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corner of the screen and disappear upon reaching it. Once all Blobs have either disappeared or been destroyed, the round ends. If the player destroys one of the last two Sno-Bees, the survivor will become a Blob after a 12-second delay. However, if the player destroys multiple Sno-Bees and leaves only one alive, it will become a Blob immediately.
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Three blocks in each round are marked with diamonds and cannot be crushed. Bonus points are awarded for forming a continuous vertical or horizontal line of these blocks: 10,000 if none of them are touching a wall, or 5,000 otherwise. Forming such a line also stuns every active Sno-Bee for a short
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crush blocks in an attempt to reach Pengo. Pushing against a wall causes it to vibrate and temporarily stuns any Sno-Bees in contact with it; the player may then crush them with a block or simply run over them to destroy them.
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396:In 2010 a location test for the wide screen
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916:"ロケテ - シューティングラブログ。"
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724:"Around The Route"
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36:Arcade flyer
1261:Video games
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1155:Atari Mania
1137:Atari Mania
1084:at Lemon 64
755:Atari, Inc.
540:computers.
500:ZX Spectrum
381:Hudson Soft
105:Atari 8-bit
88:Platform(s)
72:Designer(s)
54:(Game Gear)
1324:Maze games
1283:Categories
1209:dadgum.com
1096:"My Games"
1045:2015-04-30
1024:2015-04-30
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768:14 October
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544:References
492:Freez'Bees
379:magazine,
246:Atari 5200
242:Atari 2600
101:Atari 5200
97:Atari 2600
82:Shinji Egi
538:Macintosh
504:Stone Age
436:BBC Micro
386:Bomberman
303:Reception
254:Game Gear
218:Antarctic
109:Game Gear
1133:"Pengon"
1115:"Pengon"
939:Archived
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563:Cash Box
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524:TI-99/4A
506:for the
498:for the
488:Atari ST
486:for the
470:for the
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454:for the
446:for the
434:for the
403:Xbox 360
347:C&VG
343:C&VG
260:Gameplay
224:made of
194:Coreland
154:Genre(s)
48:Coreland
1247:Portals
1230:at the
1193:. 1983.
526:with a
285:time.
234:Popcorn
214:penguin
165:Mode(s)
115:Release
589:13 May
520:Hopper
516:MS-DOS
510:, and
476:Pengon
468:Pengon
456:VIC-20
422:clones
413:Clones
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