The little jingle that was stuck in my head as a child played…but it was REALLY off. The familiar maze board that many gamers probably remember displayed along with Pac-Man in the middle where the fruit would usually appear.
I noticed it briefly flashed from ‘Coin’ to ‘Soul’ for about a split second now and then. The game loaded with a corrupted ROM startup accompanied by loud static before displaying the words “Insert Coin”. But I digressed and clicked the link, leading to where I could play the game on my browser so I didn’t have to risk downloading it and getting any creepy viruses, I guess. I put my hand over my face and corpsed, thinking this was all going to be another “Lavender Town Syndrome” hoax. The page itself had the story and stated that players who were able to finish this original arcade game board suffered severe psychological and occasionally physiological trauma, up to and including death of the subject (and that the ROM's effect is significantly reduced). I opened the link up and was taken a browser page. However, I was reminded of the link my friend gave me thanks to the trusty Notepad file I saved to my desktop. Honestly, I didn’t believe him, but he gave me a link that I kept noted for a few days later since I was busy with school at the time.Įventually when I got home one late Friday, I hopped on my computer as I was originally going to play more L4D2 or Quake Live. One day, I was chatting with my friend on Skype, who allegedly told me that he found a supposed version of Pac-Man: A ROM that was found in locked away in a safe in the back of an old arcade in some abandoned amusement park and extracted from a damaged PCB board. I originally played the original arcade game on World 2’s “Arcade” bonus area which allowed you to play all of the classic games from the 80’s. Before I start, it’s obvious that I'm a Pac-Man fan. I didn’t like the new reboot they gave him and all, though, as they made him an annoying high school kid trying too hard to be cool. The fella’ will always have a place in my heart since the days I played Pac-Man World 2 on my GameCube. In later stages, the enemies go straight to flashing, bypassing blue, which means that they can only be eaten for a short amount of time, although they still reverse direction when a power pellet is eaten in even later stages, the ghosts do not become edible, but they still reverse direction.You remember Pac-Man? Yeah, the little yellow ball who has been the main mascot for Namco (now merged with Bandai) for 41 years now.
Blue enemies flash white to signal that they are about to become dangerous again and the length of time for which the enemies remain vulnerable varies from one stage to the next, generally becoming shorter as the game progresses. When an enemy is eaten, its eyes remain and return to the center box where it is regenerated in its normal color. The enemies turn deep blue, reverse direction and usually move more slowly. Near the corners of the maze are four larger, flashing dots known as power pellets that provide Pac-Man with the temporary ability to eat the enemies. Pac-Man is awarded a single bonus life at 10,000 points. When all lives have been lost, the game ends. If an enemy touches Pac-Man, a life is lost and the Pac-Man itself withers and dies. Four enemies (Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde) roam the maze, trying to catch Pac-Man. Between some stages one of three intermission animations plays. When all pac-dots are eaten, Pac-Man is taken to the next stage. Features: The player controls Pac-Man through a maze, eating pac-dots (also called pellets).
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