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Bally Midway Year: 1982 Class: Wide Release Genre: Labyrinth/Maze Type: Videogame Monitor:
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1 Maximum number of Players: 2 Gameplay: Alternating Control Panel Layout: Single Player Controls:
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel) |
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Pac-Man Plus DescriptionThe game is nearly identical to the original with only a few differences.Know anything more about this game? Cabinet InformationThe enclosure is almost identical to the classic Pac-Man yellow cabinet, but the marquee is replaced with a more modern Pac-Man image with arms and legs. It proclaims itself as being "EXCITING NEW".Cheats, Tricks and BugsCHEAT: This is the same cheat as the original Pac-Man. If you need to take a breather at the start of a screen, go right and immediately up so that you are inside the right corner of the "T" shape. Remain facing up and the ghosts will never find you.ANTI-CHEAT: It is impossible to work a pattern to clear the screen, as it done in the original Pac-Man, because a power pellet does not always turn all the ghosts blue. ConversionThe game can be converted back to Pac-Man with the proper ROMS and CPU.Game IntroductionThe programming is is a lot like Pac-Man except that the maze is outlined in green instead of blue. The prizes that appear in the middle of the maze are cans of Coke, cocktails, green beans, cakes, gift-wrapped boxes, etc. Whenever Pac-Man eats an energizer, the ghosts not only turn blue but they also get apple stems on their heads. On later levels, sometimes only three of the ghosts turn blue.Game PlayThe game plays exactly like the original except that there are various events (apparently selected at random) that may or may not occur after Pac-Man eats one of the four power pellets. These events include but are not limited to: the maze's structure becoming temporarily invisible, the ghosts turning invisible while they are blue, or only three of the four ghosts turning blue. The prizes in the middle of the maze can also act as a power pellet. Another difference is that later in the game the maze's structure becomes permanently invisible. The scoring system is exactly the same as in the original Pac-Man game.Scarcity in collections (VAPS.org)Common - There are 27 known instances of this game owned by one of our 900 members. Of these, 14 of them are original dedicated machines, 5 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 8 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.Of the 52,046 video games (3,349 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 13 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on ownership records. Wanted - There is one VAPS member currently looking for this game. Rarity is NOT necessarily an indication of value. Some common games show up as very rare here because collectors don't want them (they are common because arcade operators might be sitting on tons of them in warehouses), while some fairly scarce games are grabbed by collectors every time they show up. Additionally, some games made in the last 5 years are still making money for operators and are thus not yet affordable to the typical collector. For a clue to value, compare how many people have this game vs. how many people want this game and then click on the eBay links to help determine an accurate price range. TechnicalAn official conversion to the original Pac-Man PCB.The game uses a Z80 microprocessor and a Namco 3-channel PSG for sounds. TriviaThis game was among the many updates to Pac-Man created by Bally Midway that were authorized by Namco. These unauthorized sequels ultimately led to the termination of the licensing agreement between Namco and Bally Midway.eBay ListingsClick here to automatically search eBay's Arcade, Jukebox, and Pinball categories for the Pac-Man Plus Videogame machine and items related to it.Click here to automatically search eBay's Arcade, Jukebox, and Pinball categories for machines and parts made by Bally Midway. Alternatively, check out the IAM/KLOV custom report of the hottest coin-op machines on eBay, powered by Ace.com (updated throughoutthe day).
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