Pac-Man Description

Pac-Man was produced by Midway Manufacturing Co. in 1980.

Midway Manufacturing Co. released 132 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1959.

Other machines made by Midway Manufacturing Co. during the time period Pac-Man was produced include Space Invaders II, Extra Bases, Space Zap, Li'l Hoop Shot!, Space Invaders Deluxe, 18 Wheeler, Submarine, Phantom II, 4 Player Bowling Alley, and Super Galaxians.



A yellow, pie-shaped character named Pac-Man runs along inside a maze, eating dots as it avoids four ghosts. Each ghost has its own unique personality and gobbling one of the four super dots makes Pac-Man invincible to the ghosts for a given period of time. Each maze has its own unique bonus fruit or object with bonus points increasing as the game progresses.

Pac-Man - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.62 (24 votes)

Personal Impressions Score: 3.59



Overall 'Like': 3.70

Fun (Social): 3.35

Fun (Solo): 3.55

Collector Desire: 3.43 Technical Impressions Score: 3.76



Gameplay: 3.86

Graphics: 3.61

Originality: 4.29

Sound/Music: 3.22

Cabinet Information

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type Upright/Standard Cocktail (145 pounds - TNT Amusements) Cabaret/Mini

Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs

Conversion

Game Introduction

Game Play

Occasionally, a bonus fruit or prize will temporarily appear in the middle of the maze below the ghosts' pen. Pac-Man can eat those bonus items to receive extra points. Also, there is an escape tunnel in the sides of the maze which Pac-Man can use to get away from any of the ghosts that may be pursuing him.

After the maze has been cleared of all 240 dots and all four energizers, the entire sequence will begin again with increased difficulty. Between every two, three, or four completions, there are musical, animated intermissions to amuse the player while he or she waits for the next challenge to begin. However, these intermissions are not seen anymore once the 18th board 6th key is reached.

Everything Pac-Man eats has different point values. The dots are 10 points each, the energizers are 50 points each. The dark blue ghosts are respectively 200, 400, 800 and 1600 points. There are different point values for every bonus fruit or prize that is eaten: cherries, 100 points strawberry, 300 points peach, 500 points apple, 700 points grapes, 1000 points Galaxian, 2000 points bell, 3000 points and key, 5000 points. You will also get a bonus Pac-Man at 10,000 points switch selectable...can also be 15,000 points, 20,000 points, or no bonus.

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Miscellaneous

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Pac-Man Census

Very Common - There are 1233 known instances of this machine owned by Pac-Man collectors who are active members. Of these, 1022 of them are original dedicated machines, 29 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 178 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 44 active VAPS members with Pac-Man machines for sale. There are 6 active VAPS members with extra Pac-Man circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - Very Popular - There are 58 active VAPS members currently looking for Pac-Man. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Pac-Man circuit board set.

This game ranks a 99 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 77 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are NOT necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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Legacy

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