Atari freak 1 Posted July 13, 2002 Share Posted July 13, 2002 I was just playing jr pacman on the emulator and realized how hard it is. It much more harder than ms.pacman. Is anyone here a good jr pacman player? BTW see my post in the marketplace about how I'm looking for a copy of Jr pac-man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted July 13, 2002 Share Posted July 13, 2002 Dude, I totally suck at Jr. Pac-man. I have a real love/hate relationship with the game. I love to play it, but it really ticks me off. On rare occasion I can reach the 4th maze, and I don't often get off the first maze without losing at least one life. It is hella hard and that may be one of the reasons I love/hate it so much. I'll keep an eye out for a copy for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_A Posted July 13, 2002 Share Posted July 13, 2002 "there's pac-man ms. pac-man pac-man jr. baby pac-man pac-man world revenge of pac-man sister pac-man.. and we love them." "we love all those pac-men!" ... >.> ... sorry, memories of one of my faovrite video review shows =P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted July 13, 2002 Share Posted July 13, 2002 I play the teddy bear level... Only one ghost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted July 13, 2002 Share Posted July 13, 2002 That is one hard game to win at, it kicks my butt all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted July 13, 2002 Share Posted July 13, 2002 2600 Jr. Pacman is HARD with all 4 ghosts. Make no doubt about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted July 13, 2002 Share Posted July 13, 2002 I have never given Jr. Pac-Man a serious effort, but in the 5 years that I've owned it, I've never even cleared the first maze! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulikemeinoit Posted July 13, 2002 Share Posted July 13, 2002 I bought the game at a flea market for $2, went home, played it on my modded atari, got past the first maze on the first try, but lost all my lives, had one left. That is the best I did, that game is incredibly hard and noticibly fast than the other pac-man games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarinvader Posted July 13, 2002 Share Posted July 13, 2002 One of the few games I actualy had as a kid, in fact I had all the Pac-Man games.. But yeah, it's one hard cookie, and one of the only games I like playing now. Try using a pad instead of a stick, should improve your game no end as Jr. can be a bit fiddly at times. Also try getting the little bikey thing as soon as, if you leave it too long then it'll mess ya no end. BTW do people find it really tricky to 'group' the ghosts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari freak 1 Posted July 13, 2002 Author Share Posted July 13, 2002 Does anyone have extra copy I can buy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted July 13, 2002 Share Posted July 13, 2002 Yeah, I don't think I have ever grouped all 4 ghosts before, 3 at the very most. They are WAY too smart and home in on you in like seconds, then they split up to come at you from all directions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Destructo Posted July 13, 2002 Share Posted July 13, 2002 As hard as Jr. is, I've become fairly good at it. Playing against four ghosts, I almost always reach maze 3 (drum), usually maze 4 (balloon), and occasionally maze 5 (train.) Battling the Fearsome Foursome has helped me develop some strategies, based on their A.I. and how Jr.'s play mechanics differ from the arcade: 1. Use the whole maze to elude the ghosts by constantly moving forward to another area. Lacking the warp tunnels of Pac or Ms. Pac, it's your only escape route anyway. Avoid doubling back on your path, which confines you to a corner of the maze, making it easier for the ghosts to home in. Run "laps", moving around the outside perimeter in a big circle. Run a slightly different path on each pass to clear dots. Pick up islands of "straggler" dots only when the ghosts are far away or scared. 2. Ghost A.I. is only concerned with getting onto the same horizontal and vertical plane as you. Twisty mazes with long corridors are much harder for them to negotiate, and less forgiving: not being able to reverse a bad decision, they're fated to run the full length of a poorly chosen corridor. Based on this observation, the maze difficulties are: Bike - hard Kite - moderately easy Drum - moderately hard Balloon - moderately easy Train - $#^@&*$^ HARD!! Kitty - Easy! Root Beer - moderately hard To see this principle in action, start on the Train level with four ghosts. See how many tries it takes you to finish it, even with a full complement of Jr's. Now compare to the next level, Kitty, which should be harder, but keeps the ghosts off your back due to its twisty passages. 3. Always munch two or more ghosts, preferably the mean red and purple ones, with every power pellet. Compared to the arcade, ghost eyes return to the box slowly, moving at the ghost's normal speed and halting whenever one is eaten, buying you precious seconds of blissful freedom from GOYA (Ghosts-On-Your-Ass.) Doubly important for later mazes with weaker power pellets. 4. Ghosts attempting to leave the top or bottom of the viewable maze area will double back. Use this to "bounce" fleeing scared ghosts toward you by running away from them vertically. This technique can also trap aggressive ghosts in U-shaped passages. 5. In the arcade, ghost A.I. follows a cycle: chase you, reverse, retreat to patrol a designated territory, reverse, repeat. In 2600 Jr., the ghosts are always chasing you, even after a reverse. I don't have any handy tip here, except to remember that you're always on the run. 6. The ghosts only reverse direction when a) you eat a power pellet, b) they hit a vertical screen boundary, or c) they all reverse together, which happens regularly, but rarely. This means you can safely *follow* ghosts, especially the passive orange and green ones. If they do reverse, red and purple (who are surely following you) will too. If your reflexes are fast enough, you, too, can reverse, running the whole parade in the opposite direction without being killed. 