Pooyan (Arcade)

The immortal struggle between pigs and wolves escalates in Pooyan, where the wolves take up kidnapping and the pigs take up archery.

Unused Text
These two unused strings explain the difficulty mechanics of the game's second phase.

The first string starts at in memory: 2ND PHASE GETS HARDER AS YOU LOSE MORE PIGS

The second string starts at : DIFFICULT IN THE SECOND PHASE ABOUT 10 SECONDS

Title Screen
The title font is a tad thicker in Stern's version of the game.

Demo
The first game demo was redone for Stern's release to showcase more highly skilled gameplay.

Demo 2
cIuHzrilNQA While the Konami game only has one gameplay demo, Stern's version has two alternating demos. In this second demo, the player successfully completes Phase 1, and the gameplay rules of Phase 2 are shown and explained.

Even though Konami's version features only one demo, the "GIAHT ROCK" string from the second demo appears in that game's ROM. Looks like it was planned from the start!