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[PacManPlus]

Hi:

Being that Namco isn't really doing anything for Ms. Pac-Man's 30th anniversary, I pulled a quick one over this weekend. Please note:

1 - Unfortunately for this version, Ms. Pac-Man has a Blue ribbon and lipstick. That's what limited colors can do to you.
2 - The Maze Colors are off too, for the same reason above.

This is another 'pokey detecting' program
Enjoy!
Bob

Attached Files

•  MsPac320.A78   32.13K   52 downloads
•  MsPac320.bin   32K   37 downloads
•  MsPac320Pokey.A78   32.13K   71 downloads
•  MsPac320P.bin   32K   33 downloads
•  MsPac320P.A78   32.13K   30 downloads

[lucifershalo]

when is it Pac & Pal s birthday? hint! hint! lol

[Trebor]

PacManPlus, on Mon Aug 8, 2011 4:11 PM, said:

Hi:

Being that Namco isn't really doing anything for Ms. Pac-Man's 30th anniversary, I pulled a quick one over this weekend. Please note:

1 - Unfortunately for this version, Ms. Pac-Man has a Blue ribbon and lipstick. That's what limited colors can do to you.
2 - The Maze Colors are off too, for the same reason above.

This is another 'pokey detecting' program
Enjoy!
Bob

Holy crap! Didn't think this was possible due to the added additions of moving fruit and changing maze layouts. Bob, you once again do not cease to amaze. THANK YOU!

[gorfcadet]

I can't wait for a 7800 flash/sd cart of some kind... i know I could emulate, but I feel silly with my 78 right there.

[Jr. Pac]

Awesome! When I play Ms. Pac 320 Pokey, it crashes after I eat 5 dots... Nice work, Bob!

[Random Terrain]

gorfcadet, on Mon Aug 8, 2011 4:44 PM, said:

I can't wait for a 7800 flash/sd cart of some kind... I know I could emulate, but I feel silly with my 78 right there.

It would be nice to test this stuff on a real Atari 7800.

[Trebor]

Some nice captures in MESS with hlsl enabled:

[PacManPlus]

Thanks guys!

Jr. Pac, on Mon Aug 8, 2011 5:12 PM, said:

Awesome! When I play Ms. Pac 320 Pokey, it crashes after I eat 5 dots... Nice work, Bob!

oops - same issues as the crash for Pac320 - the Random number generator.

I've fixed that, (and a 'reverse' issue - they were still doing the 'Pac-Man' type reverse), and posted the new bins in the first post.

Thanks again,
Bob

Thanks for the screen shots!!! (I always forget that)


EDIT - There was a movement issue, so I again replaced the bins in the posts.

Edited by PacManPlus, Mon Aug 8, 2011 5:39 PM.

[TrekMD]

One word: AWESOME!

[Jr. Pac]

removed

Edited by Jr. Pac, Mon Aug 8, 2011 5:38 PM.

[Jr. Pac]

Thanks. AWESOME!!!

[gorfcadet]

OMG! That is a thing of beauty!

[gorfcadet]

What pallete is Ms Pac working out of? I've got color wheels spinning in my head. 78 color limits aside that is just amazing... I never would have imagined it back in the day.

[Curt Vendel]

Bob - one quick note, this has always bothered me, watch the intermission on Ms Pac Man arcade, when Ms Pac and Pac meet in the center, and both go up, when the two ghosts bumped into each other, there is a "knock" kind of sound when they hit each other and its been left out of every Ms Pac home version I've ever seen and for once, I'd love to see a home version have that one minor sound added in.

BTW - the 320 versions of Pac and Ms Pac are incredible, need to get you out the final XM dev design to you to do some real hardware debugging...



Curt

[Trebor]

Curt Vendel, on Mon Aug 8, 2011 7:59 PM, said:

Bob - one quick note, this has always bothered me, watch the intermission on Ms Pac Man arcade, when Ms Pac and Pac meet in the center, and both go up, when the two ghosts bumped into each other, there is a "knock" kind of sound when they hit each other and its been left out of every Ms Pac home version I've ever seen and for once, I'd love to see a home version have that one minor sound added in.

[Trebor]

Bob,

I noticed the Act number is outside the 'Act box':



Is this fixable or an unfortunately limitation?

[PacManPlus]

Thank guys


- The 'knock' actually is there in the Pokey Code, it's just out of time with the animation. I'll see if I can change that
- I actually moved the Act number because of the transparency issue (or lack of it). The number wasn't showing up underneath the clapboard.

Thanks,

Bob

EDIT - I have changed the animation to get the 'knock' (Pokey version only) as close as possible. It's still slightly off, but close enough. Updates in first post.
Thanks!

Edited by PacManPlus, Tue Aug 9, 2011 4:05 AM.

[Trebor]

Cool...Thanks for the explanation and the update, Bob...It is appreciated.

[Jr. Pac]

Now it freezes again... This game looks great, if it becomes a cart I will definitaly pick this one up!

[toiletunes]

If/when there is a waiting list to purchase, please sign me up.

(dare I say pac-man collection 320 pokey xm?)

[Jr. Pac]

I wonder about Jr. Pac-Man or Ms. Pac-Attack... Proably the scrolling would be too hard for Jr. P.

[AtariNerd]

Beautiful...


This needs to be added to my cart queue. (XM POKEY version, please!) Thanks!

[Jr. Pac]

Argh! The Pokey version still freezes on me now when you updated it.

[toymailman]

AtariNerd, on Tue Aug 9, 2011 9:51 AM, said:

Beautiful...


This needs to be added to my cart queue. (XM POKEY version, please!) Thanks!

Ditto.

[Lord Helmet]

Man. Another PMP release. I swear every time I visit the 7800 forum there's another PMP game on the way.

Bob, you're an absolute MACHINE. Great work!