Description

Pac-Mania

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Name: Pac-Mania
Developer: Namco

Year: 1987
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Labyrinth/Maze
Monitor:

• Orientation: Vertical
• Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
• CRT: Color

Conversion Class: Namco System 1 JAMMA
Settings: Pac-Mania Dipswitch Settings

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

• Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right)
• Buttons: 1 [Bounce]

Sound: Amplified Either (Mono or Stereo)

Cabinet Styles:

• Upright/Standard (258 Pounds – TNT Amusements)

Description

A 3-D version of the original classic. A bounce button allows Pac-Man to jump over ghosts. Additionally, there are more ghosts, some of which also have the capability to jump whenever Pac-Man jumps.

Game Introduction

In this 3-D sequel, Pac-Man gets to eat and run from ghosts in four different mazes, each complete with its own theme music and name. Some of the levels include the LEGO-like Block Town, the original maze Pac-Man’s Park, the closed-off top Sand Box Land, and the extremely large Jungly Steps which looks like a bunch of steps.

Play may be started on any of the first three mazes (not available on the Japanese version). Pac-Man can jump over ghosts, but in addition to the original four ghosts, up to four more have been added, depending upon the level. Sue has returned, but she is now colored purple and is aggressive. A green ghost, Funky, has the ability to jump on higher levels, where there are always two Funkies. There is also a silver ghost called Spunky who has the same ability to jump, but unlike Funky, Pac-Man cannot jump over him.

Another new feature in this game is the appearance of special items in addition to the fruit bonuses cherries, strawberries, oranges, apples, bananas, apricots, bells, and keys. These items include candy, hamburgers, ice cream cones, coffee, and two special kinds of power pills. The pills, which appear in addition to the traditional power pills, give Pac-Man more points for eating ghosts and give him extra speed, both of which come in very handy during gameplay.

Miscellaneous

Licensed to Atari Games for US manufacture and distribution.

There are some differences between the Japanese and U.S. versions of the game. The Pac-Man and ghosts floating around the logo in the title screen was added for the U.S. version. Also, Block Town originally had two levels in the Japanese version the U.S. version only has one. Also in the U.S. version, the two additional ghosts, Common and Gray Common were renamed “Funky” and “Spunky” respectively. For this reason, in the Sand Box Land intro, one of the lines says “Funkys at play”. In the Japanese version, it says “Commons are playing outside”.

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