PolyGame Master
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The PolyGame Master is an arcade system board released in 1997 by the Taiwanese
company IGS
. The PGM was developed in order to compete with the likes of SNK
's Neo Geo MVS
system in Taiwan
. It was succeeded by PGM2 in 2007.
Certain later games, released by CAVE
, came on a single dedicated board and utilizes the customized BIOS
programmed by CAVE.
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
company IGS
International Games System
International Games System or IGS is a company based in Taiwan which develops video game software for the arcade and PC. It was founded in 1989.- History :*1991:IGS, International Games System Co., LTD was founded...
. The PGM was developed in order to compete with the likes of SNK
SNK Playmore
SNK Playmore Corporation is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. SNK is an acronym of , which was SNK's original name. The company's legal and trading name became SNK in 1986....
's Neo Geo MVS
Neo Geo (console)
The is a cartridge-based arcade and home video game system released on July 1, 1991 by Japanese game company SNK. Being in the Fourth generation of Gaming, it was the first console in the former Neo Geo family, which only lived through the 1990s...
system in Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
. It was succeeded by PGM2 in 2007.
Certain later games, released by CAVE
Cave (company)
Cave Co., Ltd. is a Japanese video game company, known primarily for its manic shoot 'em ups. Cave remains one of the most active makers of arcade shoot-'em-ups in the Japanese market...
, came on a single dedicated board and utilizes the customized BIOS
BIOS
In IBM PC compatible computers, the basic input/output system , also known as the System BIOS or ROM BIOS , is a de facto standard defining a firmware interface....
programmed by CAVE.
System specifications
- Main processor: Motorola 68000Motorola 68000The Motorola 68000 is a 16/32-bit CISC microprocessor core designed and marketed by Freescale Semiconductor...
, running at 20 MHz - Sound processor: ZilogZilogZilog, Inc., previously known as ZiLOG , is a manufacturer of 8-bit and 24-bit microcontrollers, and is most famous for its Intel 8080-compatible Z80 series.-History:...
Z80, running at 8.468 MHz - Sound chip: ICS2115; 32 channel PCMPulse-code modulationPulse-code modulation is a method used to digitally represent sampled analog signals. It is the standard form for digital audio in computers and various Blu-ray, Compact Disc and DVD formats, as well as other uses such as digital telephone systems...
- Protection chip: ARM7ARM architectureARM is a 32-bit reduced instruction set computer instruction set architecture developed by ARM Holdings. It was named the Advanced RISC Machine, and before that, the Acorn RISC Machine. The ARM architecture is the most widely used 32-bit ISA in numbers produced...
ASICApplication-specific integrated circuitAn application-specific integrated circuit is an integrated circuit customized for a particular use, rather than intended for general-purpose use. For example, a chip designed solely to run a cell phone is an ASIC...
with internal code, running at 20 MHz - Hardware features: 1 scrolling 8×8 tiles 4bpp scrolling tilemap, 32×32 tiles 5bpp scrolling tilemap with linescroll, arbitrary size 5bpp sprites, zoom and shrink capabilities
List of PGM games
- Oriental Legend/Xi Yo Gi Shi Re Zuang (1997)
- Dragon World 2/China Dragon 2/Chuugoku Ryuu 2 (1997)
- The Killing Blade/Gouken Kyoutou (1997)
- Knights of Valor/Sangoku Senki (1999)
- Dragon World 3/Chuugoku Ryuu 3 (1999)
- Knights of Valor Plus/Knights of Valor in Three Kingdoms (1999)
- Photo Y2K/Real and Fake (1999)
- Knights of Valor Super Heroes (1999)
- Shin Li Chen (1999)
- Knights of Valor 2/Sangoku Senki 2 (2000)
- Puzzle Star (2000)
- Photo Y2K 2/Real and Fake 2 (2000)
- Martial MastersMartial MastersMartial Masters is an arcade fighting game developed by IGS and released in 1999. The game is highly reminiscent of Capcom's fighting games of the mid to late 1990s for its impressive 2D visual and fluid animation with mechanics very similar to those of Street Fighter III...
(2001) - Dragon World 4//Chuugoku Ryuu 4 (2001)
- Puzzli II Super (2001)
- Knights of Valor 2: Nine Dragons/Sangoku Senki 2: Nine Dragons (2001)
- Dodonpachi II: Bee Storm (2001)
- Demon FrontDemon FrontDemon Front is a side-scrolling run and gun arcade game released in 2002 by IGS. It is considered by some to be a ripoff of Metal Slug for sharing similar characteristics.-Gameplay:...
(2002) - DoDonPachi Dai Ou JouDoDonPachi Dai Ou Jouis the fourth arcade game in Cave's DonPachi series. It is considered to be the "true" sequel to DoDonPachi. The "Dai Ou Jou" portion of the title translates as "peaceful death", which is a wry reference to the overwhelming and frantic manner in which players meet their end...
(2002; published and developed by CAVE) - Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku TachiKetsui: Kizuna Jigoku TachiOn 2007-3-26, Arika's vice president Ichiro Mihara mentioned the release of Nintendo DS version of Ketsui in his personal page . The game, subtitled Death label, was available for download in test events in 2007-3-31. Video footage of the game was also released by Mihara...
(2003; published and developed by CAVE) - The Gladiator: The Road of Sword (2003)
- EspgaludaEspgaludais a manic shooter by Cave, released in 2003. It is the spiritual prequel to the company's renowned ESP Ra.De. and is followed by Espgaluda II.-Playstation 2 version:...
(2003; published and developed by CAVE) - SVG: Spectral vs. Generation (2005; in cooperation with Idea FactoryIdea Factoryis a Japanese video game developer and publisher founded on October 26, 1994 headed by company president Koichi Ota and vice president Shingo Kuwana.-Games published:-Games developed:-External links:* * * * from IGN* from GameSpot...
)
List of PGM2 games
- Oriental Legend 2 (2007)
- Knights of Valour 2 - New Legend (2008)
- The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match HeroThe King of Fighters '98The King of Fighters '98 is a fighting game released by SNK released for the Neo Geo arcade and home console. It is the fifth game in The King of Fighters series...
(2009) - DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou TamashiiDoDonPachi Dai Ou Jouis the fourth arcade game in Cave's DonPachi series. It is considered to be the "true" sequel to DoDonPachi. The "Dai Ou Jou" portion of the title translates as "peaceful death", which is a wry reference to the overwhelming and frantic manner in which players meet their end...
(2010) - Knights of Valour 3 (2011)