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
spj_11h.bin  32768  1a548b0b  spangj    3aa65028876ab6e176f5b227366e65212c944888 
spj7_13h.bin  131072  14c2b765  spangj    af0f965dd13d878bae7850cf8419b26511090579 
spj8_14h.bin  131072  4be4e5b7  spangj    6273e8bf5d9f5b100ecda20001808dcf86411d83 
spj02_1e.bin  131072  419f69d7  spangj    e3431b5ce3e687ba9a45cb6e0e0a2dfa3a9e5b29 
03.f2  131072  3ae28bc1  spang    4f6d9a86f624598ebc0825b50941adfb7436e98a 
spj04_1g.bin  131072  6870506f  spangj    13a12c012ea2efb0c8cd9dcfb4b5757ac08ee912 
05.g2  131072  4a060884  spang    f83d713aee4230fc04a1d5f1d4d79c64a5bf2753 
spj10_2k.bin  131072  eedd0ade  spang    f2da2eb743c68c5c9a56a94709527110cef5d91d 
spj09_1k.bin  131072  04b41b75  spang    946ed04a17f1f71085143d43905aa310ce1e05f4 
01.d1  131072  b96ea126  spangj    83fa71994518d40b8938520faa8701c63b7f579e 
cabinet art
control panel spang.png
flyer spang.png
PCB spang.png
additional information
info 0.35b4 [Paul Leaman]

0.34b2 [Paul Leaman]

WIP:
  • 0.122u1: Changed OKI6295 clock speed to 1MHz.
  • 0.119u3: David Haywood added clone 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).
LEVELS: 40 - 99 (tour mode - panic mode)

Other Emulators:
  • Raine
Recommended Games (Pang):

Pang

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Romset: 1184 kb / 10 files / 633 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 -
  1. Pang (1989)
  2. Super Pang (1990)
  3. Pang! 3 (1995)
  4. Mighty! Pang (2000)
  5. - STAFF -
    • 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
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view in Progetto EMMA (Italian)
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view in The Arcade Flyer Archive
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cheats
cheats
code comments
00000000:E1C1:00000099:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Time:Available in tour mode only
00000001:E0AB:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Stop the Bubbles Now!:Also Stop the Monsters
00000001:E0AB:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Restart the Bubbles Now!
00000001:E0A0:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Finish this Level Now!
00000001:E0D3:00000062:FFFFFFFF  Last Panic level next
00000001:E099:00000026:FFFFFFFF  Last Tour level next
00000001:E0D3:00000063:FFFFFFFF  Last Panic level on life loss
00000001:E099:00000027:FFFFFFFF  Last Tour level on life loss
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:E260:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1:This cheat MUST be turned OFF as soon you finish the last level (be it in "Panic" or "Tour" mode) or the game won't end after the credits messages (you can't enter your initials and the game "hangs").
62000000:0000:00000000:00000000  Invincibility PL1
00010000:E200:00000004:00000004  Enabled
00010000:E200:00000000:00000004  Disabled
00000000:E254:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Always Have Protection PL1
62000000:0000:00000000:00000000  Select Weapon PL1
00010000:E257:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Normal
00010000:E257:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Double
00010000:E257:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Blocker
00010000:E257:00000006:FFFFFFFF  Machine Gun
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:E2E0:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2:This cheat MUST be turned OFF as soon you finish the last level (be it in "Panic" or "Tour" mode) or the game won't end after the credits messages (you can't enter your initials and the game "hangs").
62000000:0000:00000000:00000000  Invincibility PL2
00010000:E280:00000004:00000004  Enabled
00010000:E280:00000000:00000004  Disabled
00000000:E2D4:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Always Have Protection PL2
62000000:0000:00000000:00000000  Select Weapon PL2
00010000:E2D7:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Normal
00010000:E2D7:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Double
00010000:E2D7:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Blocker
00010000:E2D7:00000006:FFFFFFFF  Machine Gun
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