Synopsis
by Brett Alan Weiss
Arguably the most popular video game character ever created, Pac-Man makes his way to your home in this self-titled cartridge for the NES. As most people with any sense of popular culture know, Pac-Man is a yellow, pie-shaped little guy with an enormous appetite. Your job is to guide him around a maze, gobbling up all of the dots.
During your feast, four ghosts will chase after you. If you let Blinky, Pinky, Inky, or Clyde touch Pac-Man, you lose a life, unless, of course, you have recently eaten an energizer dot. When you do eat an energizer dot, Pac-Man can eat the ghosts for extra points. There are four of these type of dots on the screen, one in each corner of the maze. Another way to get extra points is to eat the fruit that bounces from time to time throughout the maze.
When you have cleared the maze, you start the process all over again, this time with faster ghosts and a different kind of fruit. As it says on the box, this version of Pac-Man came out ten years after Namco's original arcade classic.
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Extra Creditsby Brett Alan Weiss
This version of Pac-Man is a faithfully recreated remake of the 1980 arcade classic of the same name. The arcade version of Pac-Man is the first maze video game.
Also Available On
Platform
Publisher
Developer
Year
Apple II
Atarisoft
1983
Arcade
Midway Manufacturing Co.
Namco Ltd.
1980
Atari 400/800/XL/XE
Atari, Inc.
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Atari 5200
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Atari, Inc.
1982
Atari Video Computer System
Atari, Inc.
Atari, Inc.
1982
Atari Video Computer System
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Atari, Inc.
1981
Commodore 64/128
1983
Commodore VIC-20
Atarisoft
1983
Game Boy
Namco Hometek, Inc.
Namco Ltd.
1991
Game Boy Advance
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Namco Ltd.
2004
Intellivision
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Atarisoft
1982
Intellivision
Atarisoft
1983
iPad
Namco Bandai Games, Inc.
2010
iPhone
Namco Networks America, Inc.
2008
Mobile
Namco Ltd.
2005
Mobile
Namco Networks America, Inc.
Namco Networks America, Inc.
2006
Mobile
Namco Ltd.
2003
NeoGeo Pocket Color
SNK Corporation of America
Namco Ltd.
1999
Nintendo 3DS
Namco Bandai Games America, Inc.
Namco Ltd.
2011
Nintendo Entertainment System
Namco Hometek, Inc.
Namco Ltd.
1993
Nintendo Entertainment System
Tengen
Namco Ltd.
1987
Sega Game Gear
Majesco
Namco Ltd.
2000
Sega Game Gear
Namco Hometek, Inc.
Namco Ltd.
1991
Texas Instruments TI-99
1982
Wii
Namco Bandai Games America, Inc.
Namco Ltd.
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Xbox 360
Namco Bandai Games America, Inc.
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Extra credits by Brett Alan Weiss
This version of Pac-Man is a faithfully recreated remake of the 1980 arcade classic of the same name. The arcade version of Pac-Man is the first maze video game.
Also Available On
Platform
Publisher
Developer
Year
Apple II
Atarisoft
1983
Arcade
Midway Manufacturing Co.
Namco Ltd.
1980
Atari 400/800/XL/XE
Atari, Inc.
1982
Atari 5200
Atari, Inc.
Atari, Inc.
1982
Atari Video Computer System
Atari, Inc.
Atari, Inc.
1982
Atari Video Computer System
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Atari, Inc.
1981
Commodore 64/128
1983
Commodore VIC-20
Atarisoft
1983
Game Boy
Namco Hometek, Inc.
Namco Ltd.
1991
Game Boy Advance
Nintendo of America, Inc.
Namco Ltd.
2004
Intellivision
INTV Corporation
Atarisoft
1982
Intellivision
Atarisoft
1983
iPad
Namco Bandai Games, Inc.
2010
iPhone
Namco Networks America, Inc.
2008
Mobile
Namco Ltd.
2005
Mobile
Namco Networks America, Inc.
Namco Networks America, Inc.
2006
Mobile
Namco Ltd.
2003
NeoGeo Pocket Color
SNK Corporation of America
Namco Ltd.
1999
Nintendo 3DS
Namco Bandai Games America, Inc.
Namco Ltd.
2011
Nintendo Entertainment System
Namco Hometek, Inc.
Namco Ltd.
1993
Nintendo Entertainment System
Tengen
Namco Ltd.
1987
Sega Game Gear
Majesco
Namco Ltd.
2000
Sega Game Gear
Namco Hometek, Inc.
Namco Ltd.
1991
Texas Instruments TI-99
1982
Wii
Namco Bandai Games America, Inc.
Namco Ltd.
2007
Xbox 360
Namco Bandai Games America, Inc.
Namco Bandai Games, Inc.
2006
Controls: Joystick/Gamepad
Warnings: Animated Violence
Flags: Based on an Arcade Game
Included in Package: Instruction Manual