Buster Bros.
Commodore 64 · 1989
About this game
Pang, originally released in Japan as Pomping World and in North America as Buster Bros., is a 1989 arcade action game developed by Mitchell Corporation.
Its core gameplay is similar to the 1983 Japanese MSX game Cannon Ball, also released that year for the ZX Spectrum as Bubble Buster.
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Players embark on a round-the-world quest to destroy bouncing balloons that are threatening landmarks and cities across the globe.
The game features 50 stages set in 17 locations, including Mt.
Keirin, the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, Angkor Wat, Ayers Rock, the Taj Mahal, Leningrad, Paris, London, Barcelona, Athens, Egypt, Kenya, New York, Maya ruins, Antarctica, and Easter Island.
Later versions added additional locations.
Each stage includes a background depicting local landmarks, along with a unique arrangement of blocks, some destructible, some permanent, and some hidden with bonus items.
Stages begin with balloons of various sizes; the largest balloons split into smaller ones three times before disappearing after the fourth hit.
Players start with a single harpoon, though special weapons can drop when balloons are popped.
At certain points, food items worth bonus points may also appear.
Contact with any balloon results in the loss of a life.
In two-player mode, if both players touch a balloon at the same time, only Player 1 loses a life.
Similarly, when both reach a bonus or weapon simultaneously, only Player 1 collects it.
Players begin with three to five lives depending on dip switch settings, with extra lives awarded upon reaching specific score thresholds.
A stage is cleared when all balloons are destroyed, and the game concludes after all stages are completed, ending with the heroes driving their jeep into the sunset on an Easter Island beach.
About Commodore 64
Released in 1982, the Commodore 64 is the best-selling home computer model of all time, with an enormous software library spanning games, productivity tools, and everything in between. C64 game collecting centers on cassette tapes and floppy disks in their original packaging — physical media that's inherently fragile, so complete, working copies from the era are increasingly prized by retro computing collectors.
Gamevaro tracks Buster Bros. for Commodore 64 with separate market values for loose, complete-in-box (CIB) and factory-sealed copies, sourced from real eBay sales. Prices also vary by region — PAL, NTSC-U and NTSC-J releases of the same game often sell for different amounts due to print run sizes and regional collector demand.
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Complete-in-box (CIB) copies typically command a premium over loose cartridges/discs because the original box and manual are more fragile and get discarded or damaged over time — fewer complete sets survive.
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