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'''''Pac-Man''''' (パックマン) is a 1980 arcade game developed by [[Namco]]. It became incredibly successful to the point that it saw ports to consoles of the time and continues to see ports — made in-house, officially licensed, and homebrew — to today's systems. The only port of the game to a Sega system, however, was an in-house port to the [[Sega Game Gear]] in late 1990 (consequently, it was released early 1991).
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'''''Pac-Man''''' (パックマン) is a 1980 arcade game developed by [[Namco]]. It became incredibly successful to the point that it saw ports to consoles of the time and continues to see ports — made in-house, officially licensed, and homebrew — to today's systems. The only port of the game to a Sega system, however, was an in-house port to the [[Sega Game Gear]] in late 1990 (consequently, it was released early 1991). A [[Sega Master System]] version of this game was planned at one stage, but was cancelled for unknown reasons.
  
 
The Game Gear version of the game is relatively faithful, though due to the smaller resolution, graphics are smaller in size and the full maze cannot be shown without scrolling. This problem can be addressed by selecting 1/2 screen size where the graphics are drawn smaller but the full maze is displayed at once.
 
The Game Gear version of the game is relatively faithful, though due to the smaller resolution, graphics are smaller in size and the full maze cannot be shown without scrolling. This problem can be addressed by selecting 1/2 screen size where the graphics are drawn smaller but the full maze is displayed at once.
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Pac-Man
System(s): Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Namco
Developer:
Peripherals supported: Gear-to-Gear Cable
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1-2 (alternating)
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Game Gear
JP 		¥3,5003,500 T-14017
Sega Game Gear
US 		$29.9529.95 T-14018
Sega Game Gear
US
(Majesco) 		T-14018

Pac-Man (パックマン) is a 1980 arcade game developed by Namco. It became incredibly successful to the point that it saw ports to consoles of the time and continues to see ports — made in-house, officially licensed, and homebrew — to today's systems. The only port of the game to a Sega system, however, was an in-house port to the Sega Game Gear in late 1990 (consequently, it was released early 1991). A Sega Master System version of this game was planned at one stage, but was cancelled for unknown reasons.

The Game Gear version of the game is relatively faithful, though due to the smaller resolution, graphics are smaller in size and the full maze cannot be shown without scrolling. This problem can be addressed by selecting 1/2 screen size where the graphics are drawn smaller but the full maze is displayed at once.

On an interesting note, Sega's 1982 arcade game Ali Baba and 40 Thieves runs on modified Pac-Man hardware.

Gameplay

The basic goal of Pac-Man is to eat all the dots (or pellets) in a maze, avoiding ghosts. By eating a power pellet, Pac-Man is able to eat the ghosts as well for a short period, and the ghosts will then respawn from the center of the screen. Levels are completed once all the dots are eaten, and extra points can be achieved by eating fruit.

Magazine articles

Main article: Pac-Man/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #6: "Fall 1991" (1991-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
92 №53, p94/96[3]
82 №121 (Go!), p7[4]
60 №29, p124[5]
92 №25, p42
79 №1, p64[6]
Sega Game Gear
 81
Based on
5 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
ACE (UK) NTSC-U
75
[3]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
70
[7]
Console XS (UK) NTSC-U
76
[8]
Computer & Video Games (UK) NTSC-U
82
[4]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
60
[5]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
50
[9]
Joystick (FR)
65
[10]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-U
70
[11]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-U
49
[12]
Play Time (DE)
34
[13]
Power Unlimited (NL)
90
[14]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U
92
[15]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
79
[6]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
79
[16]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
66
[17]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
80
[18]
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US)
60
[19]
Sega Game Gear
 69
Based on
17 reviews

Pac-Man

Game Gear, US (Namco cart)
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual
Game Gear, US (Sega cart)

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Cart
Game Gear, US (Majesco)
PacMan GG US Box Back Majesco.jpgNospine.pngPacMan GG US Box Front Majesco.jpg
Cover
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Cart
Pac-Man GG US Manual Majesco.pdf
Manual
Game Gear, JP (Namcot cart)

Game Gear, JP (Sega cart)
PacMan GG JP Box Back.jpgNospine-small.pngPacMan GG JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
PacMan GG JP Cart.jpg
Cart

References

  1. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 139
  2. ↑ GamePro, "December 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 93
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 File:ACE UK 53.pdf, page 94 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ACE UK 53.pdf_p94" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 File:Go UK 02.pdf, page 7 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Go UK 02.pdf_p7" defined multiple times with different content
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 File:GamePro US 029.pdf, page 126 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 029.pdf_p126" defined multiple times with different content
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 File:SegaPro UK 01.pdf, page 64 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 01.pdf_p64" defined multiple times with different content
  7. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "February 1991" (JP; 1991-01-08), page 85
  8. ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 148
  9. ↑ Hippon Super, "February 1991" (JP; 1991-01-07), page 43
  10. ↑ Joystick, "Avril 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 130
  11. ↑ MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 38
  12. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 143
  13. ↑ Play Time, "(8/9)/92" (DE; 1992-07-08), page 97
  14. ↑ Power Unlimited, "Nummer 3, Oktober 1993" (NL; 1993-09-29), page 55
  15. ↑ Sega Power, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-10-30), page 42
  16. ↑ Sega Pro, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-20), page 20
  17. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 74
  18. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 88
  19. ↑ VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "November 1991" (US; 1991-1x-xx), page 88



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) | Pac-Man (????)
Sega Mega Drive
 Ms. Pac-Man (1991) | Pac-Mania (1991) | Pac-Attack (1993) | Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures (1994) | Pac-Man (2018) | Pac-Man Pocket Player (2018) | Pac-In-Time (unreleased)
Sega Dreamcast
 Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness (2000)
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