THE BALLOONS ARE COMING!! - BUT YOU'RE NOT WORRIED - YOU'RE FEARLESS PANG!.
YOU'LL NEED TO USE EVERY INCH OF YOUR ARCADE SKILLS TO GUIDE THE INTREPID ADVENTURER THROUGH UMPTEEN COUNTRIES. SHOOTING BALLOONS AS YOU GO - BUT WATCH OUT! - ALTHOUGH SOME CREATURES ARE ONLY TOO WILLING TO HELP YOU OUT, OTHERS MAY GIVE YOU MORE THAN YOU BARGAINED FOR.
THIS IS A ONE OR TWO PLAYER GAME CONTROLLED BY JOYSTICK OR KEYBOARD. ONLY PLAYER 1 CAN USE KEYBOARD (CURSOR LEFT/RIGHT AND SPACE) - PLAYER 2 MUST USE
THE JOYSTICK IN PORT 1.
PLAYER 2 MAY JOIN IN THE GAME AT ANY TIME BY PRESSING FIRE.
P.....PAUSE/UNPAUSE GAME
ESC...ABORT GAME
GUIDE THE FEARLESS PANG THROUGH A TOTAL OF 17 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AS HE HUNTS AND SHOOTS BALLOONS. THESE BALLOONS APPEAR IN 4 DIFFERENT SIZES. WHEN A BALLOON IS SHOT IT WILL CONTINUALLY DIVIDE ITSELF IN HALF UNTIL IT REACHES ITS SMALLEST SIZE. WHEN YOU SHOOT THE SMALLEST BALLOONS THEY FINALLY DISAPPEAR. AFTER YOU HAVE DESTROYED ALL THE BALLOONS YOU CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
ON YOUR TRAVELS YOU WILL FIND DIFFERENT OBJECTS, SUCH AS BIRDS, ROBOTS AND CRABS - BUT BEWARE, NOT ALL OF THEM WILL HELP YOU, FOR EXAMPLE SOME OF THEM MAY STOP YOU FROM FIRING!!! - SO BE CAREFUL OUT THERE. YOU CAN ALSO COLLECT THE FOLLOWING ITEMS-
HARPOON..........DESTROYS THE BALLOONS AND ANY BLOCKS IN THE WAY. IT WILL DISAPPEAR AS IT TOUCHES ANYTHING.
DOUBLE HARPOON...ALLOWS YOU TO SHOOT 2 WIRES AT THE SAME TIME
POWER HARPOON....WILL STAY ON THE SCREEN FOR A FEW SECONDS. IT DESTROYS BLOCKS AND BALLOONS
VULCAN MISSILE...WILL DESTROY THE BALLOONS BUT NOT THE BLOCKS. YOU MAY SHOOT CONTINUOUSLY. IF YOU MOVE UNDERNEATH THE BALLOONS - YOU CAN SHOOT THEM ALL!
DYNAMITE.........MAKES ALL THE BALLOONS SPLIT INTO THEIR SMALLEST SIZE
CLOCK............STOPS THE BALLOONS MOVING - FOR A FEW SECONDS
HOURGLASS........SLOWS THE BALLOONS DOWN
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN YOU WILL SEE ->
LIVES REMAINING--SCORE--OBJECT USED--HIGH SCORE--AND THE NAME OF THE CITY YOU ARE VISITING.
SCORING ->
VERY BIG BALLOON........100 POINTS
BIG BALLOON.............200 POINTS
SMALL BALLOON...........300 POINTS
VERY SMALL BALLOON......400 POINTS
IF YOU CONTINUOUSLY SHOOT THE SAME SIZED BALLOONS YOU WILL RECEIVE BONUS POINTS.
BONUS POINTS ARE ALSO AWARDED FOR REMAINING TIME AT THE END OF A LEVEL.
* DON'T HIT THE VERY BIG BALLOONS TOGETHER
* CHOOSE THE BEST OBJECT TO USE FOR EACH LEVEL
* FIND THE EXTRA LIVES IN THE DIFFERENT LEVELS
* DON'T KILL THE CRAB--IT WILL HELP YOU!!
