DAMN this was a great port of a great game! Such a good example of what the 2600 was capable of! I'll play this version over most of the other ones anytime.
The Ms. Pac-Man machine you picked up, had what is known as "vertical collapse. Changing out the vertical transistors did indeed fix it. 😊 The version of Ms. Pac-Man that was on it was called "Ms. Pac Attack ". A cool maze variation with the speed chip installed. Literally 2 EPROMS that are swapped. Great video! I thought the Ms. Pac-Man Atari 2600 port was the BEST. The only thing it was missing was the cut scenes. Which in my opinion gave the arcade game its charm. ❤
The way you described your history with this game is indeed something I could somewhat parallel. Always had a hard time passing up a game or two when I found a machine out in the wild. And many years ago, when the local taco shop had let go of their machine, I went out (to e-bay) and bought a motherboard, power supply and joystick. Never did get the bulkier monitor, housing and such. I would, instead, gladly acquire the Arcade1Up cocktail variant that has forever satisfied that need for the occasional gaming night. To be honest, I just want to play the game and not try to become an electronics technician by trying to keep 40+ year old hardware alive. Oh.... and I totally agree that learning the patterns would just ruin the gaming experience. I'd rather struggle to reach level 6 then learn how to reach the kill screen. Have always thought the 2600 port was amazing. Truly shows what some good coding can do on hardware that was considered the sequel to Pong. And, to think, Jr. Pac on the 2600 is one I consider to even surpass the quality of this game.
This may just be Atari's best and faithful arcade port. Still fun to play 40 (?) years later. Try playing Crazy Otto in emulation and read the interesting history between it and Ms Pacman.
I love how they add the blurb at the box claimimg 'super arcade-like graphics', you know, to differentiate themselves from the piece of !@#$%^&* known as 2600 Pac-man. lol
I have an Atari port of Ms Pac-Man, but it's the Atari 7800 version. But I loved playing this game. I remember playing the arcade version at an old Greyhound station that used to be near the center of Columbus OH some years back (I was waiting with a nephew while he was waiting for a bus). I got to the seventh level when some drug-addled jerk interrupted my game wanting to sell me a nickel bag. Very annoying. But still, very fun game.
BTW it's fine that you still play 2600 Pac Man, Willie. E.T. is one of my favorite 2600 games and I staunchly defend it. I play game 1 exclusively and manage to win maybe 25-35 percent of the time which makes me feel like a champion since many people (Including Ferg) have never won game 1. ;)
Opening new games these days, there is nothing inside the case. No manual. No posters. No magazine ads or registration cards. Its completely gone from the gaming culture. And you need to download half the game as soon as you put it in or it wont work.
After September, my wife enforces "dont buy anything" rule, I have a bad habit of ruining her Christmas shopping :P it is on my list I gave her though :). I have some plans on modding it :P
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Those sounds take me back to my bedroom with my 13 inch tv, snack and Soda next to me. Good times
DAMN this was a great port of a great game! Such a good example of what the 2600 was capable of! I'll play this version over most of the other ones anytime.
The Ms. Pac-Man machine you picked up, had what is known as "vertical collapse. Changing out the vertical transistors did indeed fix it. 😊
The version of Ms. Pac-Man that was on it was called "Ms. Pac Attack ". A cool maze variation with the speed chip installed. Literally 2 EPROMS that are swapped.
Great video! I thought the Ms. Pac-Man Atari 2600 port was the BEST. The only thing it was missing was the cut scenes. Which in my opinion gave the arcade game its charm. ❤
I had this game (a yellow label pirate game, as was normal in Brazil at the time) and it was amazing. Really great fun.
I need to buy it back.
The way you described your history with this game is indeed something I could somewhat parallel. Always had a hard time passing up a game or two when I found a machine out in the wild. And many years ago, when the local taco shop had let go of their machine, I went out (to e-bay) and bought a motherboard, power supply and joystick. Never did get the bulkier monitor, housing and such. I would, instead, gladly acquire the Arcade1Up cocktail variant that has forever satisfied that need for the occasional gaming night. To be honest, I just want to play the game and not try to become an electronics technician by trying to keep 40+ year old hardware alive. Oh.... and I totally agree that learning the patterns would just ruin the gaming experience. I'd rather struggle to reach level 6 then learn how to reach the kill screen.
Have always thought the 2600 port was amazing. Truly shows what some good coding can do on hardware that was considered the sequel to Pong. And, to think, Jr. Pac on the 2600 is one I consider to even surpass the quality of this game.
So much better than the original PacMan on the 2600.
Well said. Ms. Pac-Man and Jr. Pac-Man are incredibly fun versions on the 2600, have them both. 5 out of 5 waka-wakas for me.
I love, love, love this version of Ms. Pac-Man! It's remarkable how good it is! Once lady Pac was released, I never played my Pac-Man cart again. LOL
This may just be Atari's best and faithful arcade port. Still fun to play 40 (?) years later. Try playing Crazy Otto in emulation and read the interesting history between it and Ms Pacman.
I love how they add the blurb at the box claimimg 'super arcade-like graphics', you know, to differentiate themselves from the piece of !@#$%^&* known as 2600 Pac-man. lol
I have an Atari port of Ms Pac-Man, but it's the Atari 7800 version. But I loved playing this game. I remember playing the arcade version at an old Greyhound station that used to be near the center of Columbus OH some years back (I was waiting with a nephew while he was waiting for a bus). I got to the seventh level when some drug-addled jerk interrupted my game wanting to sell me a nickel bag. Very annoying. But still, very fun game.
The 7800 version is awesome!
Crazy Otto!
BTW it's fine that you still play 2600 Pac Man, Willie. E.T. is one of my favorite 2600 games and I staunchly defend it. I play game 1 exclusively and manage to win maybe 25-35 percent of the time which makes me feel like a champion since many people (Including Ferg) have never won game 1. ;)
I'm gonna guess that bar tried to originally sell your ms pacman for something crazy like $500000!
I like this translation of Ms Pac Man But I'm not very good at it either! Another I like is the Tengen version for the nes
Felicidades 😮es increíble que aun lo tengas en su caja con manual y el cartucho en exelentes condiciones
What are those black lines on the left side of the screen?
Part of the Atari 2600 experience :)
theres no way to beat ms pac man on the ATARI 2600 unless you count getting a million points and resetting the counter
Opening new games these days, there is nothing inside the case. No manual. No posters. No magazine ads or registration cards. Its completely gone from the gaming culture. And you need to download half the game as soon as you put it in or it wont work.
Have you bought your Atari 2600+ yet Willy
After September, my wife enforces "dont buy anything" rule, I have a bad habit of ruining her Christmas shopping :P it is on my list I gave her though :). I have some plans on modding it :P