Ms. Pac-Man - Arcade

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Maze Master

1 year, 8 months ago at Aug 21 8:04

Kyle Ellis

This is another one of my favorite video games of all time and this game for the record is one that came out on my birth year which makes it all the cooler. Much like with the "Empire Strikes Back" this game was not just one of the first sequels in video games ever but also one of the first truly great sequels in video game ever. This game is a childhood gem, as it was one of the first video games... read more

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Description: Ms. Pac-Man is an arcade video game produced by Midway as an unauthorized sequel to Pac-Man. It was released in North America in 1982 and became one of the most popular video games of all time, leading to its adoption by Pac-Man licenser Namco as an official title. This game introduces a female protagonist, new maze designs, and several minor gameplay changes over the original game. The gameplay of Ms. Pac-Man is largely identical to that of the original Pac-Man. The player gathers points by eating dots and avoiding ghosts (contact with one loses a life). Power-pellets or energizers change the ghosts which reverse their cours Ms. Pac-Man is an arcade video game produced by Midway as an unauthorized sequel to Pac-Man. It was released in North America in 1982 and became one of the most popular video games of all time, leading to its adoption by Pac-Man licenser Namco as an official title. This game introduces a female protagonist, new maze designs, and several minor gameplay changes over the original game.

The gameplay of Ms. Pac-Man is largely identical to that of the original Pac-Man. The player gathers points by eating dots and avoiding ghosts (contact with one loses a life). Power-pellets or energizers change the ghosts which reverse their course and can be eaten for bonus points (200, 400, 800, and 1600 points if all 4 are eaten before they change back to their normal colors). Fruit bonuses can be consumed for increasing point values, twice per level. As the levels increase, the speed and difficulty increase as well.

There are, however, some notable differences:

* There are now six different mazes (four styles, with 5 colors), and "filled-in" walls (compared with the original Pac-Man's hollow walls). Each maze has two pairs of "warp tunnels" connecting the right and left sides of the maze (except for the third maze design which only has one set of tunnels). The maze is changed after each intermission.

* The ghosts have pseudo-random movement, which precludes the use of pre-set movements (patterns) to beat each board.

* Instead of appearing in the center of the maze, "fruits" enter the maze through one of the warp tunnels and bounce around the maze. They eventually leave through another tunnel if not eaten. The point values increase through the banana (5,000 pts), after which fruit appears in a somewhat random pattern.

* The orange ghost's name changed from Clyde to Sue. (Sue would later become a purple female ghost in Pac-Land, appearing alongside Clyde.)

* The three intermissions have changed to follow the developing relationship between Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man (from when they first meet to having a stork drop off their baby.)
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Release date: 1 August 1982

Tags: Arcade (3), Maze (3), Midway (2), Pac-man (2), 1980s (1), 1982 (1), Namco (1), 1981 (1), Developed By Midway (1), Ported To Atari 2600 (1)

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Kyle Ellis posted a review 1 year, 8 months ago

Maze Master

“This is another one of my favorite video games of all time and this game for the record is one that came out on my birth year which makes it all the cooler. Much like with the "Empire Strikes Back" this game was not just one of the first sequels in video games ever but also one of the first truly great sequels in video game ever.

This game is a childhood gem, as it was one of the first video games I've every played when I was six years old, I'll admit at first, I wasn't very good but as I played on I got better and just fell in love with it. But also I love mazes their my favorite kind of puzzles, it was the first kind of puzzle I did when I was little and to this day I still do them, there is always something fascinating about its architecture but also gives you a sense of satis” read more