Pac-Man Plus - Gioco MAME

Kit videogioco arcade pubblicato 41 anni fa:

Pac-Man Plus © 1982 Bally Midway.

The ghosts are the same, if their edible forms are changed. The maze is familiar, if a bit off in color. The prizes in the center are a bit different. Be careful, however: Pac-Man may eat a power pill and find that Blinky, who is right in front of the energizer for him to immediately eat, is still red, and now Pac-Man is dead. Also, you might want to try eating the ghosts after eating the center prize. They'll return to their normal forms shortly after turning visible.

DATI TECNICI
Conversion kit for Pac-Man or Ms. Pac-Man.
Kit ID: 0338

Giocatori: 2
Controllo: Joystick a 4 direzioni
Pulsanti: 1

CURIOSITÀ
Pac-Man Plus è stato rilasciato il March 13, 1982 negli USA. It was developed by Bally Midway without the approval of Namco. Released as an upgrade kit for the original "Pac-Man" where the action on screen has been 'upgraded' so that the old patterns and tried-and-true ways of playing no longer have any validity.

The programming is a lot like "Pac-Man" except that the maze is outlined in green instead of blue. The prizes that appear in the middle of the maze are cans of Coke, cocktails, green beans, cakes, gift-wrapped boxes, etc. Whenever Pac-Man eats an energizer, the ghosts not only turn blue but they also get apple stems on their heads. On later levels, sometimes only three of the ghosts turn blue.

The game plays exactly like the original except that there are various events (apparently selected at random) that may or may not occur after Pac-Man eats one of the four power pellets. These events include but are not limited to: the maze's structure becoming temporarily invisible, the ghosts turning invisible while they are blue, or only three of the four ghosts turning blue. The prizes in the middle of the maze can also act as a power pellet. Another difference is that later in the game the maze's structure becomes permanently invisible.

In the attract mode, the Game Over message underneath the ghost pen during demo play changes its color to match the maze outline as soon as Pac-Man's first energizer wears off. It changes back to red after Pac-Man is killed.

Shannon Ryan detiene il record ufficiale di questo gioco con 3,213,900 points.

PUNTEGGIO
The scoring system is very similar to the original Pac-Man game.

Dots: 10 points
Energizers: 50 points
Ghosts after eating energizer: 200, 400, 800, 1,600 points
Ghosts after center prize: 400, 800, 1,600, 3,200 points
Soda Can: 100 points
Vitmo: 300 points
Peas: 500 points
Apple: 700 points
Grapes: 1,000 points
Galaxian: 2,000 points
Bread: 3,000 points
Pancakes: 5,000 points

SERIE

• Pac-Man (1980, ARC)
• Ms. Pac-Man (1981, ARC)
• Super Pac-Man (1982, ARC)
• Pac-Man Plus (1982, ARC)
• Jr. Pac-Man (1983, ARC)
• Professor Pac-Man (1983, ARC)
• Pac-Land (1984, ARC)
• Pac-Mania (1987, ARC)
• Pac-Attack (1993, SNES, Genesis; 1994, Game Boy, Game Gear)
• Pac-Man 2 - The New Adventures [Modello SNS-25-USA] (1994, SNES, Genesis)
• Pac-In-Time [Modello SNS-APTE-USA] (1994, SNES, PC)
• Pac-Man Arrangement (1996, ARC): part of "Namco Classics Collection Vol.2"
• Pac-Man VR (1996, ARC)
• Pac-Man World [Modello SLUS-00439] (1999, PS)
• Pac-Man - Adventures in Time (2000, PC)
• Ms. Pac-Man - Maze Madness [Modello SLUS-01018] (2000, PS)
• Ms. Pac-Man - Quest for the Golden Maze (2001, PC)
• Pac-Man All-Stars (2002, PC)
• Pac-Man Fever [Modello SLUS-20197] (2002, PS)
• Pac-Man World 2 [Modello SLUS-20224] (2002, PS2, GC, XBOX)
• Pac-Man Vs. [Modello DOL-PRJE-USA] (2003, GC)
• Pac-Pix [Modello NTR-APCE-USA] (2005, DS)
• Pac-Man Pinball Advance [Modello AGB-BP8E-USA] (2005, GBA)
• Pac-Man Arrangement (2005, PSP): part of "Namco Museum Battle Collection [Modello ULUS-10035]"
• Pac'n Roll [Modello NTR-APNE-USA] (2005, DS)
• Pac-Man World 3 [Modello SLUS-21219] (2005, PSP, PS2, GC, XBOX, PC, DS)
• Pac-Man World Rally [Modello SLUS-21328] (2006, GameCube, PS2, PSP, PC)
• Pac-Man Championship Edition (2007, XBLA)
• Pac-Man Championship Edition DX (2010, XBLA, PSN)
• Pac-Man Party [Modello RVL-SP7E-USA] (2010, Wii)
• Pac-Man Battle Royale (2011, ARC)
• Pac-Man Tilt (2011, 3DS): part of "Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions [Modello CTR-APGE-USA]"
• Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+ (2013, XBLA, PSN, Steam)
• Pac-Man Dash! (2013, Android/iOS)
• Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures (2013, 3DS, XBOX 360, PS3, Wii U, PC)
• Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures 2 (2014, 3DS, XBOX 360, PS3, Wii U, PC)

CONVERSIONI

• ALTRE:

[US] Super Pac-Man TV game (2006) by Jakks Pacific
[US] Arcade Gold featuring Pac-Man (2007) by Jakks Pacific
[US] Retro Arcade featuring Pac-Man (2008) by Jakks Pacific
[US] Pac-Man Connect and Play (2012) by Bandai
[US] Arcade (2018) "Pac-Man's Pixel Bash"

CONTRIBUISCI
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