7. Running twisty passages to "cut corners" and pull away from severe GOYA won't work like it does in the arcade. Get thee to a power pellet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted July 13, 2002 Share Posted July 13, 2002 WOW! Thanks that really helps! This game frustrates me to no end sometimes. Double thanks since, in case you have not heard, releasing video game strategies is mucho taboo, since they are quite valuable! ( ) Your sharing is MUCH appreciated!!!! Big thanks! Stan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari freak 1 Posted July 14, 2002 Author Share Posted July 14, 2002 Wow! I could really use those tips IF I acctully had a copy. *hint, hint* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROBERT Posted July 14, 2002 Share Posted July 14, 2002 Hello fellow gamers: Top 3 verified world record scores on the 4-ghost version are as follows... 1,794,250 by Robert Macauley of Australia (PAL) 902,660 by Mark Feldt (NTSC) 340,730 by Ron Corcoran (NTSC), a TG referee If you want to see verified and posted world record scores, log onto www.twingalaxies.com then select from the left side of the menu the "Scoreboard" option, select the game title and the platform. I recommend you use a minimal title but the actual platform. For instance, for Pacman-type games, it could have been that Junior Pacman was entered as "Jr Pacman", "Jr. Pacman", "Junior Pacman", "Junior _pac-Man", etc. Basically, using "Pac" for the title and choosing Atari 2600 from the drop down menu is all you need to do. Robert T Mruczek Twin Galaxies - Editor and Chief referee Star Wars classic arcade champion (212) 366-3036 (work-day) rmruczek@doremus.com (work E-MAIL) ****************************** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Destructo Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 sorry to dig the thread back up. I just realized I never thanked you guys for your compliments. So...Thank you! And those high scores are incredible. How in the world could anyone finish ALL the mazes multiple times? In ONE GAME? Unreal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danytoon Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 (edited) EDIT: SOrry! Wrong post and horrible boing-up-threading Edited June 29, 2006 by danytoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwh Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Another thing that is annoying is the fact that your character can not reverse as fast as the ghosts(it seems to glide a bit before reversing),so following the red or purple ghosts is not a good idea at all. I can barely get to level 3 and consider it lucky to get to four; I can hardly get to level two without losing a life.Whenever I need a lesson in humility I just play Pac-Man Jr! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercat Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Another thing that is annoying is the fact that your character can not reverse as fast as the ghosts(it seems to glide a bit before reversing),so following the red or purple ghosts is not a good idea at all. I can barely get to level 3 and consider it lucky to get to four; I can hardly get to level two without losing a life.Whenever I need a lesson in humility I just play Pac-Man Jr! BTW, Nukey did a hack that allows the player to move faster by pushing the fire button. Still no picnic, but a lot easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerCollector Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 I bought my copy new in the box from OShea for 80 cents a few years ago. It is a difficult game, but I think its one of the better games for the 2600. Im impressed with the graphics, gameplay, size of maze, and challenge. We should do a championship on this and see who posts the highest score w/ a pic of the screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcprs1 Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 I've been able to get to the 7th level a few times (the root beer level). The level that always does me in is the 5th (train) level. I really should tape it and get my score on twin galaxies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmountainslim Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 sorry to dig the thread back up Yeah, Me too. I just picked up Jr Pac today and WHAT A GAME! I always figgered since I had played most pac games out there that this wouldn't be much different. I picked it up today at a game store for two bucks and it is worth 20 if you count fun factor and difficulty! Have yet to clear maze number one yet I don't really remember this from the arcades, was it a flop as a coin op? WP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dauber Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 No, I don't think it was a flop. That was certainly one of the more common ones that were, uhh...uncommon, if you will (that is, not Ms. Pac-Man or Pac-Land). I found it odd, though, when I saw it at Kay-Bee and wondered whether I was seeing things or maybe they really DID do a Jr. Pac-Man. I mean...what about Super Pac-Man? Exciting New Pac-Man Plus?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Nukey made this game alot better with the throttle hack for sure. Thats whats inside my Jr Pac shell Much more enjoyable and alot let frustration while playing for more than 5 mins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jboypacman Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 I love all the Pac-Man games.And your right Jr.Pac-Man is one hard game.It kicks my butt everytime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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