page_title: Poly Play
section_title: Games
hierarchical_section_title: Poly Play / Games
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Der Poly-Play (auch Polyplay oder Poly Play), ein Arcade-Automat mit maximal 8 oder 10 Spielen, der in der DDR vom VEB Polytechnik Karl-Marx-Stadt entwickelt wurde. Erstversion veröffentlicht 1985 oder 1986. Dies ist ein Model der ESC2-Baureihe, welches über verbesserte Elektronik und Konstruktion verfügt. Es wurde auf der "Game On"-Ausstellung im US-amerikanischen Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) ausgestellt. English: The Poly-Play (also Polyplay or Poly Play), an arcade cabinet with maximum 8 or 10 games, which was developed in the GDR (East Germany) by the VEB Polytechnik Karl-Marx-Stadt. First version released in 1985 or 1986. This is a model of the ESC2 line, which has improved electronics and construction. It was exposed at the "Game On" exhibition in the American Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago).Soviet Era East German Game
context_page_description: Poly Play is an arcade cabinet developed in East Germany in 1985; it is the only such machine to originate in the GDR. It was created by VEB Polytechnik and contained a number of games, including a Pac-Man clone.
  A total of about 2,000 units of the cabinet were manufactured.
context_section_description: The eight aforementioned games were made available to be playable with the emulator MAME in 2000. Additionally, the names of four other games were found in the source code: Der Gärtner (The Gardener), Im Gewächshaus (In the Greenhouse), Hagelnde Wolken (Hailing Clouds, a Space Invaders clone) and Der Taucher (The Diver, a game where malicious fish attack a diver).  All four games have been installed on at least some machines, the same goes for the games Im Irrgarten (In the Maze), Der Lindwurm (The Lindworm), Fly and AFU. Another game titled UFO is actually the original version of Hagelnde Wolken, but was edited due to being deemed too martial by the authorities.
caption: Alternate cabinet of Poly Play, displayed as part of the Game On exhibition in the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, March 2005
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