I'll kick things off for anyone who's unfamiliar.
It can be a fairly confusing system at first, what with the same game having multiple titles (China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, US, Overseas & All countries except XX), multiple 'upgraded' games in the same series, KOV I'm looking at you and some games being released both or only on cartridge / standalone PCB.
Instant expert
* The PGM (PolyGame Master) is a JAMMA cartridge based system by Taiwanese giant IGS (International games System) which is very similar in appearance and architecture to SNK's Neo Geo MVS although apparently slightly more powerful.
* 29 game cartridges were released between 1997 and 2005 (the first ones being Oriental Legend and Dragon World II and the last being SVG)
* The games library consists of 10 Side scrolling beat em ups, 4 Fighters, 13 Puzzlers, a Run and gun and a Shoot em up. It's interesting and a welcome change that there's not a single sports title.
* Several of the games were released both as cartridges and as stand alone PCB's (Same as when SNKP released KOF 2003, MS5 and SVC on both formats).
* As well as the 29 'regular' cartridge releases a further 4 stand alone Cave PCB's were released (Do Donpachi Dai-Ou-Jou, Do Donpachi Dai-ou-jou Black Label, Espgaluda & Ketsui). Some guy in Europe makes cart versions of the Cave games but to create them he has to destroy legit carts
* Only one of the 29 cartridge games requires a TATE monitor (DDPBS) the the 28 are all YOKO. Of course all 4 of the standalone Cave PCB's run TATE.
* Games utilise up to 4 buttons per player.
* Some titles support up to 4 player simultaneous action with the use of a link up cable.
* There were 2 mobo revisions one had IGS PGM moulded into the red plastic cover and the other had a white/silver PGM sticker in this area. One revison has 4 solder points on the battery area and the other only has 2, other than that I don't know what if any are the other differences.
* It was a popular system in the Far East (China, Taiwan, Korea, lesser so in Japan) but relatively obscure in the West. In fact when I owned one first time around, information was really scarce as were the games, they were really expensive too. I honestly don't know if a single game ever made it into a UK arcade, at least I don't recall ever seeing one.
* The Varta battery, which is located on the lower RHS of the mobo is the PGM's Achilles heal. At some point this will leak and eat the traces if left unattended. So remove/ replace/ perform the battery mod. BTW mobo's do not need the battery so don't let this put you off.
* A couple of years ago I saw two pretty interesting KOV hacks from a Russian ebayer.
Street Fighter vs Knights of Valour http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/sh ... ber=300935" and SNK KOF vs Knights of Valour sadly I didn't pick either of them up at the time and I've not seen them for sale since.
* IGS launched the PGM's successor in 2008 (PGM2), it's a great system but has a very limited games library OL2, KOV2, KOV3, DDP doj & KOF98UM a couple of other titles made it to location test but I think that's as far as they got.
* The PGM3 is now doing the rounds (currently $368 from Legend (HK) trading but was over $900 when first released) but the only game currently available is KOV3 HD
Here's the IGS PGM motherboard and the 4 player link up cable
And here's the complete set of all 29 IGS PGM cartridges.
I know it's been brought up here before regarding KBP, KOVSHP and OLSP being boots but it's been confirmed by IGS that they are official releases.
