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{{Header Nav|game=Pac-Man Plus}} | {{Header Nav|game=Pac-Man Plus|num=4}} | ||
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| | |title=Pac-Man Plus | ||
|image=Pac-Man Plus flyer.jpg | |image=Pac-Man Plus flyer.jpg | ||
|developer=[[Midway Games]] | |developer=[[Midway Games]] | ||
|publisher=[[Midway Games]] | |publisher=[[Midway Games]] | ||
|genre=[[Action]] | |genre=[[Action]] | ||
|systems=[[Arcade]] | |||
|japanese=パックマンプラス | |||
|released={{rd|1982}} | |||
|players=1-2 | |players=1-2 | ||
|preceded by=[[Pac-Man]] | |||
|preceded by=[[ | |||
|series=Pac-Man | |series=Pac-Man | ||
}} | }} | ||
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{{marquee|Pac-Man Plus marquee.png}} | {{marquee|Pac-Man Plus marquee.png}} | ||
'''Pac-Man Plus''' is an [[action]] game that was released for the [[arcade]]s in [[1982]] by [[Midway Games]] | {{nihongo|'''Pac-Man Plus'''|パックマンプラス}} is an [[action]] game that was released for the [[arcade]]s in [[1982]] by [[Midway Games]]. | ||
The height of [[Pac-Man]]'s popularity introduced a new wave of arcade bootlegging, where unauthorized copies of Pac-Man were manufactured at a tremendous rate to illegally cash in on the fad. While many bootlegs were carbon copies of the original, some bootlegs (such as [[Hanglyman]] and [[New Puck-X]]) actually modified the game to introduce some new wrinkles in an effort to make it more interesting and attract expert players who wanted a new challenge. | |||
While [[Midway Games|Bally Midway]] proceeded with the manufacturing of [[Ms. Pac-Man]] against [[Namco]]'s wishes, they also sought to stem the flow of bootlegs by producing an officially licensed upgrade to Pac-Man, which they named '''Pac-Man Plus'''. As far as Namco was concerned, [[Super Pac-Man]] was the true sequel to Pac-Man, and this upgrade was also unauthorized. Nevertheless, Midway proceeded to sell Pac-Man Plus to feed the demand in the U.S. for more Pac-Man products, as Super Pac-Man wasn't performing as well as Midway hoped. | |||
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The changes to Pac-Man, as seen in Pac-Man Plus, range from drastic to subtle, and are all detailed in this guide. Since Pac-Man Plus was merely seen as a stop-gap solution to the bootleg arcade problem, and Ms. Pac-Man gained in popularity by the time Plus was released, it wasn't seriously considered for home conversion. No official conversions were made around that time. More recently, homebrew programmers have released conversions of older Atari games in to Pac-Man Plus. It was also included in Jakks Pacific's 2006 Super Pac-Man TV game. | |||
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==Screenshots== | |||
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File:Pac-Man Plus title.png|Title screen | File:Pac-Man Plus title.png|Title screen | ||
File:Pac-Man Plus screen.png|Screenshot | File:Pac-Man Plus screen.png|Screenshot | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
{{Pac-Man}} | {{Pac-Man}} | ||
[[Category:Action]] | [[Category:Action]] | ||
[[Category:Arcade]] | |||
[[Category:MAME]] | [[Category:MAME]] | ||
[[Category:Midway Games]] |