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  11. Posted

    Ms. Pac-Man: Holy moly everyone...my wrists. Lost count which stage I got to (I had plenty of ghosts to worry about, hah), but I think at least the 10th random. I had a nice amount of random bananas and pears (and lots of cherries there too 🙄) and more than one close call that I really don't know how I survived. Don't know how long I played for, but it felt like one of those endless games. Nothing like those who are playing Pac-Man for 3+ hrs tho haha. I still can't beat my high there. I'm very pleased with myself, especially b/c it was my personal best after the 70k that I posted earlier. No incremental improvement, right to doubling 😁. The high levels here are definitely easier than the arcade jr boards. Not to say they're easy- says more about the arcade difficulty, lol.

     

    145,650 random level 10th+? 

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    Note on stuff from the instruction manual: 1) It says there's an end of game cartoon- I'm calling bs on that. I feel cheated! Haha. 2) It says the fruit are randomized every 2 levels. I think this may be accurate b/c I remember having two levels in a row of bananas, cherries, and pears. Not 100% sure tho.

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    I was explaining to my fiancée about the horrible collision in pac-man and how it doesn’t even seem like the ghosts are touching you and you die, to which she said, “They just scare Pac-Man to death.” So that’s what I’m going with. When I think that, it reminds me to never get too close to a frickin ghost, even when you think you should be ok. 

     

    I don’t have a pattern, just slowly getting better at free-play and predicting the ghosts’ movement.

     

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  16. Posted

    4 hours ago, Magmavision2000 said:

    Looks like I'm gonna spectate this round (nothing is stopping me from using an emulator, I just like using real hardware).

    I prefer original hardware too, and I find myself playing more in rounds for games I have physical copies of, but I also like checking out ones I don’t have. I got into the HSCs to play more of the stuff I have, but I’m glad to be checking out those I don’t. Kind of surprised I didn’t have this one, especially since it was released twice hahaha. 

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  19. Posted

    11 minutes ago, nads said:

    Speaking of which any Ms Pac-Man tips??? I truly suck at that one LOL

    Understanding that it is not the arcade game when it comes to (well, a lot, lol) but especially the ghost AI. I'm not having a lot of luck clustering the ghosts together, but I stay patient and go for what I can. I also found that Blinky (red, but who knows in this version since there's a green ghost haha) is faster than usual, especially when you're eating dots. Usually that slows you down, but here, it may as well be an instant death with Blinky on your tail. I try to clear out as much as I can before going for the power pellets (actually a tip in the manual) b/c of the slow speed while eating dots. It'll then give you more space to chase ghosts and run away from them. I wanna beat my score, even tho that'll make it harder for Stargate bonus points 😅

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