Comments on: Sega Pengo Side Art Alternate Version

By: Jeff Rothe

Jeff Rothe — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:21:52 +0000

@Chris:

So, you haven’t seen this rare Pengo sideart in person, you only saw it on one machine on the web somewhere. The Pengo that you played in person had the regular sideart? the one in Boston?

You apparently didn’t save the digital photos of that Pengo machine…did you?

By: Jeff Rothe

Jeff Rothe — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:16:45 +0000

@Mr. Waldron:

Good point. Noted and updated in the post.

@Richard:

Good assumption that this version of Pengo artwork goes with the pushing marquee. As I mentioned, that alternate bezel version looks like it is heavy on the dark blue coloring as well, kind of like the sideart, so maybe there is more of a pushing theme with one set, and more of a “Hey, I’m standing here, love me – I’m a cutsy kids multi colored penguin” set.

By: Jeff's Arcade

Jeff's Arcade — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:35:56 +0000

Jeff….the PN before the number in the artwork is probably just an abbreviation for Part Number.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:12:50 +0000

so maybe this art belongs with the pushing Pengo marquee?
Pengo doesn’t seem as cartoony cute here as in the other versions of the sideart and matching marquee-IMO

By: Jeff Rothe

Jeff Rothe — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:22:49 +0000

@Richard:

I just updated the prototype Pengo artwork post with a photo of the side art serial number for the original and the differences between the serials of the two pieces.

I didn’t realize you could look in the manual to find part numbers for the graphics, imagine how silly I feel.

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:48:29 +0000

wow, and Ive thought Ive seen them all!
just curious whats the part# and date on the more common version?
or manual part# spec?

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:27:04 +0000

Jeff,
My response to your questions. I saw a couple of pictures of a machine with this sideart on the web around the time I picked up my free Pengo machine and had just started researching the game. That was about 11 or 12 years ago…My only other experience with Pengo prior to getting mine was playing one many times at a corner bar on Newbury Street in Boston’s Back Bay in the early 80′s…it always ticked me off that such a simple game could easily smother me so quickly (must have been the beer!), I guess that’s why I like it so much now.

By: Arcade Gamer

Arcade Gamer — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:03:15 +0000

IMHO, it’s a very rare artwork, never seeing before.

By: Jeff Waldron

Jeff Waldron — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:01:17 +0000

You could end up building yourself your own “Island of Dr. Moreau” Arcade…

By: Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:00:00 +0000

That sideart is very cool…didn’t know it existed.