Jr. Pac-Man
Platforms:
Arcade,
Atari 2600,
Commodore 64,
IBM PC/Compatibles
Genres
Overview
Arcade version of Jr. Pac-Man
Gameplay
Players control Jr. Pac-Man in a maze with the goal of eating all of the dots. Also in the maze are four ghosts (named Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Tim) who are chasing the player;
if the player is caught, a life is lost and the game ends when the player has no more lives remaining.
In several locations in the maze are power pills; if eaten, it allows the player to chase and eat the ghosts. The mazes
in Jr. Pac-Man have changed compared with the previous games; Jr. Pac-Man features seven different maze layouts compared with one
in the original Pac-Man and four in Ms. Pac-Man. If a player completes all seven, the game will then continously loop through the
fourth through seventh mazes. Additionally, the maze is larger than the screen so it will scroll to follow the player. Similar to
in Ms. Pac-Man, from time to time a bonus item will bounce around the screen; points are earned if
the player eats it before it disappears. In Jr. Pac-Man the bonus item impacts the game further; any dots it crosses will become
larger, mutated dots. The larger dots are worth more points, however they slow down the player. If the bonus comes in contact
with a power pellet, both will be destroyed. Like in previous Pac-Man games, there are short, animated intermissions after
certain levels; in Jr. Pac-Man, there are three acts which appear after levels 1, 3, and 5 (afterwards the third act is repeated).
Scoring
Points are earned as follows in Jr. Pac-Man for eating items:
- Dot: 10 points.
- Mutated Dot: 50 points.
- Power Pill: 50 points.
- Ghosts: 200, 400, 800 and 1600 points.
- Cycle: 100 points.
- Kite: 200 points.
- Drum: 500 points.
- Balloon: 700 points.
- Train: 1000 points.
- Cat: 2000 points.
- Beer!: 5000 points.
Credits
Platform:
Atari 2600
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Programmed by: | Ava-Robin Cohen |
Platform:
IBM PC/Compatibles
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Programmed by: | Chris Graham | |
Artwork by: | Andrew Davie |
Pictures
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Arcade Version |
Cocktail table variation |
Marketing
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Arcade Flyers |