MAME ROW #33 - Pac-Mania

dankcushions

@obsidianspider yes, works for me now also! only thing i changed was getting rid of my shader config files.. strange. anyway, as much as i love gundam, it seemed a bit of a dull game!

obsidianspider

This week's winner is Pac-Mania!

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AndersHP

Not that many voters in here, but I really like the concept.
Once my arcade build is finished, count on me to join this little club :)

dankcushions

pacmania is fun so far! remember: you can jump in this one.

it works in fbalpha but the hiscores aren't saving - they do after a code change but i have only just submitted it, so it won't be live until the next fba.

it seems to work fine in mame2003 anyway, and hiscores save :)

dankcushions

for pacmania, i suggest that we all start on the first level as the others have different bonus. note that if you insert a credit before the game over screen, you start on the stage you got to, so you need to wait for it to finish.

obsidianspider

I really wish there was a way to zoom out. It's hard to know where all of the ghosts are lurking, but being able to jump helps quite a bit.

mediamogul

@obsidianspider

being able to jump helps quite a bit.

Until the ghosts gain the same ability. After that, I wouldn't recommend using it. It eventually becomes far more effective to use the old evasive tactics. This game's a killer in the higher levels.

DarkWolf

@mediamogul @obsidianspider For me it is so damn hard sometimes, but it is something else than the good old pac-man. Going to join the ROW next week, good job

backstander

@obsidianspider
I just picked up a Pac-Man 256 Plug 'n Play toy by Bandai/Namco and it has Pac-Mania built into it. I might give it a try on there! I believe all the games on there are the arcade versions (you even have to hit a button to emulate inserting a coin).

It also comes with Pac & Pal, New Rally X, and Bosconian which are past MAME ROW selections lol.

dankcushions

i'll open the scores with 121710:

DarkWolf

@dankcushions Are you seriouse right now? How, I guess I'm so bad at this, lmao

mediamogul

@DarkWolf

You gotta get inside the mind of Pac-Man. What are his motivations? Why does insist on running from his ghosts and more importantly, why is he only able to confront them with pills?