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Pac & Pal

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[Coin-Op] Arcade Video Game by Namco, Ltd. [Japan]

 
DESCRIPTION
 
Type of the game: [Coin-Op] Arcade Video Game
Pac & Pal © 1983 Namco.

Pac-Man has a new friend named Miru, but she tries to steal stuff and take it to the ghost pen. Pac-Man now not only has to collect the stuff lying around the board, but he must also watch Miru to make sure she doesn't take the stuff for her own use.
TECHNICAL
 
PICTURE :
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Pac & Pal machine
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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

Players : 2
Control : 4-way joystick
Buttons : 1
TRIVIA
 
Pac & Pal was released in July 1983 in Japan.

In the game's title, the 'Pal' refers to Pac-Man's new friend, 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.
TIPS AND TRICKS
 
* 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 take the stuff to the ghost pen. Bonus points are awarded for 'perfect boards' when Pac-Man eats all the fruit himself, and the bonus increases with each 'perfect board'.
SERIES
 
1. Pac-Man (1980, Arcade)
2. Ms. Pac-Man [Upright model] [No. 595] (1981, Arcade)
3. Super Pac-Man (1982, Arcade)
4. Pac-Man Plus (1982, Arcade)
5. Jr. Pac-Man [No. 0A29] (1983, Arcade)
6. Pac & Pal (1983, Arcade)
7. Pac-Land (1984, Arcade)
8. Pac-Mania (1987, Arcade)
9. Pac-Man 2 - The New Adventures (1994, SNES, Mega Drive)
10. Pac-In-Time (1994, SNES, PC CD-ROM)
11. Pac-Man Arrangement (1996) : part of "Namco Classics Collection Vol.2"
12. Pac-Man World (1999, Sony PlayStation; 2004, GBA)
13. Pac-Man - Adventures in Time (2000, PC CD-ROM)
14. Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness (2000, 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, PC CD-ROM)
18. Pac-Man World 2 (2002, PS2, GameCube, XBOX)
19. Pac-Man vs. (2003, GameCube)
20. Pac-Man Pinball Advance (2005, GBA)
21. Pac-Man World 3 (2005, PSP, PS2, GameCube, XBOX, PC CD-ROM, DS)
22. Pac'n Roll (2005, DS)
23. Pac-Pix (2005, DS)
24. Pac-Man World Rally (2006, GameCube, PS2, PSP, PC CD-ROM)
25. Pac-Man Championship Edition (2007, XBLA)
26. Pac-Man Championship Edition DX (2010, XBLA, PSN)
27. Pac-Man Party (2010, Wii)
28. Pac-Man Battle Royale (2011, Arcade)
29. Pac-Man Tilt (2011, 3DS) : part of "Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions"
PORTS
 

Consoles:


Nintendo Wii absmiddle (October 23, 2007; "Namco Museum Remix [Model RVL-R2NE-USA]")
Nintendo Wii absmiddle (December 6, 2007; "Minna de Asobou! Namco Carnival" [Model RVL-P-RNWJ]") : Translated as "Everybody plays! Namco Carnival".
Nintendo Wii absmiddle (April 18, 2008; "Namco Museum Remix [Model RVL-RN2P]")
Nintendo Wii absmiddle (April 26, 2008, "Namco Museum Remix")
Nintendo Wii [AU] (May 1, 2008; "Namco Museum Remix [Model RVL-2N2P]")
Microsoft XBOX 360 absmiddle (November 4, 2008; "Namco Museum Virtual Arcade [Model 21022]")
Microsoft XBOX 360 absmiddle (May 15, 2009, "Namco Museum Virtual Arcade")
Microsoft XBOX 360 [AU] (June 3, 2009, "Namco Museum Virtual Arcade")
Microsoft XBOX 360 absmiddle (November 5, 2009; "Namco Museum: Virtual Arcade [Model 2RD-00001]")
Nintendo Wii absmiddle (November 16, 2010, "Namco Museum Megamix")

Computers:


PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] absmiddle (June 9, 1998, "Namco History Vol.3")

Others:


Super Pac-Man TV game absmiddle (2006 - Jakks Pacific).
Arcade Gold featuring Pac-Man absmiddle (2007 - Jakks Pacific).
Retro Arcade featuring Pac-Man absmiddle (2008 - Jakks Pacific).
Pac-Man Connect and Play absmiddle (2012 - Bandai)
SOURCES
 
Game's rom.

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