Professor Pac-Man

Manufacturer: Midway
Year: 1983
Class: Wide Release
Genre: Trivia
Type: Videogame

Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color

Conversion Class: unique
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:

Buttons: 3 [A|B|C]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

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Professor Pac-Man Description

Professor Pac-Man (in mortarboard and academic gown) asks a series of multiple-choice questions. Hit the buttons to answer before time runs out.

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VAPS Arcade Census

GAMES OWNED, WANTED, or FOR SALE BY MEMBERS OF THE VIDEO ARCADE PRESERVATION SOCIETY

Scarce - There are 5 known instances of Professor Pac-Man owned by one of our 900 members. Of these, 4 of them are original dedicated machines, and it is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Of the 57,121 video games (3,420 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 5 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 Professor Pac-Man.

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.

Technical

Uses 640K of bankswitched ROM for code and questions.

Trivia

Midway thought they were on to the next big thing here and planned to release software revisions every three months to keep people from memorizing the answers. Three software versions were planned: family (under 12), public (for bars, etc.) and prize (for casinos). Naturally, this game was almost an immediate flop and most operators only had it hanging around for as long as it took to get it shipped back to the distributor. Only 400 were ever made.

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Manuals

Parts and Operating Manual 10 Pages, 1004 KB File.
Game Operation 24 Pages, 3946 KB File.

Foto-Finder™

The Encyclpedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 166; Color photo;

Professor Pac-Man - Title screen image

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