Beginning Mobile Phone Game Programming

Chapter 13. Teaching Games to Think

Arcade Archive

Released by Sega in 1982, Pengo is quite likely the first video game to rely on a penguin as its main character. In the game you control a penguin that moves around in a maze of ice blocks constantly being pursued by “Sno-Bees,” which are curious little blobby creatures. Pengo is somewhat of a cross between a strategy maze game and an action game. Because of its lighthearted and nonviolent (for the most part) graphics, Pengo is one of the few classic arcade games to cross the traditional male gender barrier. As an interesting aside, the background music in Pengo is a song titled “Popcorn,” which ...