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The '''PolyGame Master''' is an arcade system board released in 1997 by the [[Taiwan|Taiwanese]] company [[International Games System|IGS]]. The PGM was developed in order to compete with the likes of [[SNK Playmore|SNK]]'s [[Neo Geo (console)|Neo Geo MVS]] system in [[Taiwan]]. It was succeeded by PGM2 in 2007. Certain later games, released by [[Cave (company)|CAVE]], came on a single dedicated board and utilizes the customized [[BIOS]] programmed by CAVE. ==System specifications== * '''Main processor''': [[Motorola 68000]], running at 20 [[MHz]] * '''Sound processor''': [[Zilog]] [[Z80]], running at 8.468 [[MHz]] * '''Sound chip''': [[ICS2115]]; 32 channel [[Pulse-code modulation|PCM]] * '''Protection chip''': [[ARM architecture|ARM7]] [[Application-specific integrated circuit|ASIC]] with internal code, running at 20 MHz * '''Hardware features''': 1 scrolling 8x8 tiles 4bpp scrolling tilemap, 32x32 tiles 5bpp scrolling tilemap with linescroll, arbitrary size 5bpp sprites, zoom and shrink capabilities ==List of PGM games== * [[Oriental Legend/Xi Yo Gi Shi Re Zuang]] (1997) * [[Dragon World 2/China Dragon 2/Chuugoku Ryuu 2]] (1997) * [[The Killing Blade/Gouken Kyoutou]] (1997) * [[Knights of Valor/Sangoku Senki]] (1999) * [[Dragon World 3/Chuugoku Ryuu 3]] (1999) * ''[[Knights of Valor Plus/Knights of Valor in Three Kingdoms]]'' (1999) * [[Photo Y2K/Real and Fake]] (1999) * [[Knights of Valor Super Heroes]] (1999) * [[Shin Li Chen]] (1999) * [[Knights of Valor 2/Sangoku Senki 2]] (2000) * [[Puzzle Star]] (2000) * [[Photo Y2K 2/Real and Fake 2]] (2000) * [[Martial Masters]] (2001) * [[Dragon World 4//Chuugoku Ryuu 4]] (2001) * [[Puzzli II Super]] (2001) * ''[[Knights of Valor 2: Nine Dragons/Sangoku Senki 2: Nine Dragons]]'' (2001) * [[Do DonPachi II|Dodonpachi II: Bee Storm]] (2001) * [[Demon Front]] (2002) * [[DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou]] (2002; published and developed by CAVE) * [[Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi]] (2003; published and developed by CAVE) * [[The Gladiator: The Road of Sword]] (2003) * [[Espgaluda]] (2003; published and developed by CAVE) * [[SVG: Spectral vs. Generation]] (2005; in cooperation with [[Idea Factory]]) ==External links== * [http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=809 PGM at System 16] {{DEFAULTSORT:Polygame Master}} [[Category:Arcade system boards]] [[fr:PGM (système d'arcade)]]
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