SoundGammon Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 19 minutes ago, darryl1970 said: See if this works. I hope you can get A7800 working, since it's more accurate. Also, I don't think this hack will work for RatTrap, since it uses the SNES controllers. PentaGoTall_DEMO_BUP_4-22-23.a78 144.13 kB · 0 downloads It works! Thanks! Great game, very close to the arcade! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+darryl1970 Posted April 22, 2023 Author Share Posted April 22, 2023 Sorry for the mistake. That's the risk of changing the Settings menu. It's pretty convoluted. I **THINK** I got the bug. After playing a long game, I returned to the SETTINGS menu, and invincible was stuck on. Tall: PentaGoTall_DEMO_04-22-23.a78 PentaGoTall_DEMO_BUP_4-22-23.a78 Standard: PentaGo_DEMO_04-22-23.a78 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+darryl1970 Posted April 22, 2023 Author Share Posted April 22, 2023 19 minutes ago, SoundGammon said: It works! Thanks! Great game, very close to the arcade! I am glad it worked. Grab the latest version I just posted. It fixes a bug in the Settings menu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 4 hours ago, darryl1970 said: Sorry for the mistake. That's the risk of changing the Settings menu. It's pretty convoluted. I **THINK** I got the bug. After playing a long game, I returned to the SETTINGS menu, and invincible was stuck on. Tall: PentaGoTall_DEMO_04-22-23.a78 144.13 kB · 4 downloads PentaGoTall_DEMO_BUP_4-22-23.a78 144.13 kB · 3 downloads Standard: PentaGo_DEMO_04-22-23.a78 144.13 kB · 4 downloads I have verified the "PentaGoTall_DEMO_04-22-23.a78" & "PentaGo_DEMO_04-22-23.a78" files work (Settings and Behavior/Buttons/Pausing) as expected under A7800 emulator, Concerto, and MiSTer FPGA. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 37 minutes ago, Trebor said: I have verified the "PentaGoTall_DEMO_04-22-23.a78" & "PentaGo_DEMO_04-22-23.a78" files work (Settings and Behavior/Buttons/Pausing) as expected under A7800 emulator, Concerto, and MiSTer FPGA. You’ve been a busy boy. Thank you.🙂 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+darryl1970 Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 Thank you @Trebor!!! It seemed to work fine for me, but it's hard to really pinpoint once I've had my head in it for too long. --- Good morning. I guess I didn't send this last night, as it was still in my send. LOL! (I think I went to the main thread to comment there, and left this here; but if I didn't, thanks!) -Darryl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 ZeroPage Homebrew is playing the Exclusive Final Version of PentaGo on tomorrow's ZPH stream LIVE on Twitch, hope you can join us! Fri May 12, 2023 | LIVE @ 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 7PM GMT WATCH LIVE: https://www.twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/WATCH LATER: https://youtube.com/zeropagehomebrew/ Games: I Ran (WIP | 7800) by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc PentaGo (Exclusive Final Version | 7800) by 20th St Arcade / Darryl Guenther @darryl1970 / Paul Lay @playsoft & Pat Brady @Pat Brady (Music & Music Engine) (WATCH AT 1080P60 FOR BEST QUALITY) 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 I really need this one to come out on cart or better yet, a downloadable ROM. I’m running out of nerd-space but want the full game! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SearsRoebuck Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 Yeah Pengo/Penta/whatever its current name is now my top want for unreleased 7800 games. I hope Al can put it in the next wave. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+darryl1970 Posted May 16, 2023 Author Share Posted May 16, 2023 On 5/11/2023 at 3:28 PM, ZeroPage Homebrew said: ZeroPage Homebrew is playing the Exclusive Final Version of PentaGo on tomorrow's ZPH stream LIVE on Twitch, hope you can join us! General Pengo information. It was really weighing on my mind that @ZeroPage Homebrew always asks why Pento (Pengo) is "banging his head against the desk" in the intermissions. It was on my mind that I may have drawn my martini glass a little off from the arcade. Having reviewed the arcade version, I think the martini glass resembles a desk in the arcade also. With that, I do not feel as badly (as if it's my fault). However, viewing the final intermission, where Pengo emerges (assumed drunken) from the martini glass, may put more context into the scene. LOL Also, in this video, I looped back from level 16 (The highest in the arcade Pengo game), back to Level 1. You can see that Level 1 is just like level 1 at the game start. I can not imagine anybody EVER looping the game. The arcade cheats badly. For example, it is not possible to stun a snobee next to Pengo. If it is heading toward Pengo, it will slide into him, kill him, and THEN get stunned. They also outrun Pengo terribly after about level 4. Here's a video of the last two intermissions and looping from level 16 to level 1. PengoIntermissions.mp4 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 (edited) What? No man unless I completely misinterpreted it all these years that's a side view of him sitting there playing the cocktail version of the video game! And he's not banging his head on it.. he's playing it. But hey if we want to think of it as a martini I guess that's related to cocktails anyway lol Cocktails were almost 100% the primary arcade games we got in that part of the world so when I played Pengo, it was in cocktail form. So that pic made instant sense I guess. Edited May 16, 2023 by NE146 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 1 hour ago, darryl1970 said: Having reviewed the arcade version, I think the martini glass resembles a desk in the arcade also. With that, I do not feel as badly (as if it's my fault). 