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'''Pac-Man Plus''' is an arcade maze game released by Bally Midway in 1982, it is an upgrade kit for the original Pac-Man that adds some new features and twists (which includes Bonus New Fruit, Disappearing Mazes and Ghosts and a few more things). In 2007 Namco Networks ported the game to mobile devices exclusively for Sprint and Boost Mobile users, this release features even more new twists than the original game and has some very noticeable changes. A demo of this port was also preloaded on some Sprint Devices, which are the '''Samsung SPH-M800 Instinct''', the '''Samsung SPH-M540 Rant''', and the '''LG LX290''', Only two of the demos have been dumped. | |||
==Differences== | |||
This port of '''Pac-Man Plus''', while retaining the gameplay twists from the arcade version '''(Such as the invisible Ghosts and Mazes)''', also adds some new features and changes, these being new detailed graphics, new maze colors, new intermission themes (based on Pac & Pal), the ghost that matches the maze color being immune to power pellets, and the effects of the bonus fruit being dependent on the level. | |||
The | The port also includes a fully playable demo of the original Pac-Man | ||
==Availability== | ==Availability== | ||
Revision as of 03:34, 28 October 2023
Title screen.
Status:
Demo Version: Found
Full Version: Lost
Date found: 28 Aug 2022 (Demo)
Found by: ShiroTourmaline (Demo)
Pac-Man Plus is an arcade maze game released by Bally Midway in 1982, it is an upgrade kit for the original Pac-Man that adds some new features and twists (which includes Bonus New Fruit, Disappearing Mazes and Ghosts and a few more things). In 2007 Namco Networks ported the game to mobile devices exclusively for Sprint and Boost Mobile users, this release features even more new twists than the original game and has some very noticeable changes. A demo of this port was also preloaded on some Sprint Devices, which are the Samsung SPH-M800 Instinct, the Samsung SPH-M540 Rant, and the LG LX290, Only two of the demos have been dumped.
Differences
This port of Pac-Man Plus, while retaining the gameplay twists from the arcade version (Such as the invisible Ghosts and Mazes), also adds some new features and changes, these being new detailed graphics, new maze colors, new intermission themes (based on Pac & Pal), the ghost that matches the maze color being immune to power pellets, and the effects of the bonus fruit being dependent on the level.
The port also includes a fully playable demo of the original Pac-Man
Availability
On August 28th, 2022, two demo builds of the game were uploaded to the Internet Archive by user ShiroTourmaline. They were obtained by extracting the game data from the firmware of the Samsung phones they were preinstalled into.
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See Also
- Count Pacula (found design documents for unproduced "Pac-Man" spinoff game; 1983)
- Pac-Man Ghost Zone (lost build of cancelled PlayStation 3D platformer; 1996-1997)
- Pac-Man VR (found virtual reality arcade game; 1996)
- Paccie (non-existent PlayStation 2 game; 2004)
- Super GPS Pac-Man (lost build of cancelled WonderSwan Color maze game; 2001)