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| Developer(s) | Konami |
| Publisher(s) | Hudson (JPN) Stern (NA) |
| Designer | Tokuro Fujiwara |
| Engine | Engine Missing |
| status | Status Missing |
| Release date | Release Date Missing |
| Genre | Fixed shooter |
| Mode(s) | Up to 2 players, playing alternately |
| Age rating(s) | Ratings Missing |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit family, Color Computer 2. Commodore 64, MSX, Apple II, Famicom, Virtual Console, Tandy TRS-80 |
| Arcade system | 2x Zilog Z80, 2x AY-3-8910 |
| Media | Media Missing |
| Input | Joystick, one button |
| Requirements | Requirements Missing |
| Credits | Soundtrack | Codes | Walkthrough | |
Pooyan (プーヤン) is a classic arcade game manufactured by Stern Electronics under license from Konami in 1982. In it, the player controls "Mama", a pig whose babies have been kidnapped by a group of wolves.
Gameplay
Mama Pig defends her home and rescues her "Pooyan" (the kidnapped piglets) riding an elevator car moved by two "Buuyan" (controlled by the player with a Y-axis [up and down] joystick), and uses a bow and arrow with slabs of meat against the balloon-riding wolves and their boss (the latter being pink in color while the former are red). There are two stages. In the first, the wolves are riding to the bottom of the screen, and if Mama doesn't shoot them down, they'll climb up the ladders and try to eat her. In the second (occurring after an "intermission" sequence), the wolves are riding to the top of screen, and if enough wolves get there, they will push a boulder on top of Mama, resulting in a life being lost. In both cases, the stage is cleared by shooting all the wolves, though in the second stage the boss must be shot down (which will take many shots unless the meat is used), otherwise the wolves will keep coming. After the second stage is cleared a bonus round begins. In one type, Mama must shoot all the wolves only using meat, while in the other she must use regular arrows on the fruits. Afterward, the game begins anew with higher difficulty. The first stage theme bears a very slight resemblance to the main theme music from Frogger, another Konami arcade game. The song is a part of the Desecration Rag (An operatic Nightmare) by Felix Arndt, the portion that mimics the beginning of Antonín Dvořák's Humoresque Opus 101 Number 7. After the second stage is cleared a second time, a part of "Oh! Susanna" can be heard.
- Pooyan was ported to the Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit family, Color Computer 2, Commodore 64, MSX, Apple II, Tandy TRS-80 and the Famicom. The Famicom port was also released for the Wii's Virtual Console only in Japan. Pooyan was also included on a comiplation disc, Konami Arcade Classics, for the Playstation 1.
- A board game was created by Ideal in 1983 incorporating a pinball-style shooting mechanism.
- There is a mission in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker known as the Pooyan mission, which involves shooting Fulton surface-to-air recovery balloons carrying abducted soldiers off into the air. Sound effects and music from the arcade game are used throughout the mission.
Highest score
Mark Kinter of Virginia, USA, scored a world record 1,609,250 points on the arcade version of Pooyan on December 16, 1983.[1]
External links
- Pooyan wiki guide at StrategyWiki
- 'Pooyan' at MobyGames
- arcade-history
- Pooyan at Museum of the Game
- Twin Galaxies High Score Rankings on Pooyan
Notes
- ↑ Twin Galaxies' Pooyan High Score Rankings (Retrieved 27 December 2009).
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