Pac-Man

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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

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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).

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.

Versions

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.

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 [4]
82 [5]
60 [6]
92 [7]
79 [8]
Sega Game Gear
 81
Based on
5 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
ACE (UK) NTSC-U
75
[9]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
70
[10]
Console XS (UK) NTSC-U
76
[11]
Computer & Video Games (UK) NTSC-U
82
[5]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
60
[12]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
50
[13]
Joystick (FR)
65
[14]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-U
70
[15]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-U
49
[16]
Play Time (DE)
34
[17]
Power Unlimited (NL)
90
[18]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U
92
[7]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
79
[8]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
79
[19]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
66
[20]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
80
[21]
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US)
60
[22]
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
Pacman gg us manual.pdf
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)
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Cover
PacMan GG JP Cart.jpg
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Game Gear
 ?
CRC32 a16c5e58
MD5 e6985998d25d6c4fe36c2b8041244bb4
SHA-1 d78b6aac927692f1b67e6a4b7494e2c7e709ae17
128kB Cartridge (JP)
Sega Game Gear
 ?
CRC32 b318dd37
MD5 8b8663cf7ef0a0bd595306fe28957441
SHA-1 ed27bae791e2b24966c282ad307a1b8d2140f55c
128kB Cartridge (US)

References

  1. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 27
  2. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 139
  3. ↑ GamePro, "December 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 93
  4. ↑ ACE, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-08), page 94/96 (94)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Computer & Video Games, "December 1991 (Go! Issue 2)" (UK; 1991-11-15), page 7
  6. ↑ GamePro, "December 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 124 (126)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Sega Power, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-10-30), page 42
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Sega Pro, "November 1991" (UK; 1991-xx-xx), page 64
  9. ↑ ACE, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-08), page 94
  10. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "February 1991" (JP; 1991-01-08), page 85
  11. ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 148
  12. ↑ GamePro, "December 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 126
  13. ↑ Hippon Super, "February 1991" (JP; 1991-01-07), page 43
  14. ↑ Joystick, "Avril 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 130
  15. ↑ MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 38
  16. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 143
  17. ↑ Play Time, "(8/9)/92" (DE; 1992-07-08), page 97
  18. ↑ Power Unlimited, "Nummer 3, Oktober 1993" (NL; 1993-09-29), page 55
  19. ↑ Sega Pro, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-20), page 20
  20. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 74
  21. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 88
  22. ↑ 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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