 
| Game: |
Pac-Man Plus |
| Developer: |
Bally Midway |
| Publisher: |
Bally Midway |
| Release Date: |
1982 |
| Class: |
Wide Release |
| Genre: |
Maze |
| Gameplay: |
Alternating |
| Simul. Players: |
1 |
| Max Players: |
2 |
| Monitor: |
Vertically oriented, 224 x 288, 16 palette colors |
| Joystick: |
4-way joystick |
| Layout: |
Bezel, Control Panel, PCB |
| Cabinet Type(s): |
Standard upright;
Mini-upright (Cabiret);
Cocktail; |
| Cabinet Pics: |
1 |
| Side Art: |
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| Boards: |
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| Arcade CPU: |
1x ZiLOG Z80 @ 3.072 MHz |
| Sound: |
1x Namco WSG (3-channel mono) @ 3.072 MHz |
| Review Score: |
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| Player Guide: |
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| Cheats: |
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| Read The Review: |
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 Pac-Man Plus is an arcade game released by Bally Midway in 1982, and it is the 4th title in the Pac-Man series of games. Like Ms. Pac-Man, this update to the original game was created without Namco's authorization.
Pac-Man Plus had the same basic goal of all of the early Pac-Man games: to eat all of the dots and pills before Pac-Man is caught by the monsters. Just like the other early Pac-Man games, energizers (usually called power pills by fans of the games) could be eaten so that the ghosts would become vulnerable and turn blue for a short length of time. Despite advertising stating that Pac-Man Plus was "Exciting!" and "New!", this game is essentially identical to the original Pac-Man, with only minor gameplay tweaks and altered graphics (the maze is light green, compared to the original blue, and the fruits have been replaced by alternative objects, including a can ofCoca-Cola).The most significant change in the gameplay is that eating a bonus"fruit" causes theghosts to become  vulnerable and invisible,doubling the score for eating them.
Ports
Because there were so few differences between Pac-Man and Pac-Man Plus and because the game was released right before the video game crash of 1983, Pac-Man Plus was never ported to home video game systems or computers. However, there have been efforts by some homebrew game developers to port Pac-Man Plus to classic game consoles such as the Atari 2600, and more recently the Atari 5200 and the Atari 7800. In addition, Jakks Pacific has released a new Pac-Man TV Games collection that featured Pac-Man, Pac-Man Plus, Super Pac-Man, and Pac & Pal. |
