Dauber Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 (edited) I brought this idea up to Inky, who suggested I check the 2600 Hacks section to see if this had been done (he thought it had been done), but I didn't see it... Anyhoo....my idea: hacking Pac-Man into Ms. Pac-Man --- as if it had been programmed by Tod Frye. Dig: - It would be easy to tell that Ms. Pac-Man is Ms. Pac-Man because she looks just like Pac-Man....except she's pink. - Instead of one lousy escape tunnel on the top and bottom, have....are you ready?.....TWO...on the top and bottom! - No more of that boring old rectangular "vitamin" that sits there under the ghosts' hideout! Now....the vitamin MOVES around the hideout! - Sick of playing the same orange-and-blue maze over and over? Well, kiss that goodbye -- after you clear the second, fifth, and ninth mazes -- they CHANGE COLORS! Of course, due to technical limitations, we would have to put up with this: - In the original arcade game, when Ms. Pac-Man gets chomped by a monster, she spins around. Well, because limitations of the 2600 prevent Ms. Pac-Man from spinning, when she "spins" she only faces left and right. - The Atari 2600 just doesn't have the power to play a full-length startup theme, so to compensate, there's a shorter, four-note musical sequence not just at the beginning of the game, but also before every life! - Unfortunately, as was proven by Pac-Man and Jr. Pac-Man, the Atari just doesn't have enough processing power to have the intermissions. But almost as good -- every few mazes you clear, the screen will blink....TWICE! Now.....all I have to do is learn how to hack. Oh...and to prevent confusion between this and the official Atari Ms. Pac-Man, I'd rename it "Ms. Fry" -- in honor of both Tod Frye and my senior-year high school English teacher. Edited October 25, 2006 by Dauber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy2600 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 This looks like a job for PAC-MAN PLUS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feralstorm Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Seems not TOO difficult by those specs. Heck, some of that stuff could almost be handled by bit-hacking as opposed to assembly-hacking. Most of the ideas there could be done without exceeding much from the original program. I don't know how much 'free space' is in the 4K ROM, if any, but I don't see anything that would push it. The 'vitamin' was made with a missile and ball I believe, so shouldn't be much to moving it around. No biggie to change the Pac-graphics, unless a Pink Pacman is exactly what you're going for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pac Munchkin Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 I brought this idea up to Inky, who suggested I check the 2600 Hacks section to see if this had been done (he thought it had been done), but I didn't see it... Anyhoo....my idea: hacking Pac-Man into Ms. Pac-Man --- as if it had been programmed by Tod Frye. Dig: - It would be easy to tell that Ms. Pac-Man is Ms. Pac-Man because she looks just like Pac-Man....except she's pink. - Instead of one lousy escape tunnel on the top and bottom, have....are you ready?.....TWO...on the top and bottom! - No more of that boring old rectangular "vitamin" that sits there under the ghosts' hideout! Now....the vitamin MOVES around the hideout! - Sick of playing the same orange-and-blue maze over and over? Well, kiss that goodbye -- after you clear the second, fifth, and ninth mazes -- they CHANGE COLORS! Of course, due to technical limitations, we would have to put up with this: - In the original arcade game, when Ms. Pac-Man gets chomped by a monster, she spins around. Well, because limitations of the 2600 prevent Ms. Pac-Man from spinning, when she "spins" she only faces left and right. - The Atari 2600 just doesn't have the power to play a full-length startup theme, so to compensate, there's a shorter, four-note musical sequence not just at the beginning of the game, but also before every life! - Unfortunately, as was proven by Pac-Man and Jr. Pac-Man, the Atari just doesn't have enough processing power to have the intermissions. But almost as good -- every few mazes you clear, the screen will blink....TWICE! Now.....all I have to do is learn how to hack. Oh...and to prevent confusion between this and the official Atari Ms. Pac-Man, I'd rename it "Ms. Fry" -- in honor of both Tod Frye and my senior-year high school English teacher. This does exist someone did turn Ms Pac-Man into Pac Man I downloaded it a long time ago think it was called Mr Pac-Man if I remember? I have it in my emulator Oh Rob Kuda I think was the one that made this. Wade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dauber Posted October 26, 2006 Author Share Posted October 26, 2006 Nonono, I mean the other way around -- taking the Atari 2600 Pac-Man and hacking that to make it a just-as-sucky Ms. Pac-Man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pac Munchkin Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Nonono, I mean the other way around -- taking the Atari 2600 Pac-Man and hacking that to make it a just-as-sucky Ms. Pac-Man. Ohhhhhhhhhh "to make it a just-as-sucky Ms. Pac-Man. " I like your description! No I don't think anyone ever did that. Wade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 All of what you mention could fit within 4k...with a bit of optimization to the program to free a bit of space. But I'm puzzled by what you mean when you say that the 2600 lacks processing power to handle intermissions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakpack Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Man,Id like to see that on cart with a label lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 This does exist someone did turn Ms Pac-Man into Pac Man I downloaded it a long time ago think it was called Mr Pac-Man if I remember? I have it in my emulator Oh Rob Kuda I think was the one that made this. Wade Would it be possible to create a simultaneous 2 player version or am I dreaming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feralstorm Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 (edited) This thread is about doing the opposite: 2600 Pac-Man to a substandard Ms Pac. (whoopsie, just realized I was replying to the quoted. Sorry) Edited January 5, 2007 by Feralstorm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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