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Taxman

Description

Taxman is a pretty accurate clone of the arcade smash hit Pac-Man where the player takes the role of the "Taxman" and has to collect tax from the rebellious citizens.

You control the now famous circular dot muncher that has to go around the maze and collect all the "tax pellets". He is chased by four ghosts that will kill the poor taxman on touch. If the Taxman eats a power pellet, the roles are reversed and he can chase the ghosts and eat them in return. Levels repeat with increased difficulty and once three lives are lost, it is Game Over.

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Credits (Apple II version)

9 People (8 developers, 1 thanks)

Programmer
HAL Labs Staff
No thanks to
  • Baal & the staff of La Sierra High School

Trivia

Atari re-release

Atari sued the creators because of its extreme likeness to Pac-Man. As part of a settlement, Atari took ownership of the game and the source code and re-released it in 1983 as their own Pac-Man conversion.

Source Code release

The source code was publicly released by the game's programmer Brian Fitzgerald in 2015.

Related Games

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Released 1984 on Commodore 64
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Super Taxman 2
Released 1981 on Apple II

Identifiers +

  • MobyGames ID: 80309

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Contributors to this Entry

Game added by S Olafsson.

Additional contributors: 64er.

Last modified February 22nd, 2023.