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Super Buster Bros.

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Also known as
Super Pang スーパーパン 슈퍼 버스터 브라더스

A one or two player adventure where you clear screens of bubbles by splitting them with a vertical cable gun.

Super Buster Bros. was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992. The original arcade game, Buster Bros. (Pang), was released in 1989, but the specific version titled Super Buster Bros. (Super Pang) was first released in arcades in 1990, making that the original release year for this game.


							Super Buster Bros. cover
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Released
1992
Original release
1990
Genre
Perspective
Side view
Size
355.57 KB
Rating
1 vote

About Super Buster Bros.

Super Buster Bros. is a one or two player action game where the objective is to eliminate bouncing bubbles across a series of global locations. The primary Tour mode involves navigating distinct stages, each representing a different country, and clearing every bubble from the screen to advance.

Players use a weapon that fires a vertical cable to strike bubbles, causing them to split into smaller ones. The largest bubbles require four successful splits to be destroyed. Level design incorporates ladders, barriers, and destructible bricks that influence both character movement and bubble trajectories. While most bubbles bounce in predictable patterns, faster diamond-shaped ones move erratically.

Various power-ups appear, providing temporary advantages such as instantly reducing all bubbles to their smallest size, freezing them, or altering the weapon's function. Occasionally, monsters enter the play area; these can be manipulated with the cable and will shrink bubbles upon contact. Weapon upgrades include the ability to fire two cables simultaneously or to attach a cable to the ceiling where it remains for a short duration, popping any bubble that touches it.

A separate Panic mode presents a continuous stream of bubbles that players must burst. Progress in this mode is tied to eliminating a set quantity of bubbles, with the required number increasing at higher levels, creating a challenging pace of play.

Super Buster Bros. Screenshots

12 images
The title screen
Fighting for survival and a high score in
The game comes with two modes and four difficulties for
Some levels start with creative scenarios not seen in the coin-op version
The gun weapon upgrade has a much wider spread in Super Pang which allows for serious ownage in tight situations
Critters fly or walk around the screen, sometimes popping balls for you, sometimes just being damn annoying.
Advancing to the next region...
Note the diamond ball which, unlike regular balls, flys around faster, bouncing off all surfaces with no regard for gravity!
Ooh! A bonus stage!
I got 5000 points...
Things getting a bit rough...
Some clever management of which balls to release first is needed in this level