Antarctic Adventure

Antarctic Adventure was followed by a sequel for the MSX computer in 1986, entitled Penguin Adventure. In addition, the penguin character Penta, and his son Pentarou[1] became a mascot for Konami through the 1980s. They have made appearances in over 10 games. Of particular note are his appearances in the Parodius series of shoot 'em up games.

Penta, or his son Pentarou, had appeared in the Medal Games like Tsurikko Penta, Balloon Penta and Imo Hori Penta. Following in 2002 (not released for mobile in 2001), three mobile games Kekkyo ku Nankyoku choi bōken (けっきょく南極ちょい冒険),[2] released on May 6, 2003, another titled Kekkyoku Nankyoku Daibōken Taisen-ban (けっきょく南極大冒険対戦版), as part of Konami Taisen Colosseum,[3] and the fishing game as Penta no Tsuri Boken, and released for i-Revo.

A screenshot from this game can briefly be seen in the introduction of Gradius ReBirth, released in 2008 for the Wii Virtual Console and in 2014 for the Wii U Virtual Console. An MSX Version was re-released for the Windows Store as part of EGG Project on November 25, 2014 in Japan.

There was rumored to be a coin-operated arcade version released by Konami in 1984, but the existence of an actual example has yet to be confirmed.

In 1990, Konami released only in Japan a handheld electronic game of Antarctic Adventure, although it is usually listed as South Pole (a more literal translation of the Japanese title).[4][5]

In 2014, Antarctic Adventure was released on a special version of the ColecoVision Flashback by AtGames.[6] available only through Dollar General[7] stores.

In other games, Pentarou appears as a fisherman.

• The music that plays in each level is "The Skaters' Waltz" by Émile Waldteufel.

• Pentarou

• Antarctic Adventure at MobyGames
• Review of the game
• The Colecovision prototype version of Antarctic Adventure can be played for free in the browser at the Internet Archive