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Pingu series

Pingu: A Barrel of Fun!

Educational game featuring Pingu. Includes 5 games, 5 puzzles and 5 screen savers.

31 December 1997

Pingu: A Barrel of Fun! is a point-and-click, released 31 December 1997 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Pingu: A Barrel of Fun! is

Pingu: A Barrel of Fun! was released in 1997. It was published by BBC Worldwide. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Pingu series

Pingu: A Barrel of Fun! is the second of 5 entries we hold in the Pingu series. It arrived 4 years after Pingu: Sekai de Ichiban Genki na Penguin. The next entry was Fun! Fun! Pingu in 1999.

See all 5 Pingu games in release order →

What it launched against

Pingu: A Barrel of Fun! launched on 31 December 1997, within three weeks of Resident Evil 2 (1998), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Gran Turismo and Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 2 (1998), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Gran Turismo, Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.

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Pingu: A Barrel of Fun! was released on 31 December 1997 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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