Pac-Man (Arcade)

SCORES

Other scores:
 73000 ...........  on 2012-03-07

Scores - 5 lives:
 30680 ...........  on 2013-04-19

Scores - MAME:
 28380 ...........  on 2009-07-04
 25210 ...........  on 2017-12-03
 24340 ...........  on 2013-04-18
 21630 ...........  on 2005-05-29
 20340 ...........  on 2013-04-18
 19180 ...........  on 2009-06-22
 16530 ...........  on 2009-01-16

Log entries

2005-03-28
• [7626]
  My wiki has a 2005 entry about MAME emulation of various games, among them Pac-man.
2005-05-29
• [7635]
  Got the score 21630 in MAME. Score from my wiki.
2009-01-16
• [78]
  Got the score 16530 in MAME.
2009-06-22
• [77]
  Got the score 19180 in MAME.
2009-07-04
• [131]
  Got the score 28380 in MAME.
2012-03-07
• [1547]
  Got the score 73000. I finally tried a real Pac-man arcade cabinet at the Google GDC Party. However, the version I played seemed to be sped up a bit, I haven't quite figured out which version it was. Anyway, I was playing my best game ever, when my colleagues wanted to leave for another party and finally distracted me enough to ruin my game. And the other party sucked. :'( Still, I got a score > 73000, which is still great!
2013-04-18
• [2570]
  Got the score 20340 in MAME. @ work
• [2571]
  Got the score 24340 in MAME. @ home
2013-04-19
• [2584]
  Got the score 30680 in 5 lives. Playing a nice Pac-Man machine at Chassis Arcade, my score was embarassingly low compared to the machines current high score of 247970.
2017-12-03
• [8227]
  Got the score 25210 in MAME.
SCORE 25210
2019-06-14
• [9762]
  Malu and I visited Bip Bip Bar, and I played a long game of Pac-Man on a machine set to 6 lives.
2020-04-07
• [10803]
  I just ordered a MiSTer FPGA from misteraddons.com. I have never played around with an FPGA before, and the concept itself seems completely magical to me. The MiSTEr seems like an incredibly well-supported project with the most hardcore enthusiasts doing their best to make the ultimate emulation box. Apart from the Terasic DE10-Nano board with the Intel Cyclone V FPGA (150 $), I ordered 128MB SDRAM (60 $), a USB Hub (40 $), a cooling system (15 $), and a case (50 $), an 256 GB SD card (50 $), and a few other things for a total of 405 $. A new PS4 is 422 $, but never mind that.
2020-06-15
• [10804]
  Due to COVID-19, my MiSTer has been stuck in Queens, New York for 40 days. Now it's finally gotten through the distribution center, and should be on its way here.
2020-06-29
• [10847]
  Apparently, my MiSTer is now in Denmark, going through customs. I had almost lost hope at this point.
2020-07-03
• [10852]
  *Finally* it's cleared by customs.
• [10853]
  I payed 915 DKK in import tax. Ouch.
2020-07-04
• [10855]
  I got it now! And it works!! However, I can't get Pac-Man to run at all. But the consoles work, and it's awesome.
2020-07-26
• [10990]
  All the arcade games work now. I have some troubles with sound on the Elgato, but apart from that everything seems to work.
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