Pac-Land (Arcade)

Pac-Land
Developer: Namco Publishers: Namco, Bally Midway (some versions) Platform: Arcade (Namco Pac-Land) Released in JP: August 1984 Released in US: 1984 This game has hidden developer credits. This game has regional differences.

Pac-Land is the arcade proto-platformer starring Pac-Man, based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, based on the hit arcade video game Pac-Man.

Easter Egg

Enter Service Mode, then press Left or Right to change the sound effect until it's 18. Press the service button to display the screen calibration test grid, then press Right (x4), Left, Right, Left (x6), Jump.

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Unused Graphics

Some big ghost eyes. In the Bally Midway version, they were overwritten with the Chomp-Chomp and Sour Puss graphics.

Developer Credits

If you enter your name as one of the following on the high-score list, the name will flash red and yellow for 12.8 seconds when you finish entering it:

High score entry	Developer
KISSY YURI. NEGIE STOU	Yoshihiro Kishimoto (programmer) Yuriko Keino (composer) Tsukasa Negoro (game designer) Hiroshi Ono (artist)

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Regional Differences

Graphics

To do: Get screenshots of Sourpuss and the Ms. Pac-Man and Jr. Pac-Man design changes

In the Americas, Pac-Land's overall style was changed.

Japan	Americas

When the player starts a trip, the fairy in the Japanese version was replaced with either Chomp-Chomp or Sourpuss in the version released for the Americas.

Japan	Americas

In the Japanese version, Pac-Man, Ms.Pac-Man, and Jr. Pac-Man use their classic designs. Meanwhile, in the Americas, Pac-Man, Ms.Pac-Man (or Pepper), and Jr. Pac-Man (or Pac-Baby) use their designs from the 1982 Pac-Man cartoon. Chomp-Chomp and Sourpuss are also added with Pepper and Pac-Baby. This also includes Pac-Man's hat. His hat has a feather in the Japanese version which is not in the American version's design.

Gameplay

The Bally Midway version is much, much faster-paced than the Japanese original, nearly doubling the game's overall speed.