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1990 video game 1990 video game
Amazing Penguin
Osawagase! Penguin Boy
North American cover art
Developer(s)Natsume
Publisher(s)Natsume
Composer(s)Iku Mizutani
Koichi Yamanishi
Platform(s)Game Boy
Release
  • JP: August 8, 1990
  • NA: December 1990
  • EU: 1991
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

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

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

Reception

Reception
Review score
PublicationScore
GamePro21/25
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References

  1. ^ Amazing Penguin at GameFAQs
  2. ^ Composer information for Amazing Penguin at Portable Music History
  3. ^ Overview of Amazing Penguin at MobyGames
  4. ^ 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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