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{{Game
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|image=Professor Pac-Man cabinet.jpg
|title=Professor Pac-Man
|title=Professor Pac-Man
|image=Professor Pac-Man cabinet.jpg
|japanese=プロフェッサーパックマン
|japanese=プロフェッサーパックマン
|developer=[[Bally Midway]]
|developer=[[Bally Midway]]
|publisher=[[Bally Midway]]
|publisher=[[Bally Midway]]
|year=1983
|systems={{syslist|cade}}
|genre=[[Quiz]]
|genre=[[Quiz]]
|systems=[[Arcade]]
|released={{rd|1983}}
|players=1-2
|players=1-2
|modes=[[Single player]], [[Multiplayer]]
|preceded by=[[Jr. Pac-Man]] (US)<br />[[Pac & Pal]] (JP)
|followed by=[[Pac-Land]] (JP)
|series=Pac-Man
|series=Pac-Man
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'''Professor Pac-Man''' is a [[quiz]] arcade game that was released by [[Bally Midway]] in [[1983]]; it was the last game to run on their "Astrocade" hardware, and like [[Ms. Pac-Man]], [[Pac-Man Plus]], [[Baby Pac-Man]] and [[Jr. Pac-Man]] before it, it was developed without any authorization from [[Namco]], the original creators of the [[:Category:Pac-Man|Pac-Man series]]. This installment did not fare very well in the arcades, mainly due to its slow pace and its abandonment of the famous maze-based gameplay that had made many of the previous titles in the series (both Japanese and American, with the exception of the aforementioned Baby Pac-Man, as it was a video-pinball hybrid) so popular - and it was written in the [[wp:Forth (programming language)|FORTH]] programming language.


'''Professor Pac-Man''' is a [[quiz]] [[arcade]] game that was released by [[Bally Midway]] in [[1983]]. Like [[Ms. Pac-Man]], [[Pac-Man Plus]] and [[Jr. Pac-Man]] before it, it was created without the authorization of [[Namco]], the original creators of the [[Pac-Man]] series.
Bally Midway had originally planned to release three different versions of their quiz game: '''Family''' (for younger players), '''Public''' (for bars), and '''Prizes''' (for casinos); there were also to be software revisions at quarterly intervals in order to prevent people from memorizing the answers. Unfortunately for them, however, the game was almost an immediate flop, and most operators only had it hanging around for as long as it took to get it shipped back to the distributor - and only 400 cabinets (all of which were of the "Public" variety) were ever produced. Approximately 300 cabinets ended up getting shipped back to the manufacturer and converted to [[Pac-Land]] cabinets in [[1984]], which is why it was not uncommon to see a Pac-Land cabinet with Professor Pac-Man side art in the mid-1980s; it is thought that only a very small number of Professor Pac-Man cabinets still survive today presumably in the double digits.
 
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Bally Midway had originally planned three different versions of the game: '''Family''' (for younger players), '''Public''' (for bars), and '''Prizes''' (for casinos). There were also to be software revisions at quarterly intervals to keep people from memorizing the answers. Unfortunately for them, however, the game was almost an immediate flop and most operators only had it hanging around for as long as it took to get it shipped back to the distributor. Only 400 cabinets were ever made, all of the "Public" variety; approximately 300 of these were shipped back to the manufacturer and converted to [[Pac-Land]] cabinets the following year. It is thought that only a very small number of Professor Pac-Man cabinets still survive today.
==Example questions==
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File:Professor Pac-Man question 1.jpg|"Which is the completed figure?" (correct answer: B)
File:Professor Pac-Man question 2.jpg|"Which deer is the mirror image?" (correct answer: A)
File:Professor Pac-Man question 3.jpg|"Which pair are the same?" (correct answer: A)
</gallery>


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Professor Pac-Man | Table of Contents | Gameplay | Walkthrough

Table of Contents

Box artwork for Professor Pac-Man.
Box artwork for Professor Pac-Man.
Professor Pac-Man
Developer(s)Bally Midway
Publisher(s)Bally Midway
Year released1983
System(s)Arcade
Preceded byJr. Pac-Man (US)
Pac & Pal (JP)
Followed byPac-Land (JP)
SeriesPac-Man
Japanese titleプロフェッサーパックマン
Genre(s)Quiz
Players1-2
ModesSingle player, Multiplayer
LinksProfessor Pac-Man ChannelSearchSearch
Professor Pac-Man marquee

Professor Pac-Man is a quiz arcade game that was released by Bally Midway in 1983; it was the last game to run on their "Astrocade" hardware, and like Ms. Pac-Man, Pac-Man Plus, Baby Pac-Man and Jr. Pac-Man before it, it was developed without any authorization from Namco, the original creators of the Pac-Man series. This installment did not fare very well in the arcades, mainly due to its slow pace and its abandonment of the famous maze-based gameplay that had made many of the previous titles in the series (both Japanese and American, with the exception of the aforementioned Baby Pac-Man, as it was a video-pinball hybrid) so popular - and it was written in the FORTH programming language.

Bally Midway had originally planned to release three different versions of their quiz game: Family (for younger players), Public (for bars), and Prizes (for casinos); there were also to be software revisions at quarterly intervals in order to prevent people from memorizing the answers. Unfortunately for them, however, the game was almost an immediate flop, and most operators only had it hanging around for as long as it took to get it shipped back to the distributor - and only 400 cabinets (all of which were of the "Public" variety) were ever produced. Approximately 300 cabinets ended up getting shipped back to the manufacturer and converted to Pac-Land cabinets in 1984, which is why it was not uncommon to see a Pac-Land cabinet with Professor Pac-Man side art in the mid-1980s; it is thought that only a very small number of Professor Pac-Man cabinets still survive today presumably in the double digits.

Example questions[edit]

  • "Which is the completed figure?" (correct answer: B)

    "Which is the completed figure?" (correct answer: B)

  • "Which deer is the mirror image?" (correct answer: A)

    "Which deer is the mirror image?" (correct answer: A)

  • "Which pair are the same?" (correct answer: A)

    "Which pair are the same?" (correct answer: A)

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