Punky Doodle
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Description
A classic maze style game single screen, non-scrolling. The player navigates a pumpkin patch, chased by a variety of monsters. Draw trails with a marker which, when attached to a pumpkin, launches the pumpkin, destroying everthing in its path.
Punky Doodle was produced by Sunsoft in 1993.
Sunsoft released 17 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1985. Sunsoft was based in Japan.
Other machines made by Sunsoft during the time period Punky Doodle was produced include: Bay Route, Shanghai II, Shanghai, VS. Lionex / Vs. Madura no Tsubasa, Boomerang, Shanghai III, Shanghai - The Great Wall, Waku Waku 7, Karaoke Quiz Intro Don Don!, and Intro Dondon
Specs
| Name | Punky Doodle |
|---|---|
| Developer | Sunsoft (Japan) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 9158 |
| Class | Wide Release |
| Genre | Labyrinth/Maze |
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| Conversion Class | unique |
| # Simultaneous Players | 2 |
| # Maximum Players | 2 |
| Game Play | Joint |
| Control Panel Layout | Multiple Player Ambidextrous |
| Controls |
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| Sound | Amplified Stereo (two channel) |
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Game Play
The player navigates a pumpkin maze while being chased by a variety of evil creatures. Using a drawn trail, the player can launch pumpkins that destroy all the creatures along the path.
Rounds take place on a single screen with no scrolling. The game's difficulty increases with different pumpkin layouts containing a variety of mutant monsters.
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Cabinet Information
The prototype has a unique black upright design. The wooden sides are two inches thick and have rounded edges.
Miscellaneous
This game was never completed or released, but a playable prototype was displayed at a arcade coin-op tradeshow in San Antonio Texas, in 1994 or 1995. About twenty of the unique custom cabinets were built.
VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Punky Doodle 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).
Rare - There are 2 known instances of this machine owned by Punky Doodle collectors who are active members. Of these, 2 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 an extra Punky Doodle circuit board for sale.
Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Punky Doodle circuit board set.
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Flyers
1993
Technical
Developed in C on a custom TI34020 graphics processor-based system.
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