What titles / Regions are in the above photograph
[tr][td]Left[/td][tr][td]1. Blazing 3-in-1[/td][td]China[/td][td]V102[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Left[/td][tr][td]2. Demon Front[/td][td]Korea[/td][td]M105XX S105XX S100KR[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Left[/td][tr][td]3. Do DonPachi II Bee Storm[/td][td]Japan[/td][td]V100[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Left[/td][tr][td]4. Dragon World II[/td][td]Korea[/td][td]?[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Left[/td][tr][td]5. Dragon World 3[/td][td]All countries excepting China, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore[/td][td]?[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Left[/td][tr][td]6. Dragon World 3 EX[/td][td]Taiwan[/td][td]?[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Left[/td][tr][td]7. Dragon World 3 Special[/td][td]Japan[/td][td]?[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Left[/td][tr][td]8. Dragon World 2001[/td][td]Japan[/td][td]?[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Left[/td][tr][td]9. Dragon World Pretty Chance[/td][td]China[/td][td]V102[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Left[/td][tr][td]10. Happy 6-in-1[/td][td]China[/td][td]V101[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Middle[/td][tr][td]11. Killing Blade[/td][td]China[/td][td]?[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Middle[/td][tr][td]12. Killing Blade Plus[/td][td]China[/td][td]V300[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Middle[/td][tr][td]13. Knights of Valour[/td][td]Japan[/td][td]?[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Middle[/td][tr][td]14. Knights of Valour Plus[/td][td]Taiwan[/td][td]V119[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Middle[/td][tr][td]15. Knights of Valour Super Heroes[/td][td]China[/td][td]V104[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Middle[/td][tr][td]16. Knights of Valour 2[/td][td]Hong Kong[/td][td]V100[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Middle[/td][tr][td]17. Knights of Valour 2: Nine Dragons[/td][td]All countries excepting China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea[/td][td]M204XX[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Middle[/td][tr][td]18. Knights of Valour Super Heroes Plus[/td][td]China[/td][td]V101[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Middle[/td][tr][td]19. Martial Masters[/td][td]China[/td][td]V104, V102, V101[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Middle[/td][tr][td]20. Oriental Legend[/td][td]China[/td][td]?[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Right[/td][tr][td]21. Oriental Legend Super[/td][td]China[/td][td]?[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Right[/td][tr][td]22. Oriental Legend Super Plus[/td][td]China[/td][td]V205[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Right[/td][tr][td]23. Puzzle Star[/td][td]Taiwan[/td][td]V0001[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Right[/td][tr][td]24. Puzzli 2[/td][td]Hong Kong[/td][td]V0001[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Right[/td][tr][td]25. Puzzli 2 Super[/td][td]China[/td][td]V200[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Right[/td][tr][td]26. Real and Fake[/td][td]Taiwan[/td][td]V104[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Right[/td][tr][td]27. Real and Fake 2[/td][td]Taiwan[/td][td]V100[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Right[/td][tr][td]28. Spectral Vs Generation[/td][td]China[/td][td]V200[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Right[/td][tr][td]29. The Gladiator[/td][td]China[/td][td]V101, V107[/td][/tr][/table]
Here's the IGS PGM2 motherboard, manual, card reader and a complete set of 10 OL2 cards, you can also get cards for KOV2 and KOV3 There is also a 4 player link up cable (not photographed)
And here's the three IGS PGM2 cartridges that I currently own, (with a complete set of 10 memory save cards for each title).
[tr][td]1. Dodonpachi Dai-Ou-Jou Tamashii[/td][td]?[/td][td]?[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]2. Jigsaw World Arena[/td][td]?[/td][td]IIRC this only made it as far as location test and I've never seen it for sale[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]3. Knights of Valour 2[/td][td]?[/td][td]Uses IR cards[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]4. Knights of Valour 3[/td][td]?[/td][td]Uses IR cards[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]5. Oriental Legend 2[/td][td]?[/td][td]Uses IR cards, Official English site http://www.igs.com.tw/product/orlegend2 ... eGameVideo"[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]6. Puzzle of Ocha[/td][td]?[/td][td]IIRC this only made it as far as location test but I know where it's currently for sale for ¥46,440[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]7. The King of the Fighters 98 Ultimate Match Hero[/td][td]?[/td][td]?[/td][/tr][/table]
IGS PGM3, Motherboard, game, card readers, cards, manual and copied arts. Please not that this is not mine, it's a borrowed image
[tr][td]1. Knights of Valour 3 HD[/td][td]?[/td][td]Looks like this will be the only PGM3 game [/td][/tr][/table]
Official IGS Websites
Beestorm (Chinese) http://www.igs.com.tw/chinese/product/bee/"
KOV 2 (Chinese) http://www.igs.com.tw/chinese/product/s ... eGameVideo"
KOV 2 some links inc English are broken http://sg2legend.igsgame.com/?BID=sg2le ... eGameVideo"
SvG (English) http://www.igs.com.tw/english/product/s ... eGameVideo"
The Gladiator (English) http://www.igs.com.tw/english/product/e ... eGameVideo"
Oriental Legend 2 (English) http://www.igs.com.tw/product/orlegend2 ... eGameVideo"
KOV3 HD (Taiwanese) http://www.igs.com.tw/product/act/?IGS"
PGM games were released in quite a few territories/ regions and there were so many revisions it's difficult to keep up, so I thought it could be both interesting and useful to document these revisions. ATM there is little to no information out there regarding this side of the PGM so please feel free to contribute.
