Pac-Land

Manufacturer: Bally Midway
Year: 1984
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Adventure
Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color

Conversion Class: Namco Galaga
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:

Buttons: Rotational (left, right)
Buttons: 1 [Jump]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

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Pac-Land Description

A cute game where Pac-Man, having arms, legs and a face, travels through scrolling cartoon worlds avoiding obstacles in a quest to help a lost fairy get home. Ghosts chase him on pogo sticks and in cars, aeroplanes and flying saucers. Hidden bonuses include fruit, flying boots, etc.

Game Introduction

The graphics resemble the art and animation from the Saturday morning animated series of Pac-Man. The game's theme music is also from the animated series.

In the game, a fairy is lost in Pac-Land and needs Pac-Man to help her get back home to Fairyland. But it will not be easy because five deadly ghosts: Pinky, Inky, Blinky, Clyde and Sue will pursue Pac-Man as he travels through Pac-Land.

When Pac-Man has helped the lost fairy get back home to FairyLand on the final stage, he is given a pair of magic shoes to help get back to his own home in Pac-Land.

Game Play

Use the directional buttons to make Pac-Man walk right or left. To make him run, press down on a directional button repeatedly.

Pac-Man must avoid the ghosts and other deadly objects by jumping over or dodging them. He must also make it to the end of each stage before time runs out, otherwise he will be chased by a ghost. On some stages, Pac-Man must use a springboard to jump over big ponds.

Everytime Pac-Man makes it to the end of a stage, a bonus will be awarded based on how much time is left. On each stage, there are cherries and other items which Pac-Man can collect to score points. Also, there is an energizer on each stage that he can get and after he gets it, he will temporarily be able to eat the ghosts. The energizer will temporarily turn all the ghosts blue allowing Pac-Man to eat them.

When Pac-Man has made it to the end of the final stage, he will be given a pair of magic shoes that will help him on his way home. When he has reached home, he will meet with Ms. Pac-Man, Baby Pac-Man, Chomp Chomp the Pac-dog and Sourpuss the Pac-cat. Afterwards, the game begins again.

Miscellaneous

The game was created by Namco and licensed to Bally/Midway for US manufacture and distribution.

VAPS Arcade Census

There are 7,003 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 4,025 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 65,382 machines (3,803 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 62 known instances of this machine owned by Pac-Land collectors who are members. Of these, 12 of them are original dedicated machines, 4 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 46 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 3 VAPS members with Pac-Land machines for sale. There are 3 VAPS members with extra Pac-Land circuit boards for sale. VAPS members are totally independent of VAPS and the International Arcade Museum, and we are unable to recommend, endorce, or guarantee any person or company selling games or game parts.

Wanted - There is one VAPS member currently looking for Pac-Land.

This game ranks a 39 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

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Technical

The game uses a 6809 microprocessor, a 63701 microprocessor, and a Namco 8-channel waveform PSG for sounds.

Legacy

Manuals

Preliminary Owner/Operator's Section 10 Pages, 725 KB File.

Foto-Finder™ (books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 188; Color photo;
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 188; Color photo; Price guide:

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