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Penta Penta - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

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Description

You are a penguin in a maze of ice-blocks. Slide the blocks to squash the Sno-Bees chasing you or electrocute them by trapping them along a wall. Score 10000 points for aligning three special diamond blocks. Bonus points are awarded for finishing a level quickly.

Penta was produced by Unknown in 1982.

Unknown released 776 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1700. Unknown was based in United States.

Other machines made by Unknown during the time period Penta was produced include: Polybius, Super Heli, Pop-Man, Paint Roller, NewPuc2, Amigo, Cook Race, Cotocoto Cottong, Gallag, and Locomotion

Penta - Cabinet - Machine
Cabinet

Specs

Name Penta
Developer Unknown (United States)
Year 1982
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 8991
Class Bootleg
Genre Labyrinth/Maze
Monitor
Conversion Class unique
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Gameplay Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right)
  • Buttons: 1 [Push]
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Game Play

Pressing the Push button slides ice blocks across the playfield, stopping only when they hit another ice block or the wall. Attempting to push an ice block in front of another will it crushes it. Sno-Bees hatch from flashing ice blocks, but they can be killed before they hatch by crushing the block. Aligning the three diamond blocks along a wall scores 5000 points while aligning them within the playfield scores 10000. The game has animated intermissions featuring penguins doing things like dancing, imitating Space Invaders, and playing a cocktail arcade game. The game's music very catchy and you will never get it out of your head.

Penta KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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Trivia

The song that plays in the background is called "Popcorn". The group that released it originally was called Hot Butter.

Miscellaneous

BOOTLEG OF: Pengo

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Penta Census

There are 14,717 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,455 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,291 machines (6,886 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 15 known instances of this machine owned by Penta collectors who are active members. Of these, It is an original dedicated machine. 2 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 12 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Penta machine for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Penta circuit board for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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