Namco Pac-Man
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This article is a generic description of Namco's 8-bit "Pac-Man" hardware. For the specific arcade game, see Pac-Man.
The Namco Pac-Man was an 8-bit arcade game system board, which was first used by Namco in 1980.
Specifications
- Main CPU: Zilog Z80[1]
- Sound chip: Custom 3-channel 4-bit WSG (Waveform Sound Generator)
- Video resolution: 224 x 288 (Rally-X and New Rally-X have the monitor turned on its side)[2]
- ROM: 16 KB[1]
- Main RAM: 2 KB[1]
- Video RAM: 2 KB[1]
- Color depth: 8-bit color (256 colors)[2]
List of Namco Pac-Man arcade games
- Pac-Man (1980) - the highest-grossing game of all time[3]
- Rally-X (1980) - the first game to feature a bonus round
- New Rally-X (1981)
- Ms. Pac-Man (1981) - unauthorized title created by Midway Games; the rights were later turned over to Namco
- Pac-Man Plus (1982) - unauthorized title created by Bally Midway; the rights to this title are in limbo
- Jr. Pac-Man (1983) - unauthorized title created by Bally Midway; the rights to this title are in limbo
- New Puck-X (1980) - hack of Pac-Man
- Newpuc2 (1980) - hack of Pac-Man
- Caterpillar Pac-Man (Phi, 1981) - hack of Pac-Man
- Crush Roller (also known as Make Trax) (Kural Samno Electric, 1981)
- Hangly-Man (1981) - hack of Pac-Man
- Magic Brush (1981) - bootleg of Crush Roller
- Ms. Pac-Attack (1981) - hack of Ms. Pac-Man
- Ms. Pac-Man Plus (1981) - hack of Ms. Pac-Man
- Naughty Mouse (Amenip Nova Games Ltd., 1981)
- Pac-Gal (1981) - hack of Ms. Pac-Man
- Paint Roller (1981) - bootleg of Crush Roller
- Piranha (GL, 1981) - hack of Pac-Man
- Abscam (GL, 1982) - hack of Pac-Man
- Ali Baba and 40 Thieves (Sega, 1982)
- Dream Shopper (Sanritsu, 1982)
- Eyes (Digitrex Techstar, 1982)
- Joyman (1982) - hack of Pac-Man
- Ponpoko (Sigma Enterprises Inc., 1982)
- Atlantic City Action (Epos Corporation, 1983)
- Boardwalk Casino (Epos Corporation, 1983)
- Eggor (Telko, 1983)
- Gorkans (Techstar, 1983)
- Mr. TNT (Telko, 1983)
- The Glob (Epos Corporation, 1983)
- Van-Van Car (Sanritsu, 1983)
- Beastie Feastie (Epos Corporation, 1984)
- Driving Force (Shinkai Inc., 1984) - another version also exists on Namco Galaxian hardware
- Eight Ball Action (Seatongrove Ltd., 1985)
- Jump Shot (Bally Midway, 1985)
- Lizard Wizard (Techstar, 1985)
- Porky (Shinkai Inc., 1985)
- Shoot the Bull (Bally Midway, 1985)
- Big Bucks (Dynasoft Inc., 1986)
- Ms. Pac-Man Champion Edition (also known as Super Zola Pac-Gal) (1995) - hack of Ms. Pac-Man
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Nick Montfort & Ian Bogost (2009), Racing the beam: the Atari Video computer system, MIT Press, p. 67, ISBN 0-262-01257-X, retrieved 2011-05-07
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nick Montfort & Ian Bogost (2009), Racing the beam: the Atari Video computer system, MIT Press, p. 68, ISBN 0-262-01257-X, retrieved 2011-05-07
- ↑ Steve L. Kent (2001), The ultimate history of video games: from Pong to Pokémon and beyond: the story behind the craze that touched our lives and changed the world, Prima, p. 143, ISBN 0-7615-3643-4, retrieved 2011-05-01, "Despite the success of his game, Iwatani never received much attention. Rumors emerged that the unknown creator of Pac-Man had left the industry when he received only a $3500 bonus for creating the highest-grossing video game of all time."
External links
- Namco Pac-Man hardware page at System16 — The Arcade Museum
- Pac-Man’s code disassembled and commented, by Mark Longridge
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