Pac-Man tunnel glitch confirmed

[Scott Stilphen]

Delf Meek noted that the glitch Tod Frye spoke of (in Russ' 'Slap-Dash') is true. I just managed to reproduce it (and videotape it).

 

Q: Has anyone ever seen 2 (or more) ghosts enter the tunnel from both ends? Just wondering if it's possible...

[videotwit]

I guess I'm not familiar with this glitch... What exactly happens?

[Scott Stilphen]

If all 4 ghosts enter the tunnel, they won't be able to come out!

[Nukey Shay]

I saw that once...I think that I attributed it to a storm passing through. Didn't know that it was an actual bug in the game. Two circled around the top maze section (moving in opposite directions), and the other two circled around the maze section just above the center box (also moving in opposite directions). The first two entered at the same time to follow me, closely followed by the other two. It looked as though they would "bounce" as they emerged from the tunnel and kept on re-entering. Since the "vitamin" keeps appearing, you could rack up an unlimited score. Winning the board clears the bug, wonder if it's possible to do more than once in a single game?

[Scott Stilphen]

Never tried to do it more than once in the same game, but I don't see why you couldn't. I did it right at the start of the game, when the ghosts are all bunched up together - lured them down to the bottom entrance and went it. Tod Frye mentioned that the bug is a result of the way he wrote the random number generator.

[videotwit]

Oh, that's pretty cool. Thanks! I'll have to try it out.