Intellivision

Pac-Man

Description

One of the most popular and influential games of the 1980's, Pac-Man stars a little, yellow dot-muncher who works his way around to clear a maze of the various dots and fruit which inhabit the board.

Pac-Man's goal is continually challenged by four ghosts: The shy blue ghost Bashful (Inky), the trailing red ghost Shadow (Blinky), the fast pink ghost Speedy (Pinky), and the forgetful orange ghost Pokey (Clyde). One touch from any of these ghosts means a loss of life for Pac-Man.

Pac-Man can turn the tables on his pursuers by eating of the four Energizers located within the maze. During this time, the ghosts turn blue, and Pac-Man can eat them for bonus points. This only lasts for a limited amount of time, as the ghost's eyes float back to their center box, and regenerate to chase after Pac-Man again.

Survive a few rounds of gameplay, and be treated to humorous intermissions between Pac-Man and the ghosts.

Alternate Titles

• "Puck-Man" -- Working title
• "Pac - Man" -- Intellivision in-game title
• "Pac Man" -- Alternate Apple II media spelling
• "PacMan" -- Atari 5200 In-game title
• "NES Classics: Pac-Man" -- European GBA title
• "パックマン" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Classic NES / Famicom Mini / NES Classics releases
• Games made into TV series
• Games referenced in movies
• Pac-Man games (licensed)
• Video games turned into board / card games

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The Press Says

The Video Game Critic

Sep 17, 2000

A

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Trivia

It's clear that the advertising execs who wrote the advertising blurb for the PC port hadn't played the game seriously. The ad blurb calls the ghosts "goblins", and erroniously describes gameplay.

In fact, of all Atarisoft PC conversions, this was one of the more shoddy ones as the maze's proportions are out of whack. In addition, the programmer was lazy--the entire maze is drawn with the INT 10 set pixel function, which is why it's so slow.