I remember there was a similar game on the AMIGA. A friend of mine and me played it dozens of hours ...
Exactly, that's how I first encountered the game! Before I had an Amiga myself I played Pang with a friend on his Amiga. I then bought the NES version from some obscure company (I don't think the game was actually licensed by Nintendo). The NES version wasn't half as good as the Amiga version. On the Amiga, there were ladders and platforms that you could take advantage of. The NES version wasn't much different from the stuff I posted, but, alright, there were some powerups and nice background graphics.