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Poly-Play (ZRE-PP)

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

Game infos

Description Poly-Play (ZRE-PP)
Name polyplay2
Manufacturer VEB Polytechnik Karl-Marx-Stadt
Year 1989
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 1P
Added to MAME .182
Romset size 50 KB
Romset file 7 files
Romset zip 29 B
Language German
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 yes
Input tilt no
Input players 1
Input buttons
Input coins 1

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
joy 8 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 512 256 50 6553600 512 0 512 256 0 256

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 1_1.bin 2048 4f028af9 319537234069b43cfffafe567cc599ae05f24e23 gfx1 0 good no
arcade 2_1.ROM 8192 d728ca42 7359a59ba7f205b3ac95c8a0946093f24bdaa4da maincpu 0 good no
arcade 2_2.ROM 8192 52316236 88c159621d40953240c5d2f1d6dcebb8f5e1ee81 maincpu 2000 good no
arcade 2_3.ROM 8192 e199d303 fea2c3c659222553f36b3e922c6ac017f7111025 maincpu 4000 good no
arcade 2_4.ROM 8192 1324c2e2 c0102d5abbb2f4dbb5b8dff5ad515bc3f2af9166 maincpu 6000 good no
arcade 2_5.ROM 8192 2e959fe9 1f0a80bb26d0ae332d4a4313ec22ab7eefcf1e34 maincpu 8000 good no
arcade 2_6.ROM 8192 85774542 420349a0d812bc0052a77cbc6c5ab84262e58b32 maincpu a000 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
Filtered 1-bit DAC speaker2 audio
Speaker mono audio
Z80 maincpu cpu 2457600

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.182 [SailorSat]


< DDR / Germany >


WIP:

- 0.184: Hook up the SIO [SailorSat].

- 0.182: SailorSat added light organ and optional layout. Traced the lines on the board to figure out how the lightorgan worked. A zero cross detector triggers NMI on the cpu, which then operates the light organ.

- 0.182: SailorSat added 'Poly-Play (ZRE-PP)' (VEB Polytechnik Karl-Marx-Stadt 1989) and clone Poly-Play (ZRE-PP - Czech). Added newer ZRE-PP based Poly-Play versions/boards (SIO not yet hooked up), a german with 10 games and a czechoslovakian. Documented differences in hardware. Added a check export version with the new menu. Fixed undocumented Z80 CTC 'on-the-fly' mode switch; internal timer didn't stop.


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History


Arcade Video game published 34 years ago:

Poly-Play (c) 1985 VEB Polytechnik Karl-Marx-Stadt.

This game features 10 different games : Hase und Wolf (a "Pac-Man"-type game), Hirschjagd (similar to "Robotron 2084"), Schmetterlinge, Abfahrtslauf, Schiessbude ("Carnival" clone), Autorennen, Merkspiel, Wasserrohrbruch, Hagelnde Wolken, Der Taucher.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : U880 compatible with Zilog Z80 (@ 2.4576 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Custom (@ 2.4576 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 512 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 50.00 Hz
Palette colors : 8

Players : 1
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

2 cabinet versions existed, named ECS1 and ECS2. ESC means "Elektronischer Spielcomputer". The difference was a better cabinet for ECS2.

10 programs exist, only eight could be chosen for deployment (in EPROM-Order):
"Hase und Wolf" translates from German as 'Rabbit and Wolf', based on the Russian cartoon series 'Nu, pogodi!', popular in the GDR.
"Hirschjagd" translates from German as 'Deer Hunt'.
"Schmetterlinge" translates from German as 'Butterflies'.
"Abfahrtslauf" translates from German as 'Downhill'.
"Schiessbude" translates from German as 'Shooting Hut'.
"Autorennen" translates from German as 'Car Race'.
"Merkspiel" translates from German as 'Noticing Play'.
"Wasserrohrbruch" translates from German as 'Water Pipe Break'.
"Hagelnde Wolken" translates from German as 'Hailing Clouds'.
"Der Taucher" translates from German as 'The Diver'.

2 additional games were planned :
"Der Gärtner" translates from German as 'The Gardener'.
"Im Gewächshaus" translates from German as 'In the Greenhouse'.

The last manufactured versions, in 1989, have had the possibility of ten games.

The story goes that Poly-Play was the only arcade approved machine to be produced in GDR and they used to go into places like FDGB holiday homes and youth hostels. When the Berlin Wall came down, for some strange reason they recalled the machines to the factory and had them dismantled. A few were salvaged. There were probably about 1000-1500 made (last known serial number 1492 from 1989).

The company does still exist as 'Polytechnik Frankenberg GmbH'.

- CONTRIBUTE -

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