Boong-Ga Boong-Ga

Boong-Ga Boong-Ga
A promotional poster for Boong-Ga Boong-Ga
Developer(s)Taff System
Publisher(s)TaffSystem
Platform(s)Arcade
Release
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Single-player

Boong-Ga Boong-Ga (Korean: 붕가 붕가, Japanese: 開ウン！ケダモノ占い[1]), sometimes advertised in English as Spank 'em, is an arcade game developed by a South Korean company, Taff System. It is the first arcade game to simulate kancho—a popular children's prank in Japan and Korea where the victim is poked with two fingers in the anus whilst distracted.

The game received infamy on the internet (where it was often misattributed as Japanese) in 2001 for a badly translated advertising flyer that promoted the game's peculiar spanking and kancho oriented gameplay.[2][3] Boong-Ga Boong-Ga was reportedly designed for the Japanese market, and according to advertising material, was well received at the 2000 Tokyo Game Show.

While an initial contract was made for distribution of 200 units in Japan,[4] only 5 units were ever actually distributed in the country.[5][6]

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