VCS Pac-Man a "heathy" game?

[Scott Stilphen]

I don't think I ever read the manual's description until now. Apparently the drug use wasn't limited to the programmers...

 

"The object of the game is to keep Pac-Man happy and healthy in his home of Mazeland. Pac-Man starts the game with four lives (turns). The longer he survives, the more points you score. You score a point for every video wafer that Pac-Man eats. You also score points when Pac-Man eats power pills, vitamins, and ghosts. Everytime Pac-Man eats all of the video wafers on the maze, he earns an extra life and a new maze full of video wafers."

 

Video wafers....power pills....vitamins..

WTF??

[Raccoon Lad]

well they really couldn't call them "Dots" and "fruit" so they had to make up something to cover their asses. although they probably would have to be on drugs to come up with a stupid story about "Maze land"

[StanJr]

I wish I could live in "Mazeland"

 

Power Pills....mmmmmm. yummy.

 

 

Pac-Stan

[Raccoon Lad]

That brings up another thing, how come Atari had their own art for Pacman? They drew him differently, and they drew the ghosts oddly as well. What's up with that?

[Ze_ro]

quote:

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Originally posted by StanJr:

I wish I could live in "Mazeland"

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Mazeland may sound like a great place to live, but believe me, it's not all it's cracked up to be! Don't forget that you'll be constantly chased by ghosts the whole time you're there... and just when you think you've found the exit to Mazeland, you'll find that it merely sent you to the other side of the maze! For all you know, there might be a ghost right there waiting for you! Luckily though, you'll have multiple lives in case you get caught by any of these ghosts.

 

So even though you get to eat many delicious Video Wafers, and pop back bunches of Vitamins... and even chow down on ghosts after picking up an Energizer, you are always in constant danger of being caught.

 

--Zero

 

(For a more on-topic note, I suggest that the happy face icons would be more appropriate if they were Pacman icons... but since I don't have the artistic ability to draw an angry Pacman in a 15x15 pixel limit, I'll leave this issue alone )

[jahfish]

yes, pretty healthy. had a terrible day, and game of pacman probably just saved my life.

 

 

 

 

quote:

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I wish I could live in "Mazeland"

 

Power Pills....mmmmmm. yummy.

 

 

Pac-Stan

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me too. live would be easier

[StanJr]

Mazeland...

just think of all the pretty colors and flashing lights...

AND DID YOU SAY I COULD EAT THE GHOSTS TOO? Man, this Mazeland would be a major trip...

Power pills....video wafers...getting sleepy.....zzzzzzzzzzz

 

Super Pac-Stan

[Ian Primus]

I always thought that the game would get more interesting if Pac-Man gained weight as he ate the dots, therefore slowing him down, eventually resulting in him getting stuck in the maze...

 

Ian Primus

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[jahfish]

doesn't it sound great?

 

while most people are afraid of ghosts, we can just eat them

[Jess Ragan]

Man, if you want bad Pac-Man artwork, you should have seen the packaging for the Atari 400/800 version of Pac-Man. They turned Pac-Man into a ridiculous little nerd with super spindly legs and arms. I'd refer you to the site where I found it, but I can't remember the URL, and you might go blind from trying to look at it anyway... I'm guessing your brain would probably turn off your optic nerves to protect you from the trauma of seeing such an idiotic looking version of Pac-Man.

 

JR