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Midway Year: 1980 Class: Wide Release Genre: Labyrinth/Maze Type: Videogame Sub: Monitor:
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1 Maximum number of Players: 2 Gameplay: Alternating Control Panel Layout: Single Player Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel) |
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Pac-Man DescriptionA yellow, pie-shaped character named Pac-Man runs along inside a maze, eating dots as it avoids four ghosts. Each ghost has its own unique personality and gobbling one of the four super dots makes Pac-Man invincible to the ghosts for a given period of time. Each maze has its own unique bonus fruit or object with bonus points increasing as the game progresses.Know anything more about this game? Cabinet InformationThese cabinets will sometimes be "speckled" with pink or blue paint on top of the yellow coat. Also because of its high popularity, most cabinets tend to have wear marks where players would rest the hand they were not using to control the game. The plastic edging on the cabinets was originally orange. The sides show Pac-Man trying to run away from a ghost with his mouth wide open. The kick-panel displays the same artwork.Cheats, Tricks and BugsIt is possible to follow a pattern on each maze that will always clear the screen without being caught by the ghosts.It is possible to hide forever in one place on the screen. Here is how: where Pac-Man starts there is a "T"-like wall above him. If you go up to the right-most part of the "T" from the bottom without any ghosts seeing you go in, they will never enter that spot. Also, do not move; stay still, facing up. ConversionThis can be converted to Pac-Man Plus, Ms. Pac-Man, or Jr. Pac-Man by switching the marquee, control panel overlay, monitor bezel, kick-panel art (if necessary), and PCB.Game IntroductionThe four ghosts, which your character must avoid, each have a different color, name, nickname and personality. The pink ghost is Speedy, nicknamed "Pinky"; he's fast. The red ghost is Shadow, nicknamed "Blinky"; he's always behind you and it's hard to shake him. The light blue ghost is Bashful, nicknamed "Inky"; he's terribly shy and will actually run away from you. And the orange ghost is Pokey, nicknamed "Clyde"; he will try his best to get you, but he is slow.Game PlayPac-Man must clear the maze of all 240 dots and all four energizers to proceed to the next level of difficulty. As Pac-Man eats the dots, the ghosts chase him around the maze and if Pac-Man collides with one of the ghosts, he is a goner. He can eat one of the energizers to turn the ghosts dark blue, which make them edible for him. But after Pac-Man has eaten any of the ghosts, their eyes will return to the pen in the middle of the maze where they will each regenerate into their former selves and return to chase him again.Occasionally, a bonus fruit or prize will temporarily appear in the middle of the maze below the ghosts' pen. Pac-Man can eat those bonus items to receive extra points. Also, there is an escape tunnel in the sides of the maze which Pac-Man can use to get away from any of the ghosts that may be pursuing him. After the maze has been cleared of all 240 dots and all four energizers, the entire sequence will begin again with increased difficulty. Between every two, three, or four completions, there are musical, animated intermissions to amuse the player while he or she waits for the next challenge to begin. However, these intermissions are not seen anymore once the 18th board (6th key) is reached. Everything Pac-Man eats has different point values. The dots are 10 points each, the energizers are 50 points each. The dark blue ghosts are respectively 200, 400, 800 and 1600 points. There are different point values for every bonus fruit or prize that is eaten: cherries, 100 points; strawberry, 300 points; peach, 500 points; apple, 700 points; grapes, 1000 points; Galaxian, 2000 points; bell, 3000 points; and key, 5000 points. You will also get a bonus Pac-Man at 10,000 points (switch selectable...can also be 15,000 points, 20,000 points, or no bonus). Hacks
MiscellaneousLICENSOR: NamcoSPINOFF: Kick Man (Pac-Man and the ghosts appear in this game) WWW: http://www.zxscreens.i12.com/zxscreens/pac_man_arcade.htm WWW: http://www.emuunlim.com/doteaters/play2sta4.htm Play a JAVA emulated version of the game by visiting http://web.utanet.at/nkehrer/JPacman.html VAPS Arcade CensusGAMES OWNED, WANTED, or FOR SALE BY MEMBERS OF THE VIDEO ARCADE PRESERVATION SOCIETYVery Common - There are 436 known instances of Pac-Man owned by one of our 900 members. Of these, 339 of them are original dedicated machines, 15 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 82 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. Wanted - Very Popular - There are 29 VAPS members currently looking for Pac-Man. There are 3 VAPS members looking for Pac-Man board sets. For Sale - There are 16 VAPS members with Pac-Man machines for sale. There are 16 VAPS members with extra Pac-Man circuit boards for sale. VAPS members are totally independent of VAPS and the International Arcade Museum, and we are unable to recommend, endorce, or guarantee any person or company selling games or game parts. 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. TechnicalThe game uses a Z80 microprocessor and a Namco 3-channel PSG for sounds. Troubleshooting manuals can be found at http://www.erinet.com/jamesm/tech/tech.htm. The 'Pacman SUPER ABC' kit replaces the chips at 6ETriviaThe single most popular game of all time. The game spawned several lines of merchandise and a Saturday morning animated series on ABC that lasted two seasons (from 1982 to 1984). There was even a prime-time animated Christmas special called Christmas Comes To Pac-Land which was first broadcasted on ABC sometime in December 1982. Actor Marty Ingels supplied the voice for the main character in both of these animated shows and he was even given a genuine Pac-Man arcade game by the people who hired him.The game's hero was born from a pan of pizza with one slice missing, as Toru Iwatani (Namco), tried to think of a character for his new game. He gazed down at the pizza, then it dawned on him ... a circle with a wedge missing for a mouth ... and so, Pac-Man was born. The game was, at first, called Puckman. It was later changed due to the fact that the middle section of the 'P' could be scratched away making the name offensive to people. The American rights were to go to Atari originally, but they turned them down, saying the game was too easy. A game called "Pac-Man World: 20th Anniversary" was released for the PlayStation Game Console in late 1999. In this 3-D game, Pac-Man has to save his friends and family from Toc-Man (a robotic Pac-Man from Ghost Island, whose name is Namco's original name, Namcot, spelled backwards). The friends and family are here as follows: Pooka (from Dig Dug), Chomp-Chomp the Dog (from Pac-Land), Professor Pac (from Professor Pac-Man), Baby Pac (from Baby Pac-Man and Pac-Land), Junior Pac (from Jr. Pac-Man and Pac-Land), and Ms. Pac-Man (from Ms. Pac-Man and Pac-Land). Pac-Man has learned some new moves to save his family like swimming, revving and more. This release also contains the original Pac-Man game. eBay ListingsClick here to automatically search eBay's Arcade, Jukebox, and Pinball categories for the Pac-Man 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 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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