Series : Pac-Man Developer : Namco Genre : Arcade maze game Graphics : Pixel Art Single-screen Themes : Food Release Info : MiSTer implementation Metagame Class : EIUR Hardware : Zilog Z80 Other Tags : ghosts Tile-based Backgrounds tiles8x8 Emulated in Pac-Man Museum + (2022 XB1) Ports Pac-Man (1982 A2600) Pac-Man (1983 C64) Pac-Man (1984 NES) Pac-Man (2016 PS4) Achievements : retroachievements.org
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Pac-Man
Hiscores - MAME 2009-07-04 .................................. 28,380 2017-12-03 .................................. 25,210 2013-04-18 .................................. 24,340 2005-05-29 .................................. 21,630 2013-04-18 .................................. 20,340 2009-06-22 .................................. 19,180 2009-01-16 .................................. 16,530 Hiscores 2012-03-07 .................................. 73,000 Hiscores - 5 lives 2013-04-19 .................................. 30,680 Hiscores - MiSTer 2020-07-26 .................................. 17,080 Hiscores - Pac-Man Museum + 2022-05-29 .................................. 15,820
Facts
According to creator Toru Iwatani, the shape of Pac-Man is inspired by a pizza with a slice missing. The title 'Pakku-Man' was based on the sound word 'paku-paku', which is the sound of munching. (Montfort, Bogost: 'Racing the Beam')
Analysis
- I'm playing in Pac-Man Museum + and noticing that the cabinet art shows a list of bonus items, a cherry is worth 100 points, a strawberry is worth 200, and a melon is worth 500. And then the next three items are questionmarks worth 700 points etc.! The cabinet art is avoiding spoilers of the three last mysterious bonus items! When your game pretty much shows everything it contains from the first second you start playing, you better keep something secret to motivate the players :)
