- What is it?
- An arcade game (Pang), 1994, DOS/VGA.
- What computer or emulator will it run on?
- A 386. It has been patched to run under XP.
- Similar Games:
- Arkanoid, Xixit, Ganja Farmer.
Bang is a DOS implementation of the arcade game Pang, which was first released as a coin-op by Mitchell in 1989 and ported to many platforms. In that game, you have to shoot baloons which bounce according to the laws of physics while avoiding being hit by them. If you hit them, they split into two smaller ones. Once they get very small, they will vanish. When you have shot them all, you have finished the level. The next level will feature more baloons to start with, and platform-like obstacles that become increasingly complex.
Bang was the last game of a group that called themselves Bizarre Software, consisting mainly of David Auber (code) and Frederic Sardain (graphics). You can see their portraits on the title screen, morphing into each other. For this project at least they were joined by Julien Touzé, who wrote the music that you may have trouble hearing. More about that later.
The only game by Bizarre Software that can still be found here and there is the Tetris clone Quadroïd. Shortly after I put that up, David Auber contacted me and sent me a copy of Bang, which he considered their best game. So here it is.
