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Hangly Man
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Name: Hangly Man Developer: Nittoh Year: 1981 Type: Videogame Class: Wide Release
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)
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Hangly Man DescriptionA pie-shaped player moves around a maze eating dots while being chased by four ghosts. Eating all the dots will advance the player to the next level. Eating any of the power dots temporarily makes the ghosts vulnerable and eating fruit gives you bonus points.Hangly Man was produced by Nittoh in 1981. Nittoh released 2 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1981. Other machines made by Nittoh during the time period Hangly Man was produced include Kamikazi. Hangly Man - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.20 (1 vote)
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Game IntroductionThis is a 1981 Pac-Man clone by Nittoh. It features a different maze that becomes invisible or disappears at certain times or levels. Hangly Man is chased by four ghosts (NAME-NICKNAME-COLOR):
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MiscellaneousCOPY OF: Pac-ManVAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Hangly Man CensusThere are 12,007 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,523 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 161,736 machines (6,804 unique titles).Uncommon - There are approximately 10 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 5 of these machines are owned by our active Hangly Man collectors. And of these, 2 are original dedicated machines, and 3 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list. This game ranks a 4 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
TriviaAccording to the Japanese Engrish [sic] page (a page dedicated to the Japanese's mangling of english on their products, etc.), "Hangly Man" was an attempt at "Hungry Man".eBay ListingsClick to search eBay for Hangly Man Videogame machines and related items.Click to search eBay for Nittoh for machines and parts. Check out the IAM/KLOV report of the hottest coin-op machine auctions, powered by Ace.com.
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