Baby Pac-Man
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| Baby Pac-Man | |
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 The Baby Pac-Man arcade cabinet showing the upper video game and lower pinball gameplay sections. |
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| Manufacturer | Bally/Midway |
| Release date | October 1982 |
| System | Bally/Midway MPU AS-2518-133 |
| Design | Designer: Claude Fernandez Artwork: Margaret Hudson |
| Production Run | 7,000 units |
Baby Pac-Man is an arcade pinball/video game hybrid made by Bally Midway in 1982. Upon inserting a coin, the game begins its typical maze-style play like in the original Pac-Man, but upon entering an escape tunnel, a pinball is launched below on the main playfield where the player can gain extra points. The monsters are noted for being extremely aggressive, fast, and unpredictable, frequently breaking the rules of movement established in Namco's official Pac-Man games. Also, the game initially starts off with no energizers: the player is forced to earn them in the pinball portion of the game, making Baby Pac-Man notoriously difficult despite its infant hero.
Baby Pac-Man was one of a series of games released by Midway that was not authorized by Namco, the creator of Pac-Man, and which led to the termination of the licensing agreement between the two companies.
Description from the arcade flyer:
- Mr. and Mrs. Pac-Man beam with pride as Baby Pac-Man follows in his parents' dot-chomping footsteps. A video game with a great pinball feature, Baby Pac-Man leads you where neither video nor pin has gone before.
- Game action begins with the ever-popular Pac-Man maze where Pac-Baby happily munches away on white dots. However there are no helpful energizers to help you fight against the deadly monsters. Make your escape to the pinball playfield and enhance your video action by earning energizers, tunnel speed-up, and valuable fruits.
[edit] External links
- Baby Pac-Man at the Killer List of Videogames
- Baby Pac-Man guide at StrategyWiki
- Baby Pac-Man at the Internet Movie Database
- The Internet Pinball Database Presents Baby Pac-Man
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