Funworld Photo Play 2000 Generation
History
Released in 1996, the Photoplay 2000 series of machines were the first touchscreen based videogame arcades released by Funworld. Present in most of Europe and some parts of Asia, these machines were very popular, being normally installed in cafés, restaurants and bars.
Machines
Hardware Versions
These machines had two known hardware revisions. The original one and a later revision that was also installed as an upgrade kit as the original motherboards died.
The following hardware was used:
| Original Hardware | Later Revision (or upgraded) | |
|---|---|---|
| Motherboard | LS-486E Rev. C2 or Zida Tomato 4DPS | 5SFV0 (OEM Board made by Chaintech) |
| CPU | Intel 486 DX4 100 MHz or ST 486 DX4 100 MHz | IDT WinChip C6 180 (C6-PSME180GA) (Normally underclocked to 133MHz) |
| RAM | 1 SIMM of 4MB EDO/FPM RAM | 1 DIMM of 16MB SDRAM |
| Graphics Card | Cirrus Logic CL-GD5440 1Mb PCI (Joytech Computer Co Ltd 54X62L) | Onboard Video (SIS 6306) |
| Sound Card | Embedded in the IO Card | Onboard Audio (ESS AudioDrive 1869F) |
| IO Card | PP2000/CI-8000 Rev. B ISA IO Board. This IO Board consisted of 2 Serial + 1 Parallel + iButton/Dallas Reader + ESS AudioDrive ES1868F Sound Chip + TDA1517 Amplifier. | None. |
| Hard Disk | Quantum Fireball EX 3.2AT or Seagate ST31722A | Quantum Fireball lct 20 10.2 AT or any of the earlier revision hard disk models. |
| Touchscreen Controller | 3M Microtouch ISA Card PC BUS SMT3V (Serial) or Elo IntelliTouch 2310 Serial Controller | 3M Microtouch ISA Card PC BUS SMT3V (Serial) or Elo IntelliTouch 2310 Serial controller |
Software Versions
All PTS-DOS based updates:
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- 2000
- 2001
- I.G.O 2
- I.G.O 3
- I.G.O 4
- I.G.O 5
- I.G.O 6
- I.G.O 7
- I.G.O 8
Security
Funworld decided to protect these machines against piracy with two dongles or security keys. The first, a Dallas DS1982U-F5, of the Dallas iButton series of devices from Dallas Semiconductors, is a 1KB EPROM with a unique serial number that is installed on the IO Board (on the original hardware revision) or directly on the motherboard (on the later revision). The Dallas iButton does not need to be swapped for a newer one if the software is upgraded.
For the second, they used an external dongle that connects to the parallel port. Various versions exist of the latter as it would need to be replaced with each software update. The 1999 Rev. 2 Blue dongles have the Country with Flag and Revision information on a couple of stickers while on the others there is indication of the Month, Year, Country with Flag and Version of the game.
Some revisions of the later versions of these dongles (I.G.O 6 to I.G.O. 8) did not have a shell (just the PCB) and have an AT connection (think old keyboards) that is needed to power the dongle. The parallel dongles are locked year-wise and region-wise, so you cannot use a Belgian 2001 dongle with a Portuguese 2001 hard disk, nor can you use a French 2001 dongle with any other hard disk than French 2001. Below you can find a table of the parallel dongles and their identifying features.
| Year | Color | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | ? | ? |
| 1998 | ? | ? |
| 1999 | Blue (Rev.2), Yellow (Rev. 1) or White (Rev. ?) | Blue and White dongles do not have passthrough. |
| 2000 | Yellow or Blue | |
| 2001 | Blue or Green | |
| I.G.O. 2 | Green | |
| I.G.O. 3 | Black | |
| I.G.O. 4 | Yellow | |
| I.G.O. 5 | Black | |
| I.G.O. 6 | Green or PCB w\ AT Plug | UBICOM MCU with SEEPROM |
| I.G.O. 7 | Green or PCB w\ AT Plug | Parallax MCU with SEEPROM |
| I.G.O. 8 | Green, Black or PCB w\ AT Plug | Parallax MCU without SEEPROM |