MAWS - showing resource: pingpong

title	Konami's Ping-Pong
set name	pingpong
manufacturer	Konami
year	1985
genre	Sports (hof)
category	Sports / Tennis (hof)
driver status	good
driver source	pingpong.c
snapshots	MW: in game / CT: in game \| title / EJ: in game / PS: in game \| title \| scores zoom
rating	68.5% after 50 votes

colour emulation	good
palette	512
display type	raster
orientation	horizontal
resolution	256x224
frequency	60.000000Hz

sound emulation	good
channels	mono

players	2
nplayers	2P sim
controls	2 way joystick
buttons	2
coin slots	2

cpu	Z80 @ 3.072MHz
audio	SN76496 @ 2.304MHz

version added

.031

last change(s)

none since version .53

roms

name	size	crc	set	sha1
pp_e04.rom	16384	18552f8f	pingpong	cb03659b5e8a68003e72182a20979384d829280f
pp_e03.rom	16384	ae5f01e8	pingpong	f0d6a2c64822f2662fed3f601e279db18246f894
pp_e01.rom	8192	d1d6f090	pingpong	7b7d7cb90bed746dda871227463145263e4b0c5a
pp_e02.rom	8192	33c687e0	pingpong	7c90de4d163d2ffad00c8cb6a194fa6125a4f4c1
pingpong.3j	32	3e04f06e	pingpong	a642c350f148e062d56eb2a2fc53c470603000e3
pingpong.5h	256	8456046a	pingpong	8226f1325c14eb8aed5cd3c3d6bad9f9fd88c5fa
pingpong.11j	256	09d96b08	pingpong	81405e33eacc47f91ea4c7221d122f7e6f5b1e5d

flyer	pingpong.png
PCB	pingpong.png

info

0.31 [Jarek Parchanski]

WIP:

0.125u3: Nicola Salmoria fixed level select arrow's not displayed in Ping Pong.
0.123u1: Changed description to 'Konami's Ping-Pong'. Zsolt Vasvari removed color tables from Ping Pong. Added resnet.c color computations where appropriate. Swapped proms ($20, 120). Changed palettesize to 512 colors.
0.31: Jarek Parchanski added Ping Pong (Konami 1985).

ARCADE RELEASE: Konami no PingPong (Konami) - 1985/Jun/13

LEVELS: 99 (endless)

Other Emulators:

CottAGE
JEmu2

Recommended Games (Table Tennis):

Ping Pong

Ping-Pong King

Ping Pong Masters '93

Speed Spin

Table Tennis Champions

Romset: 49 kb / 7 files / 21.8 zip

history

Konami's Ping Pong (c) 1985 Konami.

A playable if simplistic Table Tennis simulation for one or two players. Ping Pong offers three different types of shot; Top spin, Back Spin and Smash. The actual gameplay centers on shot timing and shot choice, with the players' bats moving automatically to track the movement of the ball.

In the single player mode, the player can opt to play the game on any one of five different skill levels.

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID : GX555

Main CPU : Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)

Sound Chips : SN76496 (@ 2.304 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 256 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 32

Players : 2

Control : 2-way joystick

Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

Released in June 1985.

This game features Penguin (later renamed Pentarou) in the title screen and as a spectator. He is the main character in Antarctic Adventure and Penguin Adventure on the MSX and also appeared in many other Konami titles like the Parodius and Game Master series.

- PORTS -

* Consoles :

Nintendo Famicom Disk (1987)

* Computers :

Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1985)

MSX (1985)

Commodore C64 (1986)

Amstrad CPC (1986)

- SOURCES -

Game's rom.

Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=konami's-ping-pong&page=detail&id=1318&o=2

resource links

view in MAWS
view in CAESAR
view high score and replay at MARP
view in Progetto EMMA (Italian)
view in arcade-history.com
view in KLOV
view in System16

cheats

code	comments
00000000:94A9:00000007:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Service Time
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000
00000001:9192:00000015:FFFFFFFF	Win game on next ball PL1
00000000:9192:00000000:FFFFFFFF	Score always = 0 PL1
00000001:9192:00000000:FFFFFFFF	Set score = 0 Now! PL1
00000901:9192:00000015:FFFFFFFF	Select Score PL1
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000
00000001:9193:00000015:FFFFFFFF	Win game on next ball PL2
00000000:9193:00000000:FFFFFFFF	Score always = 0 PL2
00000001:9193:00000000:FFFFFFFF	Set score = 0 Now! PL2
00000901:9193:00000015:FFFFFFFF	Select Score PL2
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000
00000020:9190:000000FF:FFFFFFFF	Sound Test Timer Stop:[PL2 Start]Next Code