
Pac & Pal 1983 Namco
1983
Pac & Pal (c) 1983 Namco.
Pac-Man has a new friend named Miru, but she tries to steal stuff for her own use. Pac-Man now not only has to collect the stuff lying around the board, but he also must watch Miru to make sure she doesn't take the stuff for her own use.
>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Game ID: PAP
Main CPU : M6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz)
Sound CPU : M6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Namco 8-channel WSG
Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 288 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.61 Hz
Palette colors : 32
Players : 2
Control : 4-way joystick
Buttons : 1
>>> TRIVIA
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Released in July 1983.
The 'Pal' in the game's title is named Miru.
An alternate version of this game features Chomp Chomp, Pac-Man's dog from the animated cartoon series, in place of Miru, and the game's name is changed accordingly : 'Pac-Man & Chomp-Chomp'.
First 'Pac-Man' game to have music during gameplay.
- SCORING -
Cards : 10-100 points, dying resets cards to ten points.
Regular Items: 50-500 points.
Power Items : 1000 points.
Stunning Ghosts : 200, 400, 800, 1600 points.
Key : 700 - 5000 points.
End of round bonus : 100 X items eaten.
Bonus Rounds :
Cards : 100-1000 points.
Uncovering Miru : doubles points of cards uncovered afterwards.
Uncovering Blinky : ends round.
>>> TRICKS AND TIPS
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* Easter Egg : enter service mode and enter the following sequence : Left, Right(x9), Down(x5), Up(x6). '(c) (p) 1982 NAMCO LTD.' will be added at the bottom of the screen.
* Don't let Miru eat the fruit. Bonus points are awarded 'perfect boards' when Pac-Man eats all fruit himself, and the bonus increases with each 'perfect board'.
>>> GAME SERIES
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1. Pac-Man (1980)
2. Ms. Pac-Man (1981)
3. Super Pac-Man (1982)
4. Pac-Man Plus (1982)
5. Jr. Pac-Man (1983)
6. Pac & Pal (1983)
7. Pac-Land (1984)
8. Pac-Mania (1987)
9. Pac-In-Time (1994, Nintendo Super Famicom)
10. Pac-Man 2 - The New Adventures (1994, Nintendo Super Famicom and Sega Mega Drive)
11. Pac-Man VR (1996)
12. Pac-Man World (1999, Sony PlayStation)
13. Pac-Man - Adventures in Time (2000, PC CD-ROM)
14. Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness (2000, Sony PlayStation)
15. Ms. Pac-Man - Quest for the Golden Maze (2001, PC CD-ROM)
16. Pac-Man All-Stars (2002, PC CD-ROM)
17. Pac-Man Fever (2002, Sony PlayStation 2)
18. Pac-Man World 2 (2002, Sony PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, and Microsoft XBOX; 2004, PC CD-ROM)
19. Pac-Man vs. (2003, Nintendo GameCube)
20. Ms. Pac-Man - Maze Madness (2004, Nintendo GameBoy Advance)
21. Pac-Man World 3 (2005, Sony PSP, Sony PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft XBOX, PC CD-ROM, and Nintendo DS)
22. Pac'n Roll (2005, Nintendo DS)
23. Pac-Pix (2005, Nintendo DS)
>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Consoles :
Nintendo Wii (2007, 'Namco Museum Remix')
* Others :
Super Pac-Man TV game (2006 - Jakks Pacific).
Arcade Gold featuring Pac-Man (2007 - Jakks Pacific).
>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.