game
icon
title Ponpoko
set name ponpoko
manufacturer Sigma Enterprises Inc.
year 1982
genre Platform (hof)
category Platform / Run Jump (hof)
driver status good
driver source pacman.c
snapshots MW: in game / CT: in game | title / PS: in game | title
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rating

60.4% after 55 votes
 
clones Ponpoko (Venture Line)
display
colour emulation good
palette 512
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 288x224
frequency 60.606061Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
controls
players 2
nplayers 2P alt
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 1
coin slots 2
hardware
cpu Z80 @ 3.072MHz
audio Namco @ 0.096MHz
data
version added .035final
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
ppokoj1.bin  4096  ffa3c004  ponpoko    d9e3186dcd4eb94d02bd24ad56030b248721537f 
ppokoj2.bin  4096  4a496866  ponpoko    4b8bd13e58040c30ca032b54fb47d889677e8c6f 
ppokoj3.bin  4096  17da6ca3  ponpoko    1a57767557c13fa3d08e4451fb9fb1f7219b26ef 
ppokoj4.bin  4096  9d39a565  ponpoko    d4835ee97c9b3c63504d8b576a11f0a3a97057ec 
ppoko5.bin  4096  54ca3d7d  ponpoko    b54299b00573fbd6d3278586df0c12c09235615d 
ppoko6.bin  4096  3055c7e0  ponpoko    ab3fb9c8846effdcea0569d08a84c5fa19057a8f 
ppoko7.bin  4096  3cbe47ca  ponpoko    577c79c016be26a9fc7895cef0f30bf3f0b15097 
ppokoj8.bin  4096  04b63fc6  ponpoko    9b86ae34aaefa2813d29a4f7b24cee40eadcc6a1 
ppoko9.bin  4096  b73e1a06  ponpoko    f1229e804eb15827b71f0e769a8c9e496c6d1de7 
ppoko10.bin  4096  62069b5d  ponpoko    1b58ad1c2cc2d12f4e492fdd665b726d50c80364 
82s123.7f  32  2fc650bd  ponpoko    8d0268dee78e47c712202b0ec4f1f51109b1f2a5 
82s126.4a  256  3eb3a8e4  ponpoko    19097b5f60d1030f8b82d9f1d3a241f93e5c75d6 
82s126.1m  256  a9cc86bf  ponpoko    bbcec0570aeceb582ff8238a4bc8546a23430081 
82s126.3m  256  77245b66  ponpoko    0c4d0bee858b97632411c440bea6948a74759746 
cabinet art
cabinet ponpoko.png
marquee ponpoko.png
control panel ponpoko.png
flyer ponpoko.png
PCB ponpoko.png
additional information
info 0.35 [Zsolt Vasvari]

0.33b3 [?]

WIP:
  • 12th January 2000: Zsolt Vasvari fixed Eyes and Ponpoko crash bugs.
  • 0.35: Zsolt Vasvari added Ponpoko (Sigma Ent. 1982). Renamed (ponpoko) to (ponpokov).
  • 29th June 1999: Zsolt Vasvari added Ponpoko's original Japan version.
  • 0.33b4: Changed description to 'Ponpoko'.
  • 0.33b3: Zsolt Vasvari added Pon Poko (Venture Line 1982).
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  • CottAGE
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Romset: 41 kb / 14 files / 20.0 zip
history Ponpoko [Upright model] (c) 1982 Sigma Enterprises, Inc.


- TECHNICAL -


Main CPU : Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)

Sound Chips : Namco 3-channel WSG (@ 96 Khz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 288 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.61 Hz

Palette colors : 16


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 1 (JUMP)


- TRIVIA -


Released in November 1982 in Japan.


PonPoko is Japanese onomatopoeia - the sound that a tanuki makes. In Ponpoko, it's also the name of the main character who is, incidentally, a tanuki.


Larry Young holds the official record for this game with 133,940 points.


Original products :

Ponpoko [Upright model] (Sigma)

Ponpoko [Cocktail Table model] (Sigma)


Licensed products :

Ponpoko (Upright model] (Venture Line)


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.

Machine's picture.



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code comments
00000000:4C64:000000A1:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Time
20800000:1A17:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility
20810000:1A68:00000018:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility (2/3):1st = Pit & Pin, 2nd = Enemy in Pot
20810000:1AB8:00000018:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility (3/3):Enemy
00000000:4CA4:0000000B:FFFFFFFF  Always Maximum Fruit Bonus:5000pts
00000000:4C4D:00000001:FFFFFFFF  1 Fruit to Finish Pattern
00000001:4C4F:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Finish Current Pattern Now!
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:4C48:0000000A:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:4C49:0000000A:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
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