Pac-Man Plus
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| Developer(s) | Bally Midway |
| Publisher(s) | Bally Midway |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Release date | 1982 |
| Genre(s) | Retro/Maze |
| Mode(s) | Up to 2 players, alternating turns |
| Input methods | 4-way Joystick |
| Cabinet | Standard |
| Arcade system | Namco Pac-Man |
| CPU | 1x ZiLOG Z80 @ 3.072 MHz |
| Sound | 1x Namco WSG (3-channel mono) @ 3.072 MHz |
| Display | Raster, vertical |
Pac-Man Plus is an arcade game released by Bally Midway in 1982, and it is the 4th title in the Pac-Man series of games. Like Ms. Pac-Man, this update to the original game was created without Namco's authorization.
Pac-Man Plus had the same basic goal of all of the early Pac-Man games: to eat all of the pac-dots and power pellets before Pac-Man is caught by the monsters. Just like the other early Pac-Man games, power pellets could be eaten so that the ghosts would become vulnerable and turn blue for a short length of time. Despite advertising stating that Pac-Man Plus was "Exciting!" and "New!",[citation needed] this game is essentially identical to the original Pac-Man, with only minor gameplay tweaks and altered graphics (the maze is light green, compared to the original blue, and the fruits have been replaced by alternative objects, including a can of soda). The most significant changes in the gameplay is that eating a bonus "fruit" causes the ghosts to become vulnerable and invisible, doubling the score for eating them; and that eating power pellets would often have unpredictable effects (such as turning only three ghosts blue or turning the maze invisible).
[edit] Ports
Because there were so few differences between Pac-Man and Pac-Man Plus and because the game was released right before the video game crash of 1983, Pac-Man Plus was never ported to home video game systems or computers. However, there have been efforts by some homebrew game developers to port Pac-Man Plus to classic game consoles such as the Atari 2600 [1], and more recently the Atari 5200 [2] and the Atari 7800.[3] In addition, Jakks Pacific has released a new Pac-Man TV Games collection that featured Pac-Man, Pac-Man Plus, Super Pac-Man, and Pac & Pal.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Atari 2600 Hacks from AtariAge
- ^ 5200: Pac-Man Plus Version .1 from AtariAge
- ^ 7800: Pac-Man Plus from AtariAge
- ^ JAKKS Pacific, Inc. press release
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