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I'm looking for an arcade coin-op game from the late 80's that I remember seeing as a child.

Game in question is a puzzle-action featuring a penguin pushing blocks of ice over smooth ice.
After a few levels, it would feature hammers on a pivot that would spin when hit by a moving cube.
This would stop the moving object, rotate the hammer and hit the cube again, now moving 90 deg from original path.

My memory is fuzzy, and I don't remember any other details. Even so, can someone help?

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Sounds to me like Kickle Cubicle. The spinning hammer and ice is as you describe. I don't think he's a penguin; more of a fantasy character but otherwise it matches.

enter image description here

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  • That's the one! Just checked a playthrough and I remember some of the levels. Now I have a name to go investigate further. Thank You!
    – vic
    Commented Jul 14, 2023 at 14:47
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    It's ironic, I have a NES emulator and I literally played this game from start to finish this year (2023 at the time of this post). I hadn't played it since the 90's. It was nostalgic!
    – Paul
    Commented Jul 14, 2023 at 15:03
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    It was my first "obsession" game way back when I was a kid. There is a free modern recreation at m3dr.com/projects/kicklec
    – vic
    Commented Jul 14, 2023 at 15:33
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    For anyone interested in finding videos of the arcade version, try searching for the Japanese name Meikyūjima or 迷宮島. The English name only finds videos of the NES version.
    – hippietrail
    Commented Jul 17, 2023 at 7:51
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Sounds like Sega's Pengo - though I'm not 100% sure about the hammers.

Screenshot from Wikipedia:

Pengo Art

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  • Saw that one but the graphics are off. I'd imagine I'm looking for a later clone. Can't find an image of the hammers.
    – vic
    Commented Jul 13, 2023 at 23:47
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    I remember playing a cloned version for PC that looked slightly different, more like this. Note that the name was changed to Pango with an a. But also, no hammers that I recall
    – Berend
    Commented Jul 14, 2023 at 13:53

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