Release Information for PGM1
[tr][td]1. Blazing 3-in-1[/td][td]China[/td][td]V102[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]2. Demon Front[/td][td]All countries excepting China, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong[/td][td]M102XX, S101XX[/td][td]Cart & PCB[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]2. Demon Front[/td][td]China[/td][td]V105[/td][td]Cart & PCB[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]2. Demon Front[/td][td]China[/td][td]M105XX S105XX S100CH[/td][td]Cart & PCB[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]2. Demon Front[/td][td]Hong Kong[/td][td]M102XX, S101XX, S100HK[/td][td]Cart & PCB[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]2. Demon Front[/td][td]Japan[/td][td]M101XX, S101XX, S100JP[/td][td]Cart & PCB[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]2. Demon Front[/td][td]Japan[/td][td]M102XX, S101XX, S100JP[/td][td]Cart & PCB[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]2. Demon Front[/td][td]Korea[/td][td]M105XX S105XX S100KR[/td][td]Cart & PCB[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]3. Do DonPachi II Bee Storm[/td][td]China[/td][td]V102[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]3. Do DonPachi II Bee Storm[/td][td]Japan[/td][td]V100[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]3. Do DonPachi II Bee Storm[/td][td]Japan[/td][td]V102[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]3. Do DonPachi II Bee Storm[/td][td]korea[/td][td]V100[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]4. Dragon World II[/td][td]All countries excepting China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea[/td][td]V110X[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]4. Dragon World II[/td][td]China[/td][td]V100C[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]4. Dragon World II[/td][td]Japan[/td][td]?[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]4. Dragon World II[/td][td]Korea[/td][td]?[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]5. Dragon World 3[/td][td]All countries excepting China, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore[/td][td]?[/td][td]Cart[/td][td]English Text in this revision[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]5. Dragon World 3[/td][td]All countries excepting China, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong[/td][td]V106[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]5. Dragon World 3[/td][td]Taiwan[/td][td]V106[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]6. Dragon World 3 EX[/td][td]Taiwan[/td][td]?[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]7. Dragon World 3 Special[/td][td]Japan[/td][td]?[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]8. Dragon World 2001[/td][td]Japan[/td][td]?[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]8. Dragon World 2001[/td][td]Japan[/td][td]V100[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]9. Dragon World Pretty Chance[/td][td]China[/td][td]V102[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]9. Dragon World Pretty Chance[/td][td]Japan[/td][td]?[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]10. Happy 6-in-1[/td][td]China[/td][td]V101[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]11. Killing Blade[/td][td]China[/td][td]?[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]11. Killing Blade[/td][td]Taiwan[/td][td]V107[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]12. Killing Blade Plus[/td][td]China[/td][td]V300[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]13. Knights of Valor[/td][td]All countries excepting China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea[/td][td]V100[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]13. Knights of Valor[/td][td]All countries excepting China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea[/td][td]V115[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]13. Knights of Valor[/td][td]All countries excepting China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea[/td][td]V117[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]13. Knights of Valor[/td][td]All countries excepting China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea[/td][td]V119[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]13. Knights of Valor[/td][td]Japan[/td][td]?[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]13. Knights of Valor[/td][td]Korea[/td][td]V119[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]14. Knights of Valor Plus[/td][td]Taiwan[/td][td]V119[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]15. Knights of Valor 2[/td][td]Hong Kong[/td][td]V100[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]15. Knights of Valor 2[/td][td]Japan[/td][td]V102[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]15. Knights of Valor 2[/td][td]Korea[/td][td]V103[/td][td]Cart[/td][[td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]15. Knights of Valor 2[/td][td]Taiwan[/td][td]V100[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]16. Knights of Valor 2: Nine Dragons[/td][td]All countries excepting China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea[/td][td]M200XX[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]16. Knights of Valor 2: Nine Dragons[/td][td]All countries excepting China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea[/td][td]M204XX[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]16. Knights of Valor 2: Nine Dragons[/td][td]China[/td][td]M204XX[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]16. Knights of Valor 2: Nine Dragons[/td][td]China[/td][td]V001-001 M205XX[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]16. Knights of Valor 2: Nine Dragons[/td][td]Taiwan[/td][td]M202XX[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]17. Knights of Valor Super Heroes[/td][td]China[/td][td]V104[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]18. Knights of Valor Super Heroes Plus[/td][td]China[/td][td]V101[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]19. Martial Masters[/td][td]China[/td][td]V104, V102, V101[/td][td]Cart & PCB[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]19. Martial Masters[/td][td]China[/td][td]V104 