What's inside the Walking Dead Plug n Play?

[jadedrakerider]

Does anybody know what kind of computer is inside the Walking Dead plug and play? I've heard the game described as a 16-bit in appearance. I'm guessing an ARM with a Wii - ripoff motion sensor?

 

It's a nifty idea and I'm considering getting one for my girlfriend as she's a fan of the series. Does anybody know if it's any good?

[onmode-ky]

I don't have confirmation, but it's most likely hardware previously used by the developer, Merge Interactive, in their earlier gun-based TV Games systems for Jakks Pacific. Namely, it's probably either a Generalplus GPL1625x-series microcontroller or a Sunplus SPG293 microcontroller. Neither of these is ARM architecture; the former uses the u'nSP instruction set, and I think the SPG29x chips use a 32-bit expansion of that same instruction set (sorry, can't quite remember). The motion sensor uses the same basic concept as the Wii's, yes, having an image processor track a set of infrared LEDs.

 

I don't know how good or not good it is, especially since I've never seen the TV show, but I did see gameplay footage on YouTube at one point, so maybe that will help your decision.

 

onmode-ky

[jadedrakerider]

 

I don't know how good or not good it is, especially since I've never seen the TV show, but I did see gameplay footage on YouTube at one point, so maybe that will help your decision.

 

 

I haven't come across a good video demonstrating the game, but it looks like baby's first rail shooter. I'm thinking I might forgo that and buy House of the Dead 2 & 3 instead.

[onefallinghope]

Good videos of it can usually be seen at the end of the Talking Dead episodes posted online. at the end of each episode the host, Chris Hardwick, challenges his guests to play it, and they usually play for about five minutes or so each episode.

 

It seems kind of neat, but it is very simplistic.