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

73.2% after 35 votes
 
parent Ponpoko
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 .033b04
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
ppoko1.bin  4096  49077667  ponpokov    3e760cd4dbe5913e58d786caf510237ff635c775 
ppoko2.bin  4096  5101781a  ponpokov    a82fbd2418ac7866f9463092e9dd37fd7ba9b694 
ppoko3.bin  4096  d790ed22  ponpokov    2d32f91f6993232db40b44b35bd2503d85e5c874 
ppoko4.bin  4096  4e449069  ponpokov    d5e6e346f80e66eb0db530de9721d9b6f22e86ae 
ppoko5.bin  4096  54ca3d7d  ponpoko    b54299b00573fbd6d3278586df0c12c09235615d 
ppoko6.bin  4096  3055c7e0  ponpoko    ab3fb9c8846effdcea0569d08a84c5fa19057a8f 
ppoko7.bin  4096  3cbe47ca  ponpoko    577c79c016be26a9fc7895cef0f30bf3f0b15097 
ppoko8.bin  4096  b39be27d  ponpokov    c299d22d26da68bec8fc53c898523135ec4016fa 
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 ponpokov.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 Venture Line, 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 -


Even if titlescreen says 1982, Venture Line, Inc. released Ponpoko in January 1983.


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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cheats
cheats
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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