102102[/td][td]Cart & PCB[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]19. Martial Masters[/td][td]Hong Kong[/td][td]rev. 102101101 © 2000[/td][td]Cart & PCB[/td][td]Lotus True Master is much stronger here than in the Japan version 100 100 100[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]19. Martial Masters[/td][td]Japan[/td][td]rev. 100100100 © 2000[/td][td]Cart & PCB[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]19. Martial Masters[/td][td]Korea[/td][td]V102, V101, V101[/td][td]Cart & PCB[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]19. Martial Masters[/td][td]Taiwan[/td][td]V102, V101, V101[/td][td]Cart & PCB[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]19. Martial Masters[/td][td]US[/td][td]V104 V101 102[/td][td]Cart & PCB[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]19. Martial Masters[/td][td]US[/td][td]V104 V102 102[/td][td]Cart & PCB[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]20. Oriental Legend[/td][td]All countries excepting China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea[/td][td]V112X[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]20. Oriental Legend[/td][td]All countries excepting China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea[/td][td]V126X[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]20. Oriental Legend[/td][td]China[/td][td]?[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]20. Oriental Legend[/td][td]Hong Kong[/td][td]V111[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]20. Oriental Legend[/td][td]Korea[/td][td]V105[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]20. Oriental Legend[/td][td]Korea[/td][td]V0001-001 V0000 - V105K[/td][td]Cart[/td][[td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]20. Oriental Legend[/td][td]Korea[/td][td]V111K[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]21. Oriental Legend Super[/td][td]China[/td][td]?[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]21. Oriental Legend Super[/td][td]Korea[/td][td]?[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]22. Oriental Legend Super Plus[/td][td]China[/td][td]V205[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]23. Puzzle Star[/td][td]All countries excepting China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea[/td][td]V100MG[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]23. Puzzle Star[/td][td]Taiwan[/td][td]V0001[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]23. Puzzle Star[/td][td]Taiwan[/td][td]V100MG[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]23. Puzzle Star[/td][td]Japan[/td][td]V100MG[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]24. Puzzli 2[/td][td]All countries excepting China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea[/td][td]V0001[/td][td]Cart[/td][td]English Text in this revision[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]24. Puzzli 2[/td][td]Hong Kong[/td][td]V0001[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]24. Puzzli 2[/td][td]Japan[/td][td]V0001[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]24. Puzzli 2[/td][td]Korea[/td][td]V0001[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]24. Puzzli 2[/td][td]Taiwan[/td][td]V0001[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]25. Puzzli 2 Super[/td][td]China[/td][td]V200[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]26. Real and Fake[/td][td]Japan[/td][td]V102[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]26. Real and Fake[/td][td]Taiwan[/td][td]V103[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]26. Real and Fake[/td][td]Taiwan[/td][td]V104[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]27. Real and Fake 2[/td][td]China[/td][td]M101XX[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]27. Real and Fake 2[/td][td]Japan[/td][td]V100[/td][td]Cart[/td][[td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]27. Real and Fake 2[/td][td]Taiwan[/td][td]V100[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]28. Spectral Vs Generation[/td][td]All countries excepting China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea and USA[/td][td]V100[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]28. Spectral Vs Generation[/td][td]China[/td][td]V200[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]28. Spectral Vs Generation[/td][td]China[/td][td]M68K version 200 09/15/05 15:06:10 V200[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]28. Spectral Vs Generation[/td][td]China[/td][td]M68K version 200 10/11/05 V201[/td][td]Cart[/td][td]From revision V100 to V201:
No AMI logo on the title screen,
Vocal track used every second round appears to have been removed,
The alt versions of two of the characters are unlocked by default[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]28. Spectral Vs Generation[/td][td]China[/td][td]M68K version 200 12/26/05 V202[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]28. Spectral Vs Generation[/td][td]Japan[/td][td]M68K version V100 05/12/05[/td][td]PCB release[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]29. The Gladiator[/td][td]All countries excepting China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea and Spanish territory[/td][td]V100[/td][td]Cart[/td][td]English Text in this revision[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]29. The Gladiator[/td][td]All countries excepting China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea[/td][td]V100[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]29. The Gladiator[/td][td]China[/td][td]V100[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]29. The Gladiator[/td][td]China[/td][td]V101, V107[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]29. The Gladiator[/td][td]China[/td][td]V107[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]29. The Gladiator[/td][td]Hong Kong[/td][td]V100[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]29. The Gladiator[/td][td]Oversea[/td][td]V100[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]29. The Gladiator[/td][td]Taiwan[/td][td]V100[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]29. The Gladiator[/td][td]Taiwan[/td][td]V101[/td][td]Cart[/td][td][/td][/tr][/table]
Anyway lets talk