Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Pooyan

Title	Pooyan
First release	1982
Developer	Konami
Publisher	Konami
Platforms	Atari 2600, Commodore 64, MSX, NES / Famicom, PlayStation, Arcade ADB
Genre	action game
Also known as	Konami's Pooyan · コナミのプーヤン
Players	1–2 players
Co-op	No
Releases	Atari 2600: 1982-05-07 Commodore 64: 1983-01-01 MSX: 1985-01-01 NES / Famicom: 1985-09-20
Wikidata ID	Q1199765

Riding a cable car up and down, Mama the pig shoots at wolves descending in balloons to prevent them from reaching the ground. Players must destroy these balloons to stop wolves from climbing ladders, while dodging incoming acorns. This shooter supports up to two players in single or multiplayer modes.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from REG-Vault and TheGamesDB and Arcade Database (ADB). Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.

Sources

Wikidata (Q1199765) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (c64/pooyan) · last updated 2026-09-30 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (nes/pooyan) · last updated 2026-10-26 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (35955) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (35958) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (35705) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (21072) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Arcade Database (ADB) (pooyan) · last updated 2026-10-02 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · internal use only

Arcade Database ADB

MAME romset	`pooyan`
Title at ADB	Pooyan
Manufacturer	Konami
Year	1982
Genre	Shooter / 3rd Person
Players	2
MAME driver status	GOOD

Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (Konami); snaps by ProgettoSnaps via ADB. Non-free, internal use only (hotlinked, not downloaded).

Scraping using Arcade Database by motoschifo · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · romset via Wikidata P2451 (wikidata-qid) · fetched 2026-10-02 16:26 UTC · filled here: platform

Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Konami · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (12): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Konami · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art, Logos (3): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Konami · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (5): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Konami · internal use only.

Sprites

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Videos

NES Longplay [046] Pooyan

World-of-Longplays · NES / Famicom version · longplay · 35:44auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC

MSX Longplay [072] Pooyan

World-of-Longplays · MSX version · longplay · 11:10auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC

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