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Pepper II (version 8)

  1. Game infos
  2. Parent and Clones
  3. Sound
  4. Driver
  5. Inputs
  6. Controls
  7. Display
  8. Dipswitchs
  9. Roms list
  10. Chips list
  11. Categories
  12. MAMEinfo
  13. History
  14. High scores
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Game infos

Description Pepper II (version 8)
Name pepper2
Manufacturer Exidy
Year 1982
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .018
Romset size 36 KB
Romset file 11 files
Romset zip 19 B
Language English
Evaluation 90 to 100 (Best Games)
Genre Maze

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

Sound infos

Sound_channels 1

Driver infos

Driver status good
Driver emulation good
Driver color good
Driver sound good
Driver graphic good
Driver cocktail
Driver protection
Driver savestate yes

Inputs infos

Input service no
Input tilt no
Input players 1
Input buttons
Input coins 2

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
joy 4 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 256 256 59.996811 5644500 336 0 256 280 0 256

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade audio_5a 2048 90e3c781 d51a9e011167a132e8af9f4b1201600a58e86b62 audiocpu 6800 good no
arcade audio_6a 2048 dd343e34 4ec55bb73d6afbd167fa91d2606d1d55a15b5c39 audiocpu 7000 good no
arcade audio_7a 2048 e02b4356 9891e14d84221c1d6f2d15a29813eb41024290ca audiocpu 7800 good no
arcade main_10a 4096 4d7d7786 ea1390b887404a67ea556720219e81007b954a7d maincpu b000 good no
arcade main_11a 4096 a1f43b1f a669f2ef55d9a0617110f65863822fdcaf153511 maincpu a000 good no
arcade main_11d 2048 b25160cd 3d768552960a3a660891dcb85da6a5c382b33991 gfx1 0 good no
arcade main_12a 4096 33db4737 d8f7a5d340ddbc4d06d403c3bff0102ce637d24e maincpu 9000 good no
arcade main_6a 4096 515b1046 bdcccd4e415c00ee8e5ec185597df75ecafe7d3d maincpu f000 good no
arcade main_7a 4096 b1c6f07c 53d07211d014336bb43671c51f4190c6515e9cde maincpu e000 good no
arcade main_8a 4096 64d106ed 49646a97def9e1793cac6ee0044f68232b294e4f maincpu d000 good no
arcade main_9a 4096 b3362298 7adad138ec5f94caa39f9c0fabece538d5db4913 maincpu c000 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
Exidy SFX+PSG custom audio
M6502 audiocpu cpu 894886
Speaker mono audio

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.18 [Marc Lafontaine]


Artwork available


TEST MODE:

- Press COIN1 (Key 5) and then F3 for Test-Mode.


WIP:

- 0.161: Tafoid adjusted Bonus_Life dipswitch in Pepper II.

- 10th June 2012: 3D ARCADE - New 3D cabinet model for Pepper II.

- 0.144u1: Tafoid added clone Pepper II (version 7). Changed parent description to 'Pepper II (version 8)'.

- 0.129: MooglyGuy added savestate support to Pepper II.

- 2nd September 2007: Mr. Do - Pepper II is another of those games I hadn't played before. Gameplay is kind of like Amidar. This comes courtesy of Vintage Arcade Superstore and vectorization by Jcroach.

- 0.100u2: Aaron Giles fixed "Out of Timers" crash in Pepper II when paused.

- 0.37b5: Removed Samples sound.

- 0.35b2: Good progress in sound emulation of the Exidy games (Venture, Pepper 2, etc.) [Dan Boris].

- 0.34RC1: Added Samples and Custom sound.

- 0.31: Mike Balfour added accurate colors to Pepper 2.

- 0.28: Mike Balfour did some fixes to the Exidy games (Venture, Mouse Trap, Pepper II). Collision detection is now supported. Added sound roms (audio_5a, audio_6a, audio_7a).

- 0.18: Marc Lafontaine added 'Pepper II' (Exidy 1982). Runs on hardware similar to Venture. Pepper II is not complete yet. Collision detection doesn't work - use 7 and 8 to simulate it. Game is partially playable with wrong colors and no sound. Control: Arrows = Move around, CTRL = Dog button, Z = Yellow button, X = Red button, C = Blue button and 3+F3 = Test mode.

- 29th April 1997: Dave W. dumped Pepper II.


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History


Arcade Video game published 37 years ago:

Pepper II (c) 1982 Exidy.

Despite its name, there was no predecessor named Pepper or Pepper I. The gameplay is similar to the game Amidar by Konami and Stern.

There are four mazes per level in Pepper II. Each maze has exits leading to 3 other mazes. All four mazes must be filled to advance to the next level. To fill in a maze, the player maneuvers "Pepper" around different segments of the maze. As Pepper travels, he leaves a "zipper". Once he encloses or "zips" a segment, it fills in and points are awarded. If Pepper backtracks on an uncompleted segment, it unzips.

The character "Pepper" is an angel. There are two types of enemies that must be avoided: "Roaming Eyes" and the " Whippersnapper" who unzips all uncompleted, zipped segments by moving over them. Pepper's one defense is to enclose an area containing a pitchfork "energizer", which turns him into a devil for approximately four seconds. At that time he can go after all Roaming Eyes for points. At the same time, the Whippersnapper freezes. There are four pitchforks in the corners of every maze. A deluxe energizer is located in the center of each maze. This energizer alternates between being a pitchfork and a halo symbol. If Pepper encloses the middle area when the energizer is a halo, the Whippersnapper will disappear from the maze.

Points are made for enclosing a segment, consuming a pair of roaming eyes when energized by the pitchfork (similar to Pac-Man), obtaining prizes, completing a maze, and completing 4 mazes. A bonus turn is awarded at 40,000, 50,000, 70,000 or 90,000 points, depending on the dip switch settings.

Each maze also contains a prize in one of the segments. The player must enclose the area it appears in to gain the prize and points, and then the prize is shown beneath the maze.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : MOS Technology M6502 (@ 705.562 Khz)
Sound CPU : MOS Technology M6502 (@ 894.886 Khz)
Sound Chips : Custom (@ 894.886 Khz)

Control : 4-way joystick
Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

Pepper II was released in May 1982. The game features an unlicensed version of the theme to Alfred Hitchcock Presents when gameplay starts.

Herbie Fong holds the official record for this game with 10642030 points.

- STAFF -

Designed by : Howell Ivy
Programmer : Larry Hutcherson

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Colecovision [US] (1983) "Pepper II [Model 2605]"

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

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