51 minutes ago, NE146 said: What? No man unless I completely misinterpreted it all these years that's a side view of him sitting there playing the cocktail version of the video game! And he's not banging his head on it.. he's playing it. But hey if we want to think of it as a martini I guess that's related to cocktails anyway lol Uh-oh, three options now! Desk, martini glass and cocktail table... Now that I see the arcade cabinet, that really makes the most sense especially with the chair there. I wonder if there's some official documentation that can be found to tell us exactly what it is. - James 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+darryl1970 Posted May 16, 2023 Author Share Posted May 16, 2023 50 minutes ago, NE146 said: What? No man unless I completely misinterpreted it all these years that's a side view of him sitting there playing the cocktail version of the video game! And he's not banging his head on it.. he's playing it. But hey if we want to think of it as a martini I guess that's related to cocktails anyway lol Cocktails were almost 100% the primary arcade games we got in that part of the world so when I played Pengo, it was in cocktail form. So that pic made instant sense I guess. Oh WOW! That is an interpretation I never considered. The only "flaw" I see in that is that his legs aren't present behind the cocktail machine. I always figured he was drinking between the scenes, hence the wall of ice. I assumed he was tipsy and in the drink on the final scene. The idea of him playing the cocktail is pretty cool, and I can see that too now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+darryl1970 Posted May 16, 2023 Author Share Posted May 16, 2023 6 minutes ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said: Uh-oh, three options now! Desk, martini glass and cocktail table... Now that I see the arcade cabinet, that really makes the most sense especially with the chair there. I wonder if there's some official documentation that can be found to tell us exactly what it is. - James https://gamicus.fandom.com/wiki/Pengo states that Pengo is playing the piano. There's a fourth take that I believe NONE of US here like. I just can't let go that his feet are not visible, so he appears to be INSIDE the object. I just assumed it was a badly drawn beverage he was sipping. I figured that why he stops and stares when the wall is pushed away -- he's busted. Then he says, "Oh Well", and he goes back to drinking again. By the time the next intermission takes place, he's so tip-see that he is inside the drink. Aside from him not actually being behind the object, I really like the arcade cocktail-top game concept. Nothing about it says piano to me. LOL I can't find anything else at a quick search. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 (edited) The way I interpreted that cutscene is he was popping out of his own video game. So yes, inside 100% Edited May 16, 2023 by NE146 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 (sorry for the multiple posts but I can't edit old ones ;p) Just to further the cocktail cabinet theory: the Taito ones were pretty ubiquitous in the early 80's across Asia. and looking at the side profile, it very much looks like a cartoon illustration of one wouldn't you say? 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SearsRoebuck Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 So in light of certain changes at the AA store, is there any chance this still gets released? I was very much looking forward to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+darryl1970 Posted June 28, 2023 Author Share Posted June 28, 2023 4 hours ago, SearsRoebuck said: So in light of certain changes at the AA store, is there any chance this still gets released? I was very much looking forward to it. Thank you. I was looking forward to it being at PRGE. I would love to see it released NOW, but I would like to see if a licensed "Pengo" port is a possibility. I do not want to do anything that could impede that, so I am a little unsure of how at the moment. Similar with RatTrap. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianC Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 (edited) Licensing Pengo might be tough since it was programmed by Coreland (which later became Banpresto and now has been absorbed by Bandai-Namco) and published by SEGA (who later made ports of Pengo). Edited June 28, 2023 by BrianC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+darryl1970 Posted June 28, 2023 Author Share Posted June 28, 2023 1 hour ago, BrianC said: Licensing Pengo might be tough since it was programmed by Coreland (which later became Banpresto and now has been absorbed by Bandai-Namco) and published by SEGA (who later made ports of Pengo). Interesting. I didn't realize that ended up at Bandai-Namco. Am I correct in assuming that Mr. Do ended up the same place? I think Namco created the mobile version, or am I thinking of Popeye? Either way, it's probably a long-shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Back Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 (edited) Well this sucks. Mouse trap was exidy, coleco and cbs electronics from what I've found. Seems like nothing's happened on that since the 2600 / intellivision ports. Does somebody maintain the rights to the program today? Edited June 28, 2023 by Silver Back Question added Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usotsuki Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 Popeye was the one that wound up with Namco. Mr. Do! was Universal, which changed names a few times and is back to the old name and logo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianC Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 (edited) Coreland became Banpresto, which is now owned by Bandai-Namco. My Hero in the astro city mini is licensed from them. Mr. Do is Universal, which has nothing to do with Coreland. Universal was once owned by Aruze, if I remember correctly. They currently focus more on casino games. Hamster was able to license Mr. Do for a PS2 version in Japan, but the license may have changed hands since then. Edit: Seems Universal is still owned by Aruze (the company that infamously bought SNK and sold it) and they changed their name to Universal. Edited June 30, 2023 by BrianC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usotsuki Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 I think Universal changed their name to Aruze, then back to Universal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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