Comments on: Pengo CPO Scanned

By: admin

admin — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:33:09 +0000

I heard back from Dawn today from Appolo, and this is what she had to say.

Sorry for not getting back to you sooner, things have been crazy. Sorry to say we no longer have the Pengo CPO, we traded that a few years ago. You may want to check with ArcadeShop, PhoenixArcade or QuarterArcade to see if they have any plans on reproducing this or if they know if it was done already.

It was good instincts to go ahead and scan mine. It's a null conversation now, because I have scans of both of Pengo control panel versions.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:16:16 +0000

I didn’t even look at the bezel or the marquee. I think overall I like the one in the 2nd flyer better, especially the marquee.

I don’t get emails when you reply to a comment on your site. Is that normal?

By: admin

admin — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:15:46 +0000

Jamie, thanks for the links.

It even looks like there were different bezels for Pengo. So two different versions of the marquees, bezels, and cpo’s. Pretty cool that there was a variety of artwork, since the kickplate didn’t have anything and the sides weren’t fulled utilized.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:11:12 +0000

Glad you are working on this. If I end up getting a Pengo I’d be interested in repro art. Are you going to do the bezel too? I didn’t see you mention that on KLOV.com. I agree that this shouldn’t be done via inkjet.

As for the variations, I don’t really now anything about them. But…they are probably both original. You can see your version here:
http://www.arcadeflyers.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=1978&image=4

And the alternate here:
http://www.arcadeflyers.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=4663&image=1

If the dates are right on those flyers, the one you have was released in ’82, and the one with the roman numerals was in ’83.