Amazing Penguin

Amazing Penguin
Osawagase! Penguin Boy
North American cover art
Developer(s)Natsume[1]
Publisher(s)Natsume[1]
Composer(s)Iku Mizutani[2]
Koichi Yamanishi[2]
Platform(s)Game Boy[1]
Release
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Single-player

Amazing Penguin, known in Japan as Osawagase! Penguin Boy (おさわがせ! ペンギンBOY), is an action game for the Game Boy created by Natsume.

Gameplay

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Amazing Penguin at GameFAQs
  2. ^ a b Composer information for Amazing Penguin at Portable Music History
  3. ^ a b c d Overview of Amazing Penguin at MobyGames
  4. ^ a b c Advanced summary of Amazing Penguin (in Japanese) at GB no Game Seiha Shimasho
  5. ^ Arctic, Ann (November 1990). "Game Boy ProView: Amazing Penguin" (PDF). GamePro. p. 120.
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