Buster Bros., the Video Game by Capcom USA, Inc. [Santa Clara, CA, USA]

Type of the machine : Video Game
Buster Bros. © 1989 Capcom USA.

1 or 2 players cooperatively destroy bouncing balls with a variety of weapons. The players may only fire up, but may move right and left, or up and down ladders. The large balls that have been shot split in two, creating smaller balls.

Main CPU : Z80 (@ 8 Mhz)
Sound Chips : OKI6295 (@ 7.5 Khz), YM2413 (@ 4 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 384 x 240 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 2048

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2

Released in December 1989.

Developed by Mitchell for Capcom USA.

This game is known outside US as "Pang" and in Japan as "Pomping World".

Jarred Endres holds the official record for this game with 2,403,280 points on October 20, 2008.

A Buster Bros. unit appears in the 1995 movie 'Welcome to the Dollhouse'.

1. Buster Bros. (1989)
2. Super Buster Bros. (1990)
3. Buster Buddies (1995)
4. Mighty! Pang (2000)

Planning : NDA
Programmers : Hospitel Masa, Mamichan Otona
Music compose : Tamayo Kawamoto
Character designers : Hiramattyo, Oyuu
Direction : Kihaji Okamoto

Consoles :

NES [Unreleased Prototype]
NEC PC-Engine CD (1993)
Nintendo Game Boy (1993)
Sony PSP (2006, "Capcom Puzzle World")

Computers :

Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1991)
Amiga 500

Game's rom.
Machine's picture.