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Pooyan

Description

Armed with a bow and arrows and slabs of meat, mama pig must defend/save her piglets from the wolves ballooning up or down the cliff. Move up and down, shoot the balloons, watch the wolves plummet and splat. There are various bonus rounds.

Pooyan was produced by Stern Electronics in 1982.

Stern Electronics released 67 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977. Stern Electronics was based in United States.

Other machines made by Stern Electronics during the time period Pooyan was produced include: Freefall, Armored Car, Split Second, Iron Maiden, Lightning, Dark Planet, Cue, Dragonfist, Hypnox, and Frenzy

Specs

Name	Pooyan
Developer	Stern Electronics (United States)
Year	1982
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9082
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	Konami Classic
Game Specific	Pooyan Pinout
Dipswitch Settings	Pooyan Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 2-way (up, down) Buttons: 1 - Fire
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Control Panel	Pooyan Control Panel Image

Video Clips

Pooyan, Arcade, Stern Electronics, 1982

Game Introduction

The story revolves around a family of little pink piglets who have been attacked and/or captured by a monstrous pack of hungry wolves. The mama pig, who was not attacked or captured attempts to save and/or protect her chubby little family. Armed with a bow and arrows and slabs of meat, she jumps into a cage that moves up and down on a rope. Meanwhile, the wolves use helium balloons to float down from a tree limb while throwing rocks at Mama. Mrs. Pig tries to shoot their balloons with her arrows so the wolves will fall to their deaths or she hurls slabs of meat at them to make them let go. If she misses, the wolves will safely reach the ground and climb a ladder to try to bite her.

Also, if any of the wolves reach the ground, more piglets will be captured by them. So Mrs.Pig must try to kill as many wolves as possible without letting them reach the ground.

On the second level, the wolves use balloons to float to the top of a high cliff. If enough of them reach the cliff, they will push a huge boulder down onto Mama's cage. After this level has been completed, the piglets who have been captured are rescued and the game starts over with increased difficulty.

There is also a bonus round where Mrs. Pig will attempt to eliminate as many wolves on ascending ballons as possible by throwing as few slabs of meat as possible for a maximum bonus score.

Pooyan KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.24 (4 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.28

Overall Like	3.50
Fun (Social)	1.75
Fun (Solo)	3.50
Collector Desire	3.25

Technical Rating: 3.21

Gameplay	3.25
Graphics	3.00
Originality	3.50
Sound/Music	2.25

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Images

Trivia

This game is based on the story of "The Three Little Pigs".

Pooyan was supposedly made with the intention of putting it in Chuck E Cheese's locations perhaps it was even commissioned by CEC's?.

The name "Pooyan" means "little pigs" in Japanese.

Miscellaneous

BOOTLEG: Pootan
LICENSOR: Konami

There was also a version released directly by Konami.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Pooyan Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 62 known instances of this machine owned by Pooyan collectors who are active members. Of these, 32 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 29 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with a Pooyan machines for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Pooyan circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There are 8 active VAPS members currently looking for Pooyan.

This game ranks a 21 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 12 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

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

Flyers

Manuals

Pooyan Installation and Operation Manual - Pooyan Manual — **Pooyan Installation and Operation Manual**
(9 pages, 601 kB File)

Schematics - Pooyan Manual — **Schematics**
(3 pages, 0.84 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 144; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 144; Color photo

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): upright (1e1e488a78a1b8a91ba06b563ce1a0c5)

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