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Ms. Pac-Man
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear
Publisher:
Sega Mega Drive
Tengen (US), Time Warner Interactive (EU)
Sega Master System
Tengen
Sega Game Gear
Majesco Games
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Ms. Pac-Man is a 1981 arcade game developed by Midway as an unlicensed modification of the original Pac-Man before being taken by Namco as an official game. Its success has spawned many ports, including Tengen's 1991 ports to the Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear. The Game Gear version is a direct port, while the Master System and Mega Drive versions are enhanced.

Although it is virtually identical to the SNES game of the same name, the Mega Drive version is more difficult as Ms. Pac-Man does not respond to joystick presses as well as the SNES game does. The Master System and Game Gear versions do not have this problem.

Gameplay

Players move through a maze gobbling up dots while avoiding ghosts. If a big dot (power pellet) is eaten by the player ghosts become eatable and if eaten their eyes depart from the body and flee to the center of the maze, where they can claim a new body. Occasionally fruit and other objects float through the maze and give bonus points if eaten.

On the Mega Drive and Master System versions there are many new extras. There are four types of mazes: Arcade, Strange, Big, and Mini. A Pac Booster ability can be turned on and off, which gives the player a boost when pressing a button. There is also two-player simultaneous feature in which the first player will play Ms. Pac-Man and the second will play the original Pac-Man. This can be done in cooperative or competitive modes. The game also would end at level 32 in which a game ending would be displayed. The "fruit" selection is also expanded and objects such as shoes could be eaten for greater points than fruit in the arcade version.

Credits

Programmer: Stephane Leblanc
Graphics: Mike Bazzell
Music/Sounds: Earl Vickers
Sound Driver: Lisa Ching

Physical Scans

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Ms. Pac-Man

Mega Drive Version

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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Cart

Master System Version

Master System, EU
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Cover
Master System, AU
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Cover

Game Gear Version

Game Gear, US
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Cover



Pac-Man games for Sega systems
Sega Game Gear
Pac-Man (1991) | Ms. Pac-Man (1993) | Pac-Attack (1994) | Pac-In-Time (unreleased)
Sega Master System
Ms. Pac-Man (1991) | Pac-Mania (1991)
Sega Mega Drive
Ms. Pac-Man (1991) | Pac-Mania (1991) | Pac-Attack (1993) | Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures (1994) | Pac-In-Time (unreleased)
Sega Dreamcast
Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness (2000)