Track Rules
ROM Set:
0.106-0.221: pengo - "Pengo (set 1 rev c)"
0.222-0.251: pengo - "Pengo (set 1 rev C, encrypted)"
0.252-0.271: pengoja - "Pengo (Japan, 315-5010 type, rev C)"
Bonus Life: 30000
Cabinet: Upright
Lives: 5
Rack Test [Cheat]: Off
Difficulty: Medium
Special Rules:You can only use 1 life for the entire game. You must start from the beginning of the game. If you reach the end of act/rnd 16 without losing a life it is game over. If you lose a life before or during act/rnd 16 it is game over. NO scoring after game over will be accepted, otherwise your game WILL be disqualified. In both cases you can submit your score. There are 16 acts/rounds in Pengo. This track is for the highest score on 1 life, up to the end of act/rnd 16. Please note the 255 extra sno-bees bug cannot be used, where bees keep generating beyond the act/rnd start limit, where many of these bees can be killed for points by using the remaining blocks, even though there are not enough blocks to kill all of the extra bees.
--=**FOR POTENTIALLY FASTER VERIFICATION**=--
Members of the adjudicating user base who assist the community in MAME INP file analysis have requested that submitters consider the below community recommendations -
Submitters should use MAME version 183 or higher, preferably 183 or 220.
Submitters should name their inp and zip file in the following manner:
xxx_yyy_score_zzz
Example:
elf_bosco_588800_w183.inp inp
elf_bosco_588800_w183 zip file
so name the inp the same as the zip
xxx your initials
yyy rom name
zzz version of wolfmame
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Exploring MAME history for TG rules
Additional Info
2024-Dec-01 - Barthax
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Spacing and ROM Set change.
- 0.222: Various documentation updates [Brian Troha]. Fixed rom names. Changed description to 'Pengo (set 1 rev C, encrypted)' and clones (set 2) to 'Pengo (set 2, encrypted)', (set 2 not encrypted) to 'Pengo (set 2, rev A, not encrypted)', (set 3 not encrypted)' to 'Pengo (set 3, not encrypted)', (set 4) to 'Pengo (set 4, encrypted)' and (set 5) to 'Pengo (set 5, encrypted)'.
- 0.252: Sorted Pengo sets and changed scheme for short names. Export versions have replaced music/faster maze drawing. Japan versions have slow maze drawing and 'popcorn' music. The unencrypted sets are the newest releases we have of both versions - for Japan that is ROMs 5120-5127 and for export that is ROMs 5128-5135 (suggesting these unencrypted versions were both released at the same time) [David Haywood]. Changed description of (set 1 rev C, encrypted) to clone 'Pengo (Japan, 315-5010 type, rev C)', clone (set 2, rev A, not encrypted) to parent 'Pengo (World, not encrypted, rev A)' and clones (set 2, encrypted) to 'Pengo (World, 315-5010 type, set 1)', (set 3, not encrypted) to 'Pengo (Japan, not encrypted)', (set 4, encrypted) to 'Pengo (World, 315-5010 type, set 3)', (set 5, encrypted) to 'Pengo (World, 315-5010 type, set 2)', (set 6, encrypted) 'Pengo (Japan, 315-5007 type, rev A)', (bootleg) to 'Pengo (Japan, bootleg)' and Penta to 'Penta (bootleg)'. Renamed (pengo) to (pengoja), (pengo2u) to (pengo), (pengo2) to (pengoa), (pengo3u) to (pengoj), (pengo4) to (pengoc), (pengo5) to (pengob), (pengob) to (pengojbl) and (pengo6) to (pengojb).
Before:
ROMSet: PengoBonus Life: 30000Cabinet: UprightLives: 5Rack Test [Cheat]: OffDifficulty: MediumSpecial Rules:You can only use 1 life for the entire game. You must start from the beginning of the game. If you reach the end of act/rnd 16 without losing a life it is game over. If you lose a life before or during act/rnd 16 it is game over. NO scoring after game over will be accepted, otherwise your game WILL be disqualified. In both cases you can submit your score. There are 16 acts/rounds in Pengo. This track is for the highest score on 1 life, up to the end of act/rnd 16. Please note the 255 extra sno-bees bug cannot be used, where bees keep generating beyond the act/rnd start limit, where many of these bees can be killed for points by using the remaining blocks, even though there are not enough blocks to kill all of the extra bees.
ROMSet After:
ROM Set:
0.106-0.221: pengo - "Pengo (set 1 rev c)"
0.222-0.251: pengo - "Pengo (set 1 rev C, encrypted)"
0.252-0.271: pengoja - "Pengo (Japan, 315-5010 type, rev C)"
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Required ROMset has been renamed!
Please take care to use the correct set for your chosen version of WolfMAME.
0.106-0.221: pengo - "Pengo (set 1 rev c)"
0.222-0.251: pengo - "Pengo (set 1 rev C, encrypted)"
0.252+ : pengoja - "Pengo (Japan, 315-5010 type, rev C)"