Amazing Penguin Explained

Amazing Penguin
Osawagase! Penguin Boy
Developer:Natsume[1]
Publisher:Natsume
Composer:Iku Mizutani[2]
Koichi Yamanishi
Genre:Action
Modes:Single-player
Platforms:Game Boy

Amazing Penguin, known in Japan as, is an action game for the Game Boy created by Natsume.

Gameplay

The player controls a penguin who must clear 40 levels worth of action.[3] There are a certain number of lines with switches and dots that need activating.[3] Once all the lines are cleared, so are any enemies that are remaining in that level.[3] A strict time limit make players lose their lives in addition to bumping into an enemy.[3]

There is no regularity to the movement of the character, giving an element of luck to the game.[4] Some aspects of background graphics appear in certain levels (especially on levels 12, 20, 28, and 36).[4] Level 40 is essentially a giant maze which leads up to a castle that ends the game.[4]

Reception

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gamefaqs.com/gameboy/585609-amazing-penguin/data Amazing Penguin
  2. http://www.snesmusic.org/pmh/view.php?id=83 Composer information for Amazing Penguin
  3. http://www.mobygames.com/game/gameboy/amazing-penguin Overview of Amazing Penguin
  4. http://www14.atwiki.jp/gball/?cmd=word&word=%E7%B5%82%E4%BA%86&type=normal&page=%E3%81%8A%E3%81%95%E3%82%8F%E3%81%8C%E3%81%9B!%20%E3%83%9A%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AE%E3%83%B3BOY%EF%BC%88%E3%83%8A%E3%83%84%E3%83%A1%EF%BC%89 Advanced summary of Amazing Penguin