Pooyan
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Game data
- Released
- 1982-01-01
- User rating
- 3.44 / 5
- Platforms
- Wii U, Wii, NES, Apple II, Commodore / Amiga, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit
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Pooyan 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.
- Released
- 1982
- Genres
- Shooter, Puzzle, Arcade
- Platforms
- Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Wii, TRS-80 Color Computer, Apple II, Family Computer, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System, MSX
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Developer
- Konami, Konami
- Publisher
- Datasoft, Inc., Stern Electronics, Hudson Soft, Konami, Konami
Key facts
- Video game.title
- Pooyan
- Video game.image
- Pooyan Flyer.png
- Video game.caption
- North American arcade flyer
- Video game.developer
- Konami
- Video game.designer
- Tokuro Fujiwara
- Video game.genre
- Fixed shooter
- Video game.modes
- Single-player, multiplayer
- Video game.platforms
- Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, TRS-80 Color Computer. Commodore 64, Dragon 32/64, Sord M5, MSX, Apple II, Famicom, TRS-80, Tomy Tutor, PV-1000
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Encyclopedic overview
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is a 1982 fixed shooter video game developed and published by Konami for arcades. It was released in North America by Stern Electronics. The player controls "Mama", a pig whose babies have been kidnapped by a group of wolves. It was later ported to home consoles and personal computers.
== Gameplay == thumb|Screenshot of arcade version The player controls Mama Pig, whose babies have been kidnapped by a pack of wolves and who must rescue them using a bow and arrow and slabs of meat. Controls consist of a two-position up/down joystick, which moves an elevator in which Mama Pig rides; and a button, which fires arrows and throws meat.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pooyan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.